Let’s play Family Idiom Hangman. Can you guess the idiom?
HANGMAN GAME
GAME HINTS
1.) Someone who doesn’t conform to the norms within a family is called the _ _ _ _ _ /_ _ _ _ _. (5 and 5)
2.) An expression that means that a place is comfortable because there is love there: _ _ _ _ is where the _ _ _ _ _ is. (4 and 5)
3.) A trait that family members tend to have in common is said to: _ _ _ in the _ _ _ _ _ _. (3 and 6)
4.) Another way to say that family is the most important is to say: _ _ _ _ _ is thicker than _ _ _ _ _. (5 and 5)
5.) When we want to say that the child is similar to the parent in some way, we say that the _ _ _ _ _ doesn’t fall far from the _ _ _ _. (5 and 4)
SPEAKING GAME
Let’s try out beings actors, improvising a scene together. We are talking about our cousin Frank.
Flip a card and use the family idiom in an opening line to start the dialogue.
Each person adds a sentence or two to the dialogue, trying to provide a context and create a scene.
How long can you keep the dialogue going?
PRESENT SIMPLE
Cousin Frank is different from most people.
PAST SIMPLE
Cousin Frank did something different the other day.
FLIP A CARD
What’s next?
