IEW Reinforcement Games for High School

[chessrascal]

Hello,

 

Teaching a Level C Student Writing Intensive course from IEW. Anyone have any good reinforcement games? We have a large co-op of 28 and would like to have some girls against guy teams, etc. Possibly race to the board to come up with banned words - that type of thing. Any ideas out there?

 

Thank you!

[angela in ohio]

The favorite one I used was to have three different cups with slips of paper: one had a subject, one a verb, and one a dress-up. They had to draw one from each cup and come up with a sentence combining them. My students would just try to come up wtih the funniest/ oddest sentences for each other's entertainment, but you could award a winner. I would also write a sentence on the board and then have each student draw a slip of paper with dress-ups written on them and come up with a sentence. You can also see who can create a sentence with the most banned words. They really enjoy that!

[chessrascal]

Hello Angela!

 

Thank you so much! Those are both great suggestions!! Last week was our first week, so we're actually only up to who/which and starting on "banned words". I will definitely be using your ideas. If you have anymore, I'd love to hear them.

 

Thanks again!

Janet M.

[angela in ohio]

Another banned word game would be to intentionally use banned words throughout your teaching and see who can "catch" the most and write them down. I played it with dress-ups, but it would work for banned words, too, I think.