Ice Breakers: A Strange New World

Draw a circle on a piece of paper. Elicit what the students think it is. After hearing their answers, tell them it represents your world. Write ?My World? above it. Then write a few words and/or phrases inside the circle that represent some things in your life (i.e. 1994, green, 2). Have the students come to an agreement as to what the words/phrases mean. Once they tell you their ideas, give them the correct answers (i.e. 'I graduated in 1994', etc.). Next, have the students draw a circle, write 2 or 3 words/phrases in it and speculate about each other's 'worlds'. They can give the correct answers whenever they like or you can prompt them.

JL
Yokohama, Japan