[sidewalker]

Here's an activity that works well if you have a smart phone or even better a tablet PC. Gather together lots of interesting photos based around a theme such as Christmas, the garden, brands, etc.

Give the tablet to the first student who must describe the object in the picture, it's okay if the student doesn't know the answer as the other students are allowed to guess the target word in their native tongue (I guess this works best in monolingual classes).

When the students guess the picture, the tablet is passed on to the next student who swipes to the next picture.