Time Is Of The Essence

🫶 Author: Sophia Dunand-Clarke and Marcus Williamson (PAPER PLANE ENGLISH) 💚

Set up:

Write times on the board and divide them up.
Place the spinner in the centre of them.
Divide the bottom of the board into team sections.

Materials:

Spinner
Chalk
Stopwatch

Skills practiced:

Speaking
Writing
Listening

Boardwork:

Tutorial video:

How to play:

Call up one student from the first team to be their writer.
They get to spin the spinner and get a time for their team.
Set the timer to the time they land on.
Give their team a category or letter and start the timer.
With the help of their team giving them suggestions, the student at the front must write down as many words in that category or beginning with that letter.
Go to the next team and repeat.

Ages:

6-16

Time:

10 - 15 minutes

How to modify the game:

Let the student choose between two categories or letters after spinning the spinner to add a strategic choice.
Introduce a rule where any misspelled words result in a deduction of points to emphasize accuracy.
Add a bonus round where the team can double their points if they guess a bonus word provided by the teacher within the time limit.

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