One game is calling out a
question to answer or a word or sentence to spell, giving the groups
twenty or thirty seconds to write the answer (and telling them not to
raise their board until I say time is up), and then having them show me
the answer. The groups with
the correct answer get a point. This way everyone has an
opportunity to score a point, not just the first one with the answer. I’ll sometimes end this game, and
others, with an opportunity for each team to bet all or part of their
points on the last question (like in “Final Jeopardy”).
Ferlazzo has a list of games ideas the are a marvel. His basic requirements is that the games require no money, little teacher prep work, and every students has to be involved. I was impressed. I think I know how our students can review for the unit test. Ferlazzo says these are easily modified for other content areas. I thought they be the perfect way to review vocabulary.
