Thursday, February 9, 2012

Creative ways to present questions from a story in a game show format?

For an english project we are required to come up with a gameshow that teaches the class our info from our book. Already jeopardy and wheel of fortune have been taken and those are usually overplayed anyways. I need a fun gameshow that gets the whole class involved and has prizes as rewards.Creative ways to present questions from a story in a game show format?
I would try to work out some type of Family Feud type game. List type questions would really work great and teams would make it unique.



You say your class is English. You could have questions like "The top 5 answers to the question.... 1, Give 5 examples of Proper Nouns (any proper nouns could be excepted as being in the "top 5") 2. Give 5 common prepositions 3. Give 5 examples of Adverbs, etc.



If your class is more focused on literature, I am sure you can adapt it for that. Example: 1. Name all the main characters of "The Story", 2. Give examples of the symbolism in "The Story", 3. Give 5 examples of how you would characterize the protagonist in "The Story".



Just one idea. You might could also use a Weakest Link type game. Or go Old School and play Password (if you aren't familar with this, one player gives clues to the other to guess the answer).



Sounds like a fun assignment. Good luck with it.Creative ways to present questions from a story in a game show format?
If you want to involve the whole class do it like Pictionary! It was done as a game show under the name"Win, Lose or Draw". You can either use the classroom chalk/white board or you can cheaply buy a pad of newsprint. I have used this in the classroom and the kids love it. Check out this wikipedia page for more info regarding actual play. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win,_Lose_o鈥?/a>



Or if you want to involve less people, do it like the Dating Game, with your 3 'bachelors' as 3 characters from the book (they don't have to be bachelors-or even human) and the one asking questions is another character from the book. Obviously, this idea is more of a 'play' than something that is interactive with the class as all participants would need to be well versed on the book.

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