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This game, modeled after the television game
Jeopardy, offers a lively and fun way to review one or more chapters of On
Course (or any other book, for that matter).
Supplies and Set up: 1) Write a
Jeopardy Grid (see directly below) on the blackboard; put the On Course categories
you want to review on the horizontal and put the point values on the vertical.
2) Use the Facilitator's Manual of On Course for quiz questions...or make
up quiz questions of your own;
Here's a sample grid for reviewing Chapter 4
in On Course: Taking Purposeful Actions
|
Acting on Purpose |
Mastering Effective
Self-Management |
Developing
Self-Discipline |
Believing in
Yourself |
| 20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
| 40 |
40 |
40 |
40 |
| 60 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
| 80 |
80 |
80 |
80 |
| 100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
Directions:
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Divide the class into two teams.
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Have each team choose a name and a team
captain whose responsibility it is to reveal the answers that the team
agrees upon.
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Appoint a scorekeeper to keep score for
both teams. The teacher could assume this duty. (I find it best
for the scorekeeper to record scores on the blackboard where all can see.)
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Flip a coin to determine which team goes
first.
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The first team chooses an On Course category
and a point value. (For example, in the sample above the choice might be “Developing
Self-Discipline for 80 Points.”)
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After the team decides on the category
and point value, read a question from the appropriate quiz in the
facilitator’s manual; team members confer and decide on an answer.
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The team captain calls out the answer
for the team.
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If correct, the team wins the
appropriate points. (In this case, they will get 80 points.)
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If incorrect, team two may be given an
opportunity to answer the same question, or you may want team two to choose
its own category and point value as on the TV show. (If you choose to give
the team two an opportunity to answer the same question, you may want to
have the first team write down its answer to the question so that the other
team is not given an advantage by hearing what the first team selected.)
RULE: If any team member calls out an
answer without the consensus of the group, this answer must be considered the
team’s answer, whether right or wrong. It is important for the students
to act as a team and confer with each other.
Edith Sorrell, Learning Community Mentor,
Baltimore City Community College, esorrell@bccc.edu
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