About This Activity

Overview

The Shape Opinions Survey activity is designed as an opinion-gap activity.

Participants collect opinions about how many of a variety of shapes appear in a collection of different images.

Students will be able to explore the concept of different people having different opinions and, if their speaking skills are sufficient, even discuss why different people had different opinion about specific images.

There are currently 20 shape-based images and therefore 20 survey-taking sheets available.

 

Activity Presentation Phase Instructions

 

Survey Viewing Cards

4 Shape-Based Image Cards

 

Survey Form for 'Boat'

A Survey-Taking Form

 

 

Download Game Materials

 

 

How To Play

Groups: This activity should be completed in groups. Participants can also survey people who are not members' of the class.

Materials: 1 Shape-Based Image Card and 1 Survey-Taking Form per participant.

Time / Game Round: 10-30 minutes

 

  • For this activity, each surveyee should be handed a "viewing card" (so that they can't see any previously recorded opinions on the survey sheet) and then asked how many squares/triangles/rectangles/circles/ovals/etc they see in the image on the "viewing card."

     

  • The surveyer should collect the opinions about shape quantity from several surveyees and then compare the survey results and determine if there is any consensus in the results.

     

  • The following sentence structure may be used:

    "How many _________________s do you see in this picture?" with a shape inserted into the blank.

    Note: A 'line' is not a shape, but some of the images do include lines in addition to shapes, so the Survey-Taking Forms include a space for information about how many 'lines' appear in the image.

  • This activity is great for teaching and discussing the concept of opinions, as the precise number of each shape within each image is certainly debatable and not clear-cut. A teacher (or student) can also ask follow up questions about who was surveyed by the students and what each of the surveyees thought about the quality of shapes in each image.

     

  • After the survey results are collected, if your students' English skills and age/cognitive development levels are sufficiently high, they may be instructed to collectively have a discussion about the correct number of shapes in each image, and try to reach agreement about the correct answers.

 

How To Play

 

 

 

Words to Learn Before Playing

The Core Vocabulary Words listed below are all words that students should learn BEFORE playing this game.

 

Vocabulary Words Used in Activity
Set A (20 Cards/Forms) circle, diamond, heart, line, name, oval, pentagon, rectangle, square, star, triangle

 

 

Words to Learn While Playing

The following words will be used to the play this game (with every card/survey-taking form). However, these words don't need to be pre-taught. These words can and should be learned WHILE playing the game.

 

Vocabulary Best Learned In Context
Used With All Sets do, how, in, many, picture, see, the

 

 

Sentence Patterns to Use While Playing

The following sentences and sentence patterns are recommended for use while playing this game. The best way to teach these sentences, is to use them in context while introducing the game and demonstrating how to play it.

 

Standard Sentences and Sentence Patterns
"How many _________________s do you see in this picture?"
I see ___ _________________s.