Teaching Vocabulary - Cocktail Party (not sure if this is appropriate even though its only punch or soda)

This is how it goes.  Every student will choose a word/phrase from the vocab group. As an example, words associated with quadrilateral functions are: parabola, vertex, minimum, maximum, solutions, roots, x-intercepts, height, etc.  Students will define the word, provide examples, etc.  After 10 minutes, move the chairs to the side, all students will go around standing up and mingling with at least 7 people.  They will introduce each other as their chosen word.  Example:  Hello, my name is parabola, what's yours?  What do you do?  Well, my job is to ensure that the basketball or any ball travels from one place to another, etc.  Students are to switch partners every 5-7 minutes.  At the end, students will sit down and summarize the words and definitions tey learned.

Some things the teacher can provide - a list of words on the overhead and a table of small snacks such as pretzels or chips in a bowl, napkins and soda in small cups.  The words must be the group associated with the topics.

The activity should be a summarizer, rather than an intro - preferably before a test - so do this at the end of a unit.  Students should get credit for their summaries - like a mini project.  Post their summaries on the board as reminders of their activity. 

Twists to the cocktail:
- one student can 'perform' or act out their summaries
- another can rap their summaries
- another can just talk about it or their experiences