Gimme Five: 500 More Ways to Get Your Students Talking

By Les Christie

With more than 500 prompts, Gimme Five is sure to get your students talking, thinking, and laughing as they name their five things—foods they hate, situations that make them cry, favorite television shows, and much more. You’ll find funny stuff, as well as hot issues and scenarios that’ll make your students dig deeper. Whatever route you choose, Gimme Fivewill spark fascinating conversations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Release date: Aug 30, 2009
• ISBN: 9780310851967

Les Christie

Les Christie (DMin, Trinity International University) is a national speaker and youth ministry veteran. He chairs the youth ministry department at William Jessup University, in Rocklin, California where he has taught the Gospel of John for the last 15 years, and is also an adjunct professor at Western Seminary. Les is the author of more than a dozen books, including  Awaken Your Creativity and When Church Kids Go Bad.

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YOUTH SPECIALITIES

GIMME FIVE 565 MORE WAYS TO GET YOUR STUDENTS TALKING

Copyright 2006 by Les Christie

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ePub Edition June 2009 ISBN: 0-310-85196-3

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Christie, Les John.

  Gimme five : 565 enticing icebreakers to get students talking, laughing, and thinking / Les Christie.

     p. cm.

    ISBN-13: 978-0-310-27315-8

 1. Church work with teenagers. I. Title.

    BV4447.C47742 2006

    268’.433--dc22

2006015057

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Contents

Cover page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgments

How to Get The Most Out of Gimme Five

About the Publisher

Share Your Thoughts

DEDICATION

To my two grown sons, Brent and David, who continue to bring joy to my life and my wife Gretchen’s life. They allow me to try out on them many of the initial ideas that pop up in many of my books, and for that I am grateful. They are a lot of fun, too, and Gretchen and I so much enjoy their visits and our phone conversations with them.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This book would not have been possible if it were not