Best Game Ever in Spanish Class: Win, Lose, or Draw

A classroom full of students with too much free time is the stuff nightmares are made of.

If you're done with all the work you had planned for today and there's still more than 5 seconds until the bell rings, then you can whip up this game out of thin air and pretend it was your plan all along.


Ideally I'd suggest you save at least 10-15 minutes for this game.

I have a (growing) series of Best Game Ever posts, including charades and dominoes.

How does Win, Lose, or Draw work?

This game is like charades, except instead of acting things out, students draw them.

This requires board space or small student white boards. You also need to come up with recent vocabulary words that students can draw - abstract concepts are not good for this game.

Divide the class into 2 teams (or more if you've got enough board space).

Have one person from each team come up to the board and give them a dry erase marker (or a piece of chalk if your school is still in the 18th century). Show the Drawers the same vocabulary word and tell them when to start drawing.

Each team has to guess the vocabulary word that the Drawer is drawing. The first team that guesses the right vocabulary word gets a point.

Let students choose the next person to draw or you can choose yourself.

A note of caution

Much like charades, students will scream wildly if given the opportunity. Let them know in advance that this volume is unacceptable.

Otherwise, this will quickly become your least favorite game. 😬 You and all the other teachers in your hallway.

Do your kids love win, lose, or draw? What are your favorite games to fill up the class period? Please comment below!