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High School Entrance Exam Review

Inspired by the magic quiz, this uses various practice test questions from high school entrance exams. However, other questions could be entered with the same format.

This can be played various ways, and would probably be easier if students have access to personal computers or tablets, but mine don't so can also be done with just a projector or a TV.

The way that I play this is by first reviewing the names of the characters hiding the points (in this case professions, slide 2) and displaying the example questions (slides 3-5). I explain the rules that if the student gets the answer right, they get to choose a character, and usually ask a couple of volunteer students to choose and demonstrate this. This can be played either verbally, or with whiteboards which allows multiple groups to present answers for the same question.

I find that this is fun with classes in which there may be a couple of really strong students who always win. Alternatively, this game sometimes gives those students a handicap and allows other teams (with less confident players) to gain more points, and by virtue encourages quieter students to participate.

edit My JTE requested more, so I've attached a part two.

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Submitted by iamqualified February 4, 2022 Estimated time: 20 minutes
  1. nachonaz February 4, 2022

    This is really useful! Thank you!

  2. kusobaba January 26, 2023

    I second that. Thank you very much!

  3. akopoito January 22, 2024

    Thanks for sharing. This is perfect.

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