Build Confidence10 min Medium None
Fortune Teller
Students improvise a confident prediction about the future.
Practicing confident speech in a fictional frame — students get to try on certainty without real-world stakes.
Instructions
One student is the fortune teller. Another sits across from them and asks any question about their future. The fortune teller must answer confidently and specifically — no 'I don't know' or 'maybe'. Switch roles every 2 minutes. Do 3 rounds with different partners.
Classroom timer
10:00
Best used when
When students qualify everything they say and struggle to commit to an idea.
Variation
The fortune teller can only answer in questions — 'Isn't it obvious that you'll...?'
Time
10 min
Noise
Medium
Prep
None
How did it go?
Quick evaluation — helps you find what works again.