Taboo One member of the VMG needs to sit with their back to the interactive whiteboard. The other members of the VMG will need to describe the item on the left side of the screen, but are banned from using the words shown. You are also not permitted to use any of the words which form the name of the item Can you work creatively to describe these words/people? How can you develop this to apply to your revision?

GuessBanned Words King Henry VIII King Wives Six

GuessBanned Words Pythagoras’ Theorem a 2 + b 2 = c 2 Pythagoras Squared

GuessBanned Words Red Blood Cell Blood White Blood Cell

GuessBanned Words River Nile Egypt River Long

GuessBanned Words William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Macbeth Writer Stratford Upon Avon

Your turn Now you’ve seen how it’s done, create a taboo question on your mini whiteboard. Remember to make it difficult to guess the word, but not impossible! Swap your whiteboards with those from another table, and see how many of the words you can guess as a team!