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Any GREAT April Fools Jokes for our classes ????
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waseige1



Joined: 09 Oct 2008
PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:25 pm    Post subject: Any GREAT April Fools Jokes for our classes ???? Reply with quote
Anyone have any great April Fools Ideas for today.

I do not. I am at a blank.
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egrog1717



Joined: 12 Mar 2008
PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Find a youtube scare video?
(Or the maze scare thing if you've got a touch screen... mwahaha)
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carpetdope



Joined: 13 Oct 2008
PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It may not be a "great" idea... In the past they've usually done the switch-the-room-numbers thing and I let them have their fun. Then at the end of class when they've forgotten about it I mention that its our last class together as I'll be leaving for whatever reason. It's surprising how long it takes sometimes for them to cotton on to it.
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egrog1717



Joined: 12 Mar 2008
PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://www.fugly.com/flash/709/Scary_Maze_Game.html


I like the room number switching Very Happy... Gonna try out the last class thing today as well
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reactionary



Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
i'm leaving my regular public school classes alone. they wouldnt get it and neither would my coteachers.

i'll just tell my one "developing time" class that yes, i did tell them last week there would be a big test. didn't they study???
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pkang0202



Joined: 09 Mar 2007
PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I gave my students a test. Its one of those "Read ALL OF THE DIRECTIONS" test where # 1-9 is somethign ridiculous like standing up and spinning in a circle, bark like a dog, etc..." Then Number 10 is "Ignore 1-9, just answer, "What day is it today?"


I came in the class all serious, put the tests down facedown. Started a timer, etc...

It was fun.
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AsiaESLbound



Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri
PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
reactionary wrote:
i'm leaving my regular public school classes alone. they wouldnt get it and neither would my coteachers.

i'll just tell my one "developing time" class that yes, i did tell them last week there would be a big test. didn't they study???


You are right. They do not recognize nor do April Fools day. When I asked what day it is and I began to indicate it's Friday, my co-teacher got annoyed with me and so we had some friction. Annoying that every day life is so craptastically miserable instead of adding the extras that can make the experience enjoyable rather than being simply a mindless reptitious routine.
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snowysunshine



Joined: 06 Dec 2009
PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
My students actually brought it up before I did today. They'd played some tricks on each other.

One of the students, who already had one broken arm, came to class with the other one broken as well and I asked him if it was an April Fool's Day joke for his teachers, but... alas, it was not. Shocked
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detourne_me



Joined: 26 May 2006
PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
They totally have April Fool's day here, but they call it Liar's Day and they tell lies to each other.
My "Today there is a test!" prank didn't go over so well, because they said it was a bad liw... so I just gave them some examples of practical jokes instead!
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AsiaESLbound



Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri
PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Zulethe



Joined: 04 Jul 2008
PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
egrog1717 wrote:
http://www.fugly.com/flash/709/Scary_Maze_Game.html


I like the room number switching Very Happy... Gonna try out the last class thing today as well


good one. I jumped out of my seat twice! My next class starts soon and I'm going to use it on them.
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reactionary



Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
detourne_me wrote:
They totally have April Fool's day here, but they call it Liar's Day and they tell lies to each other.
My "Today there is a test!" prank didn't go over so well, because they said it was a bad liw... so I just gave them some examples of practical jokes instead!


It worked for me. Told em there was a test, and they dutifully pulled out their pencil cases and got all quiet. No complaints at al