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[Shroomy]

I have always had great luck with students enjoying playing Wheel of Fortune.  I plan to play it at my Christmas party for students tomorrow.  Students are all in various stages of IELTS program.

I have always used American idioms, adages, or colloquialisms for the puzzles.  Anyone have better ideas or should I use (possibly badly) translated Chinese idioms?

Very open for ideas here.  No educational value needed, just fun for the money.  Full sentences best.

Thanks.

[Lotus Eater]

These are from Adeline Yen Mah's book A thousand pieces of gold.

Loss of one hair from nine oxen.  Jiu niu yi mao

Precious Treasure worth cherishing - qi huo ke ju

One written word is worth a thousand pieces of gold - yi zi qian jing

Binding your feet to prevent your own progress - guo zu bu qian

Clapping with one hand produces no sound - gu zhang nan ming

When the map is unrolled the dagger is revealed  - ti qiong bi xian

Burning books and burying scholars - fen shu keng ru

Words that would cause a nation to perish - wang guo zhi yan

Pointing to a deer and calling it a horse - zhi lu wei ma

Little sparrows with dreams of swans - yan que yong you hong hu zhi

Destroy the cooking cauldrons and sink the boats - po fu chen zhou

This young man is worth educating - ru zi ke jiao

Banquet at Wild Goose gate - hong men yan

Dressed in the finest brocades to parade in the dark of night - yi jin ye xin

Plot to sow discord and create enmity - fan jian ji

The heart of the people belongs to Han - ren xin gui han

The human heart is difficult to fathom - ren xin nan ce

Devising strategies in a command tent - yun chou wei wo



You could tell them that most of them are the famous 4 character sayings, then when they guess them, get them to tell you the story - and if they don't know have them research it before next class to tell you - 2 lessons for the price of one!!

[Shroomy]

Treasure.  Thanks a lot.

[AMonk]

So how was the party??  An amazing success, I presume.

[Shroomy]

The students had a great time, really enjoyed the games, especially LE's phrases.  A big hit.  Overall, since I am in the middle of a pissing match, I had to fix all food, prep all games, set up, take down, etc; it was too much work.  Would do it again with help, alone, never, never, never 

[AMonk]

"Next" time, you won't have that competition problem, and can maybe even rope in some of the students to give you a hand...Yes?

[Shroomy]

Yeah, Bunny, this was supposed to be my going away party, but I didn't go away.  Fingers crossed, I will leave in Feb for the Uni job, just waiting for the Uni wheels to turn.  I MIGHT consider another party before I go.  Hard part is that my students are pretty smart high school students who have classes 12 hours a day 6 days a week, so finding time to come to a party is tough, never mind getting them to help.  And if I involve the Chinese staff, then I lose all control and it becomes a Chinese party.  We'll see.