Jeopardy (Pop Culture Characters)

Make use of this game to help the students know you better, as well as rope in your JTEs to have a REAL team-teaching class.

𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅:
- 1x mini whiteboard
- 1x marker
- 1x eraser/tissue per group
(alternatively: they can use a notes app on Chromebooks/iPads)
- Prizes because we gotta bribe them for maximum energy

𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒏:
- Rehearse the animations in the slides to make sure you know how to toggle between the question board and the questions themselves.
- Work with your JTEs to choose the best Japanese characters for your students. E.g. our students had just gone to Nara for a school trip, so we added Sento-kun as a character.
- Decide if you want a timed response (1 min per question) or to eyeball it based on the completion rate of the students (we did the latter)
- Group your students (teams of 4/5 work best!)

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚:
- Draw a scoreboard on the blackboard in front with one row for each team
- Give one whiteboard, marker, and eraser/tissue to each team and ask the students to write their group number on top
- Explain what pop culture is and the rules of the game (5 mins)
- The groups take turns to choose a category and the difficulty level. (Make them say it in English!!)
- All groups get to answer when a question is chosen.
- JTE helps to check the answers when time is up and record the scores on the board.
- When appropriate, have a mini conversation with your JTE about the characters shown.
E.g.

"Sensei, do you know this character?"
"Yes, it was really famous when I was a student!"

"Wow, ALT, why do you like this character so much?"
"I met the actor in real life!! I even got his signature!"
> show them how awesome and cool you are and enjoy the chorus of SUGE-!! MAJI-?!

The learning objectives in this game are very broad, and you can adjust the scoring system according to your needs.
E.g. if your focus is on spelling, you should include questions that require English answers only. For our school, we were focused on the understanding of "Wh" questions and spoken communication, so we even allowed answers spelt wrong or even in katakana sometimes.

𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝑺𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆!
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13uccfQdXv19wf1klQW4lNfx333KRuih3BpPomIWWPlg/edit?usp=sharing