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"Top 10 Lists" Activity

Get students thinking (and talking) with this fun “Top 10 Lists” activity shared by Tracee Orman of TeachersPayTeachers. The activity involves students creating a David-Letterman style Top 10 list to help reinforce a lesson or to increase motivation and engagement around another school issue or event.

Students can either read their list from a card or make a poster of their list. The lists can be posted online or on a bulletin board for other students to see. Kids could even create the list in a PowerPoint presentation and present it as a mini-speech to the class.

Additional ideas:

Try continuing the theme throughout the year (maybe once a quarter so kids do not tire of the activity) for almost any activity or event. Examples include:

  • Top 10 Reasons We Will Win Our Homecoming Game
  • Top 10 Reasons to Read [Insert Novel Title Here]
  • Top 10 Reasons It’s Great to be Back in School After Holiday/Winter Break
  • Top 10 Reasons to Succeed on [Insert Standardized Test Name Here]
  • Top 10 Reasons Not to Slack Off 4th Quarter
  • Top 10 Reasons Why [Character X] Should [Insert Action]
  • Top 10 Reasons Why Julius Caesar’s Friends Turned on Him

See the full Top 10 Lists activity.

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