Red Carpet

Students pretend to be celebrities at a red carpet event. As they mingle they guess each other’s identities.

Learner Level: Intermediate
Theme: Celebrities
Language focus: Unscripted conversations
Skills: Listening and Speaking
Time: 10 minutes
Materials: None
Preparation: Be ready to teach the words “mingle” and “red carpet”.

Teacher Instructions:

1. Ask students to brainstorm a list of famous people. These can be actors, musicians, politicians, authors, leaders, etc. Write the names on the board and offer a few extras of your own. Celebrities should be known by all of the students. Make sure there are at least as many names of celebrities as students.
2. Tell students the classroom is a red carpet event. Explain what “red carpet” means if your students don’t know. Students can choose an event (example “The Oscars” or “Brad Pitt’s birthday party”).
3. Students will each choose a celebrity to pretend to be. (If you don’t trust your students tell them they have to write the name down and put it in their pocket. Don’t worry if there ends up being 3 Brad Pitts.)
4. Tell students they are going to have to “mingle” with the guests. As they talk to each other they should give clues to help other students guess their identity. For example Brad Pitt could say, “I wanted children, but now that I have them, I want Jen back.” Or, “I’ve made a lot of movies, but my favorite one was “Legends of the Fall.”
5. As the teacher you can act as the person who interviews the stars on the red carpet. Make sure to interview those that seem to be standing alone.

Follow Up:

When a student is “identified” correctly you can have the student do 1 of 3 things:
1) sit out and watch the event
2) choose to become a new celebrity
3) become a reporter who interviews guests

Teacher 2 teacher:

If your students like this game you can also play a variation of it another day. Write out the names of celebrities and tape one name to each student’s back. Students mingle without knowing which name is on their back. By chatting with other guests they learn clues about their own identity.