This activity was created by Paul Andrew HUNT, assistant at collège Nicolas Appert, Châlons-en-Champagne, from October 2000 to April 2001

OUTBURST

Divide the class into two groups. One student gives you a number from one to ten, which corresponds to a topic (i.e: 1=sport played with a ball).
Teams A and B have one minute (or more if you are feeling generous) to write down as many words as possible.After time is up, team A goes first at reading out
any responses they have (only English allowed). One point for each correct answer corresponding to the ones you have in front of you. Team B then have a pop at
any answers team A haven't got. Again one point for each. Then roles are reversed and it is team B to go first.
Evidently, the team with the most points at the end..... WINS !

1. sports played with a ball (football, basketball, tennis, golf, baseball, polo, cricket, handball, table tennis, hockey)
2. flavours of ice-cream (chocolate, mint, vanilla, strawberry, toffee, lemon, cherry, raspberry, coffee, coconut,...)
3. towns/cities in England (Birmingham, London, Oxford, Cambridge, Nottingham, Derby, Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle, ....)
4. parts of the body (eye, ear, nose, leg, arm, hand, foot, brain, heart, stomach, ...)
5. components of an English breakfast (sausages, bacon, eggs, tomatoes, baked beans, fried bread, hash browns, tea, coffee, orange juice, ...)
6. languages of the world (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, ...)
7. things to do with Hallowe'en (ghosts, witches, pumpkins, trick or treating, jack o' lanterns, vampires, black cats, monsters, bobbing apples, spells/magic, ...)
8. animals at the zoo (monkeys, giraffes, elephants, snakes, lions, tigers, penguins, bears, sea lions, hippos, ....)
9. places/shops in a town (town hall, library, cinema, bank, supermarket, restaurant, theatre, bar/pub, school, church, ...)
10. methods of transport (car, bus, train, aeroplane, metro/underground, bicycle, motorbike, coach, tram, taxi, ...)

Other possibilities:

1. places/monuments in London
2. capital cities of the world
3. things seen at a football match
4. flavours of yoghurt
5. musical instruments
6. weather
7. pets
8. drinks
9. boys and girls'names
10. football teams