EDIT
Hey guys, thanks for all the likes! I fixed some issues with the powerpoints (weird fonts and incorrect Japanese haha), and also increased the number of minigames. Also, a fun way I like to run the game is save question 40 (drawing challenge) for last! It's a good way to wrap up game play if you're running out of time. Enjoy!
ACTIVITY
Happy spooky month, everyone! This is a simple, powerpoint based quiz game with a Halloween theme! The main questions are all general English review, but some of the bonus questions involve Halloween trivia.
PREP:
Connect your computer/tablet to your classroom display, mark out a place on the board to keep track of points
HOW TO PLAY:
Divide students into groups of 5-6 and have them draw straws to determine play order
Teams take turns choosing a number from the home screen. They then have 30 seconds to answer the question. If they get the question right, they earn points. HOWEVER--some questions lead to a "trick or treat" option. On this screen the students can decide if they want a "treat" (2 points) or a "trick" (challenge question or minigame worth 4+ points).
There are roughly 10 trick or treat options hidden throughout the game. Half of these lead to challenge questions, which are all multiple choice Halloween trivia. The other half lead to minigames which are as follows:
- Zombie Attack: all teams return to zero
- Vampire Battle: play janken with another team, winner steals 3 points
- Candy Bag: +6 points
**Note: If a team answers the original question correctly but fails the challenge question, I give them 1 point for their first correct answer.
POWERPOINT INSTRUCTIONS:
- Click the number on the home screen to take you to the corresponding question
- After students have answered, click anywhere to reveal the right answer
- Click the ? icon to reveal the points OR trick or treat
- In the case of trick or treat: click the candy icon to reveal the points, or the ghost icon to reveal the challenge question
- Click the home icon to return to the home screen.
NOTES:
- If a team can't answer in 30 seconds, I allow other teams to raise their hands and steal the question.
- I've attached three versions for the three grade levels. The questions are all content covered in the first 1-5 units of the Here We Go! textbooks. A few of the questions are also specifically about the ALT/JTE so of course feel free to alter anything you like!
Thank you so much! This saved me a lot of time.
This is so fun! I don't know if I have 40min., but I'll make it happen! xD Thanks for putting in so much effort!!
This is amazing work! Thank you so much!
I spent so many hours looking for a simple yet so fun game for halloween lesson thanks so much.
Appreciate this so much! Thank you!!
I like it a lot! Thank you for your effort and time into creating this very nice PP for Halloween!
This is really great! Just an idea, it would be cool if the numbers on the board were houses on a street. That way it would simulate trick or treating.
Thank you very much for this
This has done some heavy lifting for my classes this week! Thanks for creating a great quiz!
These were excellent! I found the game is faster and more exciting when any of the teams can 'buzz in' by raising their hand first i.e. not just turn-by-turn as described in Step 2 of HOW TO PLAY. Then, the team that answered correctly also chooses the next number from the home screen to advance the game.
waooo! This is super suitable and handy.
Great game! I wanted to jump off of Keith's note and share the website multibuzz.app - if your school server allows it, you can use this website for students to "buzz in" when they know the answer!
Thank you so much! this is a life saver
My 3年s absolutely loved this game! Thank you so much for sharing this!! Happy Halloween!!
thanks a lot
These are fantastic. Thank you so much.
Wow this looks amazing! I'm excited to try this as a review with my first year high school students at the lower level schools.
Thank you for your time and effort making this superb game for ALL to enjoy. Just spectacular to say the least. My students enjoyed so much....Thanks from Ueda Nagano!
It seems like there's no point screen if they choose trick and get the question right...? What do you do if they answer the trick question correctly? Do we just give them the 4 points mentioned in the description?
@wajimaALT Yes that's right! You could alter the bonus point numbers if you want, depending on how difficult you think the question is!
Great resource! There's just a few questions I don't totally get, in the 1年生 presentation, question 12 is "Three hint quiz"? And the answer is "It's Pikachu!!!"?? Thanks for this anyway!
Thanks for posting this! My kids really enjoyed it. For question #40, I had each group draw a picture and let my JTE act as a judge and pick a winner!
First I want to give some props to this game because it was awesome! I changed up the questions and used it for my high school students, both they and the teachers loved it! Loved it so much that I decided to venture and make a Christmas version, but for the life of me I can't seem to get the numbers to disappear once we return to the original numbers screen. It's been a few years (T.T) since this post but please share your secrets ~
@jasmarie I am not the OP, but maybe I can try to help. I am working off the "Trick or Treat 2年生.pptx", so some of the object names might not match. First, open your PPTX on your computer. Go to the "animations tab" at the top of the page. Look for and click on "Animation Pane". This will open a sidebar menu. (I am going to assume that this animation pane is empty on your PowerPoint, correct me if I am wrong tho). Hold SHIFT and click on the ovals 1-40. Then (still on animation page) where the green stars are at the top, click the drop-down menu so you can see the EXIT animations (should look like red stars). Choose any one of the red stars. Now is the tedious part. Click the background of your slide to unselect all of the 1-40 ovals. Click the Oval with a 1 in it. In the Animation Pane sidebar, it should be highlighted in red. Mine is named "Oval 3103", remember the number of your selected oval. (1/2)
At the top of your animation page there should be a yellow lightning bolt with the word "trigger" next to it. Click it, then select "On the Click of:" then find your oval name. So I'll click "Oval 3103". Do the same for all the remaining ovals (2-40). It can be super confusing without a visual so let me know if you are lost. (2/2)