Guess Who
Guess Who is a simple ice breaker which can be used on the first day of class. There's little preparation and it can easily develop into a chat or discussion with more advanced classes.
Preparation
All you need to prepare are small strips of paper; say two for each student.
Running the Activity
Give each student two strips of paper and tell them to write on each strip an interesting, true, but unusual fact about themselves. For example:
- I met the President 3 years ago.
- My hobby is star gazing.
- My sister is married to a national football player.
- Jessica Simpson once came to my house.
The slips are folded up and put into a shoe box and mixed up. Pick out a slip at random and read it out loud and then try to guess which student wrote it. You have 3 guesses and if you still haven't found it, the writer must stand up and tell the class.
Depending on the subject of the fact, you can ask a few questions about it and it's likely that others in the class will want to know more.
Once you've demonstrated it, the person who stood up takes a strip and reads it out then tries to guess who wrote it.
