Huh? What?

How it works:

1. Get everyone into a circle formation. 
2. You will pass a "word" around the circle. 
3. When people Look to the left, they say "huh?"
4. When people Look to the right, they say "what?" 
5. Goal is to pass "huh?" or "what?" around the circle, without breaking the left/huh, right/what rule. 
6. Practice once all the way around in each direction so students get a feel for which word is said when facing each direction. 
7. Play for real: Each person gets to choose which word they say, and thus which direction they move the words around the circle. 
8. If someone says the wrong word/direction combo, I usually have everyone say "Yay!" or "oooh!" and that person restarts the circle. 

Notes: 

• Students may want to get caught in a back and forth of huh/what. While it is entertaining to see if one person will mess up, the rest of the students get bored. Try to discourage this. 

Options: 

• Start 2 or three words at different points in the circle, travelling in different directions. 
• Add in a third word where a student can pass the word across the circle. I've used "Hey you!" in the past and it has worked well. 

Neighbours

How it works: 

1. Get everyone in a circle. 
2. Go over names.
3. Choose person for middle. 
4. Person in Middle chooses someone in the circle and says: "(name), how do you like your neighbours?"
5. Person Chosen responds with: "I like my neighbours (name of person on left) & (name of person on right) just fine, but I would rather have (name)'s neighbours.(note: He/she chooses someone else across the circle)
6. The four neighbours (two initially named, and two on each side of the other person chosen) switch. 
7. Person in middle tries to get a spot during the switch. 
8. The odd one out becomes new person in the middle. 
9. Repeat. 

Options: 

• People switching can only move in slow motion