Ask the students to think of and write down five nouns, three verbs and two adjectives. Tell them not to choose words that will be too easy to deduce from a simple description, such as "cat" or "book." Challenge them to choose more abstract words such as "morality" or "behavior."
Put the students into pairs. Instruct them to sit next to their partner without revealing their list of words. Explain that one student in each pair will describe his words to his partner the best he can and his partner will try to guess the words based on the descriptions given. Have the students start the game at the same time and use a clock or stopwatch to time the game.
Write a list of five random words on the board. Try to choose words that usually don't go together in a sentence, such as "igloo" and "purple." The harder it is to put the words together in a sentence, the funnier the game becomes.
Instruct the students to remove all paper and writing utensils from their desk and that they can only speak, not write. Have each student form a sentence that includes all five words. Write the funniest sentences on the board. Change the words when they cannot think of any more combinations. Ask the students to vote for the best sentence at the end of the game.
The objective of the game is to have students say a word that starts with the last letter of the word the previous person said. Ask the first student on one side of the room to start the game and instruct the next student in the row to say the next word. Go around the entire room until everyone has participated. Don't allow students to use words that have already been said.
Challenge the students more by having them play the word chain game again, but this time by saying sentences instead of words. Tell them the rules are the same: the second sentence has to start with the last word of the first sentence (Example: if the first student says "The red car is broken," the next student can say something like "Broken hearts are part of love.")