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waseige1 · Joined: 09 Oct 2008

Anyone have any great April Fools Ideas for today.

I do not. I am at a blank.

egrog1717 · Joined: 12 Mar 2008

Find a youtube scare video?
(Or the maze scare thing if you've got a touch screen... mwahaha)

carpetdope · Joined: 13 Oct 2008

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.

egrog1717 · Joined: 12 Mar 2008

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

reactionary · Joined: 22 Oct 2006 Location: korreia

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???

pkang0202 · Joined: 09 Mar 2007

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.

AsiaESLbound · Joined: 07 Jan 2010 Location: Truck Stop Missouri

snowysunshine · Joined: 06 Dec 2009

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

detourne_me · Joined: 26 May 2006

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!

AsiaESLbound · Joined: 07 Jan 2010 Location: Truck Stop Missouri

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Zulethe · Joined: 04 Jul 2008

reactionary · Joined: 22 Oct 2006 Location: korreia

Goon-Yang · Joined: 28 May 2009 Location: Duh

Well I did the lame fake test with a twist. Get your best student to go in on the prank with you. I have Wed/Thurs classes so I asked two students (one a girl and one a guy).

Give a fake test. Write the test rules on the board. Your helper stands up and openly mocks you in Korean. You are pathetic, this is obviously an April Fools day lie. How original.

You then rip up her/his test and start a yelling match in English. You throw the student out of class and then get really pissed off at your other students...they will do the test. The girl actually convinced me to get physical with her (I've known her for a few years, she's been in a bunch of my classes and the best student each time). So we yell at each other, /I grab her by the hair and half drag her out of class (she started crying...she is an awesome actor).

5 mins later she jumps in and yells Manwoo jeol, (April Fools Day).

Hook, line and sinker.

eoneinna · Joined: 05 Mar 2010

kiknkorea · Joined: 16 May 2008

I had told my students earlier in the week that they would have a test and needed to study for it. So today I told them at the start of class "There is no test today" followed by holding up the test and gloatingly saying "April fools."

They're university students so they know a little about April Fools Day and they actually enjoyed it. There was a lot of laughter and even a bit of applause. Great stuff!