RACE AND SPEAK QUIZ GAMES (summary)
These are group games. The students are put into groups and select their order in the group. A question is asked and the first student from each group races to a teacher and answers the question. If the answer is correct they recieve points.
The points can be based on speed (the fastest gets 4 points, the next 3 points and so on) or you can use a random point system such as a powerpoint game or drawing cards (A=1 point, Deuce=2 points, 3=3, 4=4, Joker= rock scissors paper, win 5 points, lose -points). The nice thing about using cards is both teachers can have a set. With speed version one teacher can be in charge of some groups and the other in charge of the remaining groups.
Once every group has answered the question you can go onto an answer check and then the next question with the 2nd student in each group coming to answer.
This can also be done as a writing activity with the students writing their answers before bringing them to the teacher (WRITE AND RACE GAMES). As a writing activity it takes longer but some teachers prefer that. Personally I prefer it as a speaking activity and then doing the writing afterwards at their own pace but I usually ask my teaching partner what they prefer.
Many of my activities are based on this formula. I prefer it to the traditional quiz games because it has a higher level of participation. The traditional quiz games are either very ability driven so they are dominated by the students with the most ability or there is just too much waiting as the class must wait for each student to have a chance to answer a single question. However there is a place for everything and I still find them useful when time is very limited.
END OF SUMMER QUIZ GAME TEMPLATE
I've included this so teachers can make their own version. You click forward to the play slide and it shows the question or key words at the top. If you are using key words you can either ask a question and the students use the key words to answer it or they use the picture as a hint to fill in the blanks. There is a character beside the question. If you click on it the hint picture will appear. If you click on the hint picture the answer will appear. If you are making a version where you don't need a hint picture you can delete that picture (or make it invisible in the object selection panel). In that case when you click on the character the answer will appear. The answer has the hyperlink for the next screen or you can just click forward.
The summer icons at the bottom of the screen contain the random points. There are two ways of managing these types of games. First if you are using a tablet the students can come to both teachers with their answers and then they can click on the icon they want themselves. Alternately with the tablet one teacher can take the answers and the other can circulate around to support teams that are struggling. If you are using a computer then the students go to one teacher with the answer and then the other to pick the icon they want. In both version I have the students record the points themselves on the board and then go back to their seats. I usually put the team point boxes on the opposite side of the screen far from the computer or tablet rather than right beside it. This reduces crowding a little bit.
If you are running low on time you can jump to the game over screen by clicking on the sun on the question number screen.
On the game over screen a song is playing. I usually keep it playing until we've calculated the team points. If you click on the picture once it will stop. If you click on it again it will start again.
THE 1ST YEAR REVIEW QUIZ
This covers some classroom English, 1st person BE verb, When, Can, and This and That.
On this quiz where there is no hint picture you click on the picture beside the question to see the answer.
This quiz has a mix of questions and key words. The demonstration slide has a question but the 1st slide has a key word challenge. Once they see the key words you'll have to explain that they will see a picture and they should use it to fill in the blanks. Once you've explained that then you show the picture.
It is followed up with some writing practice. You can click pass the end of the game to show a demonstration of how to do the writing. They can do the writing in their groups or they can be split up and do it individually. I usually set targets based on the time available and reward stickers for completing them.