CATEGORIES: This is a team game.
1) I usually divide the class by different ways each time we play. Once boys/girls, next by where they sit, then by birthday months(in language have them line up by birthmonths, they have to ask each other in language-then divide in half) etc.
2) Send one person from each team to the board. When they get the category and I say "Go(in language) They will write five items in language within that category.
3) First one done with five CORRECT answers gets the point. (I am lenient on spelling with middle school and first year)
Obviously, the categories get harder in advanced classes.
*WARNING* If you have a disabled student you may want to play OUTBURST or keep in mind:
1)Lefties are at a disadvantage in this game...try to pair them if possible.
2)Accommodations need to be made for handicapped students...let them have a "champion"-someone who writes as they say the answer. Have the other competitor work the same way with two students...one tells the other what to write.
3) I let the students at their desk help by using their books and looking up answers, BUT they cannot get out of their seats! It does get a BIT NOISY!
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