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schwa · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap

I'm planning to play jeopardy next week too, exactly as a fun run-up to exams. Some of the questions will draw on what theyre studying in the text, some will revise other stuff we've done together, & some will be random (general knowledge).

Nothing fancy -- a scrawled grid on the chalkboard & my questions on a scrap of paper I read from.

I just do it group by group in turn. One student stands & gets to choose a category & value & has to answer, but their team can help. Second round a different student has to stand & choose & answer. Get it wrong, its open to any group (raised hands & if theyre noisy I stipulate the "quietest" group).

I like to include a number of open-ended questions. "Tell me 5 things you are wearing." "Correct! [to the class] Bonus point! -- Tell me one more. Volunteers? Raise your hands." Its a nice way to spread the wealth & keep up interest. Certain students will dominate so then I add in that I want to see "new hands." Its really heartening to see the better students feeding answers to the shyer students.

25 basic questions can easily fill a 50-minute period. Its an excellent exercise in listening to random english questions & responding, & the kids like it.

Cheap candies to the winning team.

I_Am_Wrong · Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Location: whatever

the_beaver....I hate you!!! Sad

I would just do it on the chalkboard, if I had one. My classroom has a whiteboard and I don't like whiteboards. My class computer is wired to an overhead projector that displays to a gigantic screen.

I used to have a flash version that I used at elementary school but I''ve lost the disc. You can get a powerpoint template here: http://www.elainefitzgerald.com/jeopardy.htm

My class is setup in groups of six. I've tried different activities before that involved the groups haven't to put up their hands first and it was terribly difficult sometimes to decide which group put their hand up first a lot of the time. I might try it again and explain the activity in further depth to my co-teachers so they can help more.

There's no problem with any of my co-teachers doing translation for the students or feeding them the answers. The co-teachers only speak Korean in the classroom if I ask them to double check the student's comprehension.

I_Am_Wrong · Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Location: whatever

aww for 5 cents!

ddeubel · Joined: 20 Jul 2005

Also some good games here..... http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/countyjeopardygames.htm

Pre-view before playing. I also have a jeopardy Powerpoint template that works like a charm, easy to use. Got it from someone on this site (Thank YOU). PM me if you want it, I can also send some of the games I've already made....

DD

If time permits (and the students / class would be able to do it), I get the kids to make the questions. Then I plug it into the game and next class we play. You can also give the questions as homework or extra work for the best of each group. (each group makes questions for one category -- my fav. : who / what / where/ when / which

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

flotsam · Joined: 28 Mar 2006

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

jacl · Joined: 31 Oct 2005

What the hell?

flotsam · Joined: 28 Mar 2006

I_Am_Wrong · Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Location: whatever

I've decided that I'm gonna skip the computer and big screen and just use the board. Upon second thinking I've decided that using the board will allow for better classroom management as my presence would be a little withdrawn if I'm constantly at the computer.

I've decided to have three categories that correspong to the three units they will be tested on. A fourth category will describe vocabulary words from all of the units and a fifth category will be random. What kinds of questions do you find work well for random? Thanks for the input guys.