Newspaper Bash

Materials:
 * A rolled-up newspaper or cardpaper sheet.
 * Pictures of the vocabulary items (optional)

Instructions:
 * Using pictures of vocabulary words:  Students sit in a circle, with one student standing outside the circle. Each student must pick a picture randomly from the stack. Students hold their pictures in front of them. The student outside the circle does not select a picture, instead they hold a rolled-up newspaper and walks around the circle. Whenever the walking player chooses, he or she will say the word of one of the players in the circle and begin walking towards that player. That player must then quickly say the word of another player, and the student with the newspaper will then walk towards that student. Each player whose word is said must try to say a different player's word before the student with the newspaper reaches them. If the student with the newspaper reaches them, they hit them (hopefully not too hard) with the roll of newspaper and those two students switch places. Every few rounds it's a good idea to change the pictures each student is holding.
 * No Pictures: Each sitting student must pick a word in a category given by the teacher, such as "animals." Every student in the circle must say an animal and try to remember their animal and that of the other people in the circle. After a couple of rounds like this, switch the category of words, for example, to colors, so every student has to choose a new word and everyone has to remember a new set.

Example:
 * Seven students are in the circle, while one student is outside. The seven students must pick words in the category 'food' (or select pictures of those vocabulary items). They select "apple," "sandwich," "ice cream," "spaghetti," "chicken," "beans," and "peanuts." The student who is outside the circle, holding the newspaper, begins walking around. After a moment she says "apple!" and begins walking toward the 'apple' player. The 'apple' player quickly says "beans!" and the newspaper basher starts walking in the 'beans' player's direction. Finally, the 'beans' player says "salad!" and gets bashed, since there were no players in the circle with that name. The 'beans' player then leaves the circle and takes the newspaper, while the player with the newspaper sits down and chooses a food name to use.