Similar to the board game Pictionary, the drawing game has students attempt to guess what their teammates are drawing based on the assigned vocabulary. Divide the class into two teams. Taking turns, each team sends one of their members to the chalk or dry erase board to draw a vocabulary word known only by the teacher and the student who is drawing. The team gets 30 seconds to guess what their teammate has drawn. If they guess correctly, they receive a point for the team. If they have not guessed in the allotted time, the other team gets a chance to steal the point by offering a correct guess.
Start the activity by giving the first student of your choice any English word to spell. When he has finished spelling the word, choose another student at random who must choose another English word to spell that starts with the ending letter of the previous student's word. If a student misspells a word, he is out of the game. The goal is to be the final remaining student in the game.
On small slips of paper, write the names of animals, professions or nouns associated with other subjects you are teaching. Go around the room and tape a slip to the back of each student -- this is their identity for the activity. Allow the students to walk around and write down what each of their classmates has taped to their backs. The idea is that the students know who their classmates are, but they don't know their own identity. Then, seat students in a circle and allow them to take turns asking simple yes-or-no questions to be answered by their classmates about their own identities. You can give prizes as each one correctly guesses his identity.
Write a scrambled vocabulary word on the board and let students unscramble it. Do not allow students to look at their vocabulary lists as this tends to make the game too easy. If there is one student who tends to guess quicker than the others, you may take turns giving each student a certain amount of time to guess without competition from the others. This is a fast-paced game that rewards students who have studied their vocabulary.