Five W's and a Headline

Type of strategy: Openers & Get to Know You
Have participants answer questions to who, what, when, why, where, and then create a headline.
Directions:
- Give each person a 3x5 notecard
- One one side of the notecard have them write the 5 W's
- Who: who are they with contact information
- What: what do they teach or do
- Where: where do they teach
- When: when did they start teaching
- Why: why are they teaching, or why are they teaching the subject they teach
- On the back of the notecard have each participant write a headline
- The headline should be a short headline that describes some characteristic about themself without using their name
- Collect the notecards
- Randomly read a headline to the group and see if the group can determine whom the headline applies.
- Possibly reveal participants one at a time
- Possibly have participants keep a list of whom they think each headline applies, and after revealing all headlines then reveal the answers
- Possibly have participants reveal the 5 W's about themselves
Submitted by: Joe Buglione