The Ball of String

I could not find any library in Saskatchewan which has a copy of this book, but it does exist.

Carifelle, Yvonne. Cree language program : teacher's manual / Yvonne Carifelle and Mary Pepper. -- [Yellowknife] : Culture and Communications, Government of the Northwest Territories, 1991.

Ball of string
Objective: To create an original group story,

Materials:
1. A ball of string, marked off at different lengths, (different colored string tied together in varying lengths could also be used).

Directions:
1. Students sit in a circle.
2. One person starts by telling a story in Cree as they slowly unwind the ball of string. When the student comes to the end of a segment of string, he passes the ball of string to the person next to him.
3. The next person must then continue the story while slowly unwinding the second segment.
4. The game continues wuntil everyone has contributed to the story or until the ball of stings is fully unwound.

This game was adapted from "Let's Play Games in German" by Elizabeth Schmidt by the author. I like this game because there is an element of unknown of how long the yarn is. This game is for students with advanced knowledge of the language. I believe it can be improvised by having a beginner learner says a short story in his first language, and having his/her facilitator translate for him/her.