In talking with my PLC, we are all struggling with how to make reading novels more engaging for our students. These activities can help us to increase our engagement, especially during testing season/ tons of interruptions.
The Lucky Reading Game
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What did I do?
April 13 - 7th grade I introduced the activity and split the class into 6 groups. I wanted to be mindful of having groups with a wide variety of ability levels. They had approximately 15 minutes to read the chapter and to start thinking about questions that I might ask when we play the game. April 16
Students were given 5-7 minutes to review the chapter with their groups. We also reviewed the rules/ procedures for the game. Next, we played the game until only one card remained. |
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Twenty Questions
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What did I do?
I read about this game on a new blog I found. What appealed to me was how circumlocution could be scaffolded for students while still providing A LOT of Comprehensible Input. I adapted the visual from the website to make it more friendly for my students.
I chose PSSA week to try this game. In order to model it, I had the whole class play against me. In every class that we played, they LOVED the game! Students could be out of their seats, but they were 100 percent engaged. Score!
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I need to add more slides to account for physical/ personality traits as well as type of thing (e.g. Is it something you can eat?)
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I will DEFINITELY keep this game in my toolkit! For the future, I'd like to do the following:
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