Whatwordswillyouthinkofonhearingmagic?(Writedownatleasttwowords)Groupwork.Canyouplaymagictricks?Eachgroupshowsamagictricktotheclass.amazingunbelievableinterestingmysteriouscharmImpromptuMindReadingThismysterycanbedonejustaboutanyplacewithordinaryobjects.Tolearntoplaythetrick,readtheinstructionbelowinpairs.Inthistrick,sevendifferentobjectsarearrangedonthetable:apen,acoin,acellphone,aspoon,afork,acupandakeyringwithsomekeysonit.Themagicianwritesapredictiononapieceofpaper,foldsitinhalf,andplacesitonthetableunderaspectator'shand.Themagicianandanotherspectatortaketurnsselectingobjectsfromamongthesevenonthetableandeliminatingthem.Onlyoneobjectremainsonthetableattheend,lefttherebychance.Yet,whenthepredictionisunfoldedandreadaloud,youhavecorrectlypredictedwhichobjectwouldremain.Important:Youshoulddefinitelyplacetheobjectsoutabitmoresoyourhandsaren'tcrampedwhenyoucoverthem.Thefollowingaretwotasksheets,whichshowhowthemagictrickisplayed.WorkwithyourgroupwithhalfofyoureadingSheetAandtheotherSheetB.Duringyourreading,youshouldsummarizeeachstepinyourTaskSheetandwritedownyourpredictionofthenextstep.SheetAStep1●Anyoddnumberofdifferentobjects,withaminimumoffive,canbeused.Let'sassumethattherearesevenobjects:apen,acoin,acellphone,aspoon,afork,acup,andakeyringwithsomekeysonit.Theseshouldbeborrowedfromspectatorsortakenfromthingsalreadyonthetable.BecauseI'musingafork,aspoon,andacup,youcantellthatI'mprobablydoingthisforsomeoneinarestaurant.●Youalsoneedaslipofpaperandapenormarker.Summaryofthisstep:Step2Whatwouldthisstepbeabout?SheetAStep3Ifyou'reperformingforasingleperson,thenjusthavethatspectatorputthepredictioninhisorherpocketsotheperson'shandsarefree.●Chooseanotherspectatortoassistyou.●Youmustgofirst:coveranytwoobjectsonthetable,oneunderyourlefthand,theotherunderyourright.Youmaychooseanytwooftheobjects,butneverchoosetheobjectyou'vepredicted—inthiscase,thekeys.Summaryofthisstep:

Step4Whatwouldthisstepbeabout?SheetAStep5●Now,tellthespectatorthatitishisturntocovertwoobjects.Hemaycoverthekeyswithonehand.Ifthathappens,thenyoutellhimtodiscardtheitemunderhisotherhand.Itwouldbethecupintheexampleshowninthephoto.Summaryofthisstep:

Step6Whatwouldthisstepbeabout?SheetAStep7Thephotoshowsyoucoveringthecellphoneandpen.●Forexample,saythatyoucoverthecoinandthefork.Thespectatortellsyoutoeliminatethefork.Therearenowsixobjectsonthetable.●Hecoversthekeysandthecup.Youtellhimtoeliminatethecup.Therearenowfiveobjectsonthetable.●Youcoverthecellphoneandthenthepen.Hetellsyoutoeliminatethepen.Therearenowfourobjectsonthetable.Summaryofthisstep:

Step8Whatwouldthisstepbeabout?SheetBStep1Whatwouldthisstepbeabout?

Step2●Say“Iamgoingtotryabitofmindreadingwithoneofyouinamoment.We'regoingtotaketurnsandeliminateallbutoneofthesesevenobjects.I'mgoingtopredictinadvancewhichobjectwillremain.”●Decidewhichoneoftheobjectsyouwanttopredict—let'susethekeyringasanexample.Write“TheKeysWillRemain”onthepieceofpaperwithoutlettinganyoneseewhatyou'vewritten,folditinhalf,andslideitunderthehandofsomeoneintheaudience.Summaryofthisstep:Step3Whatwouldthisstepbeabout?

SheetBStep4●Informthespectatorthathecannowtellyoutodiscardoneofthetwoobjectsbeneathyourhands.●Whicheveronehepicks(theforkinthisexample),pushitwayofftotheside.Summaryofthisstep:

Step5Whatwouldthisstepbeabout?SheetBStep6Remember:Never,evercoverthekeys!●Thewaythistrickworksisbothsimpleandingenious:youwillnevercoverthekeys,andsohecannevertellyoutodiscardthem,andifhecoversthekeys,youtellhimtodiscardtheobjectunderhisotherhand.Thisway,thekeysnevergetdiscarded,andafteryoucontinuetodothis,takingturnswiththespectator,thekeyswillbethelastitemonthetable.Summaryofthisstep:

Step7Whatwouldthisstepbeabout?SheetBStep8●Hecoversthecellphoneandthecoin.Youtellhimtoeliminatethecoin.Therearenowthreeobjectsonthetable.●Youcoverthecellphoneandthespoon.Hetellsyoutoeliminatethecellphone.●Therearenowtwoobjectsonthetable.Hecoversthespoonandthekeys.●Youtellhimtoeliminatethespoon.Thereisnowoneobjectremaining:thekeys.●Whenonlythekeysareleft,askthepersontoreadtheprediction:“TheKeysWillRemain.”ImportantAlthoughextremelysimpletodo,thegamecanalsobetooobviousifyoudon'tthrowalittlepresentationandactingintotheprocess.Donotrushthroughit—itmustappeartothespectatorasifyou'regivingseriousthoughtnotonlytowhichobjectsyoucoverbutalsotowhichobjectsyoumakehimdiscard.Remember:younevercovertheobjectyouwanttodiscard,andifthespectatorcoversit,alwaystellhimtoeliminatetheotherobject.Summaryofthisstep:Youandyourpartnertelleachotherhowtodothemagictrickonebyone.Andthenperformthetrickoutontheplatform.RemovingYourFingerAlthoughadultsthinkthisissilly,kidsareamazedbyit.You'veseenlotsofpeopledothisbadly:pretendtopulloffafingerorthumb.Whendonepoorly,it'satbestagagandatworstjustdumb.However,I'vebeendoingthisformanyyears,andit'soneofthemostamazingthingsyoucandoforkidsifyoufollowtheinstructionscloselyanddoitwell.Whyarekidsamazedbyit?Becauseyouaredefyinganaturallawtheyinherentlyunderstandbythetimethey'refiveorsixyearsold:Youcannotremoveapartofyourbodyandputitbackon.Itrockstheirlittleworldwhenthetipofyourfingercomesoff.Bepreparedforthemtoaskyoutorepeatitfiftytimes—butdon'tdoit.Now,let'slearntoplaythistrick.Studythepicturescarefullyandtrytodescribeeachpictureonthegivenlines.A:B:C:D:E:F:G:H:ListentotheinstructionofthetrickandputthepicturesinTask1intothecorrectorderaccordingtowhatyou'veheard.Correctorder:Inthewarmingup,eachgroupshowedamagictrick.Nowwritedownthestepsofyourtrickandeachgroupshouldteachothergroupstoplayit.Telltheaudiencethere'samagicalholeinthetableandthatyoucanp