Ser+Estar

Ser / Estar activities, notes, tips, etc.

The ser/estar famous people game is like a version of guess who...bring tape to class and cut out the famous people (transfer in and out more current people) and have a Vanna in the class go around and tape pictures on the backs of the students without letting the students see who will be on their back before class starts. Then, have someone else do the same for him/her. When it's time for the activity in your lesson, everybody is ready to go. I usually show large versions of these pics or just discuss all the famous people before starting the activity so that students have an idea more or less of what the possibilities are and practice using ser/estar in the process. Talk about the person's profession, appearance, etc. Then, follow the rules on the Famous People Rules and Quest file to help you explain and leave possible questions up on the board to help students when they forget what to ask about. Students will all get up and start talking to another person or group of people and all have to ask yes/no questions about their person until they are able to guess who they are. I have students sit down once they know who they are. Normally there is one student who can't figure it out at the end and I normally have that student play with the whole class and have the whole class give fun clues until the person can figure out who he is. Enjoy!