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[Fishead soup]

A student shouts," Game"! in your class.
What do you do?

[KYC]

Other: evil eye look & tell them game is a reward & we will play only after the lesson is completed.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

I say 'maybe next time'.

[ardis]

"Nope, no game today", and then I start whatever activity I'm doing. They sigh and shut up.

[thatwhitegirl]

[CentralCali]

Other. I tell them we're going to play a game called "school." I'll play "teacher" and they get to play "students." Then I continue with the planned lesson.

Every time I do that, it cracks up the co-teachers.

[Cracker006]

[Easter Clark]

[daz1979]

Tell them to go and run round the school field 10 times in the rain. Fun, fun, fun!

[Zutronius]

Lesson first then game.

[garykasparov]

Punt the little snot out the window.

[thegadfly]

I explain that we only play a game once a year, the last class meeting before winter vacation. I then explain that if he/she ever yells "game" in my class again, EVERY student in the class will get their homework doubled -- I make certain every student in the class is aware of what "double" means...and what it means to them if little Johnny (or whoever) yells for a game again.

I play a year-end, game-show style review game (think high-school-bowl meets Jeopardy), with small prizes for the teams...everyone gets a prize, but the higher scoring teams get more candy. It is the only time I ever give them any candy or prizes or anything, and since it is a year-end review, it is still educationally sound.

...and yes, I really only ever play any kind of game once a year...and yes, I really would double the students' homework if anyone were foolish enough to yell "game" a second time...hasn't happened yet, though.

[Faunaki]

Say, do your work first and keep quiet, then we'll play a game. Fair enough don't you think?

[Saxiif]

I tell them I'll do something fun, but never a game.

Today I taught my class Cockney

[losing_touch]

I actually slam my large stick on the table and tell them "NO - PAY ATTENTION"!