This game is a combo between a standard review and my Mario Typhoon game. It is built to be edited and changed as needed so don't be afraid to adjust for each of your classes' needs. Have fun!
- Fill in all the question slides from slide 5 to 40. The questions should correspond to sections of the book. The three categories work as followed
- Reading: Place a quote from their textbook to see if they can read it
- Answer: Have a question they have to answer from you
- Original: Put in a word from their vocabulary and have them use it in a sentence
Each column in slide 4 corresponds to units in your standard textbook. Make sure to put in questions your class would consider easy, medium, or hard in each section
Divide the class into 6 teams and have the choose a color on slide 2 to get a team name
If they get an answer correct, click the cube on the top right of the question slide to take them to the points screen
To get points, they must chose a block and it will give them points at random. Some of the effects are a bit wilder, so I have left I guide for them in the slides as well
Once they get the points, click the character on the slide to take you back to the main question page. For block C4, click the "-15" to get to the main page
This powerpoint is designed to have the questions easily edited, so go nuts on making whatever changes to the question types you want.
Awesome game. I have made a review for my JHS 1st graders using this. Was there any particular reason it is only units 1-8 and not 1-11? Are 9-11 considered like extra or not needed? Anyway I really appreciate it, thank you.
My textbooks for JHS only really go to 8 units. You can edit them to fit your needs, but i find that most people in my region have the 8 units
Thanks for your reply. With games like these, do you have any suggestions when you just start the game and the first point they select is "-15" ? Do you go into negatives? Or do you start everyone off with like 15 points? It's something I have always wondered.
I always start people out with points, usually 10-15 points. I never go into the negative and I try to make sure no one steals points from a team with to few. You just play it in a way where it is mildly less one sided, but occationally, some teams just get really good at picking blocks
Awesome, thanks for the tip!
I used your powerpoint to make a review for JHS 1 and 2 I love the idea and the design is awesome.
Was wondering tho if this ever happened to you, the functions and everything worked perfectly on my computer, but when I put the power point on the big tv in the classroom (different computer) the category buttons world not work. For example I`d click 1-2, reading, easy, and the "easy" button dissappeared (as it should) but it did not take me to the slide. Same thing with the point boxes (1/2
(2/2) the box would click and dissappear, but would not bring me to their point screen. I came back to the office and tried it again on my computer and it worked perfectly great. Anyways, just wondering if you ever ran into this issue!
Thanks again for the awesome powerpoint
Marissa
Hi Mdelrey. I couldn't help but notice your inquire and I'm wondering about the other computer. Was it running powerpoint or a powerpoint-type freeware that a lot of the boards now have on their newer computers? If so you might have to edit activities using hyperlinks a bit. I've found with some of that freeware objects with both animations and hyperlinks don't work right. You'd either need to delete the animations and just remember which numbers you've done or try another work around.
Robert is correct. Sometimes the school computers can mess up your games due to different software. You might have to go into the animations and pick it apart and remake the hyperlinks and such. Its a pain, but it will also give you the ability to make your own games in the future using the same tricks you learn dissecting it
One simple workaround would be to get rid of the points slides and the question number slide. Just run the activity linear and do the points with cards on the board. You still get the flavor of the visuals of a slide show and it works better for team teaching if your partner is in charge of the point cards.
Another more complex solution I've used with my old Mario Review activity is double clicking. Tablets also have issues with triggered animations and hyperlinks. On my old activity if you click on the number it summons another box over it that has the hyperlink. You then click on that box to go to the slide. As Lucas points out you'll need to do some fiddling around.