This strategy is effective with elementary children and focuses on using adjectives to describe a hidden object clearly enough for others to identify it.
1. For younger children, put 5 to 10 objects on the table.
2. Children and teacher discuss/describe each object.
3. Put one of the objects in a bag and describe it.
4. Children identify the object. (This step may not be necessary for older students, or for younger students after they have "played the game" a few times.)
5. Put one of the objects in a large, colorful bag and describe it to the class.
 I have something in my bag.
It is soft.
It is black.
It has four legs and a long tail.
It has whiskers.
It says, "Meow."
What is it?
6. Children identify the object.
7. One of the children takes the role of the teacher and selects an object for the bag.
8. The student describes the object (with assistance from the teacher, if necessary) and the children identify it.
9. Repeat until all children have a turn.
Variations: After you have read a story, the teacher can start by saying, "I am thinking of someone in the story who…" After describing a character, have the students identify who it is and then one of them describes a character for the other students to identify.
A child pretends to open a present that has something he/she really wants in it. The student describes the present while the others try to guess what it is.
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