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End the game after the specified amount of time.

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“Player Talk” in Guess the Topic
At the movie theater
Describer:
Tickets. 
Guessers:
Going to a sports game.
Describer:
No. Seats.
Guessers:
Going to a concert.
Describer:
No. Screens.
Guessers:
Riding on the airplane.
Describer:
No. Popcorn.
Guessers:
Going to the movie theater.
Describer:
Yes!
If no one had guessed the title after all six clues from the card, the Describer would add 
single words, one at a time, such as candy, projector, aisle, and Hollywood.

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Game 7: One-Word Clues
One-Word Clues
is a competition between two teams to see who can guess words on the 
Guess What?
cards based on one-word clues and the topic of the card.
Instructions
1. Divide students into an even number of teams (two, four, or six teams) with
3–5 students per group. 
2. Select one player from each team to start in the role of Describer. The remaining 
players will be Guessers.
3. Have pairs of teams sit near each other. Have the Describers from the two teams 
sit next to each other. Together, they choose a card and hold it so each can see the 
same card, but the Guessers cannot.
4. The Describers should then tell the topic of the card to the members of the teams 
(the Guessers).
5. The Describer from Team 1 gives a one-word clue to his or her teammates for the 
first word under the topic on the card. The goal is for Team 1 to guess the first word. 
Only Team 1 Guessers may answer. Team 2 must remain silent. Team 1 will have
20 seconds to make one guess.
6. If Team 1 does not guess, or guesses wrong, it is Team 2’s turn. The Describer from 
Team 2 offers another one-word clue for the first word. Team 2 has 20 seconds 
to make one guess. If Team 2 does not guess the word, then Team 1 gets another 
chance, and so on.
7. When the first word is guessed, the guessing team receives one point, and the De-
scribers move on to the next word on the card. If Team 1 gave the first clue for the 
previous word, then Team 2 gives the first clue for the next word.
8. When all of the words on the card have been guessed, the round is over.
9. Two new players take the role of Describers and begin the next round.
10. End the game after the specified amount of time.

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