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Subjects
Grade
Brief Description
In this review and reinforcement game, negative scoring means that even the winners could lose!
Objectives
Students will
Keywords
chance, review, reinforcement, skill
Materials Needed
Lesson Plan
Before the Activity
Prepare two sets of cards in advance of the game:
* Earn 100 points
* Lose a turn
* Take 50 points from the other team
* Earn 70 points
* Double your total points
* Take an extra turn
* Earn 500 bonus points
Introduce the stack of scoring cards to students. Shuffle the cards. Put the stack face down on a desk.
Alternative idea.
You might post the 25 scoring cards in random order on a bulletin board or chalkboard. Post the cards with the blank side facing students and the scoring instructions hidden from view.
Arrange students into two or more teams. Decide which team goes first, and then pose the first question to a member of that team. If the student answers correctly, he or she draws a scoring card from the stack (or removes one from the bulletin board or chalkboard). The score on the card determines the score the student earns for his or her team.
If the student answer incorrectly, the first student on another team to raise his or her hand earns the right to "steal" the question. A correct answer earns that student the opportunity to choose a scoring card...
Of course, the scoring card could carry a negative message, so answering a question correctly is no guarantee that a team will earn points; as a matter of fact, the team could lose points! A team could conceivably answer all the questions correctly and lose the game. That's why the game is called "Will the Winners Lose?"
A Couple More Twists
Assessment
End the activity with a quiz that includes ten of the questions posed in the game. Each student should correctly answer at least 8 of the 10 questions.
Lesson Plan Source
Education World
Submitted By
Gary Hopkins
National Standards
The game can be adapted to support a wide variety of national standards.
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