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High school critical thinking writing-essays games for Microsoft Word
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Bible Break out Box || using Parables!
This is the opposite of an Escape Room as you are breaking into a box. This religious game uses four parables - sower, talents, lost sheep and the good Samaritan. My kids have played these in school and they call it “break out boxes”. In my opinion, it should be called “break in” because you’re racing to break-in to the last box! There are four boxes total (one inside the others) and you have to figure out how to get into each one. You can have as many groups as you have materials for. If you h
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4th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: 4 Escape Rooms and 2 Break Out Boxes || Bundle!
End-of-the-Year Online Brain Games Worksheet
This online brain game activity is a perfect end-of-the-year activity for any middle school classroom. Sign out the computer lab or check out the laptop cart for the day - no extra materials or classroom props needed. This lesson runs itself! Your students will be engaged and on task. This worksheet works in conjunction with the Neuroscience for Kids website. I have created an activity sheet that allows my students to play some fun brain games - Concentration, Simon Says, Memory, and many more
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6th - 9th
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Chain Reaction Word Puzzles
These fun and challenging word puzzles are perfect for warm-ups and classroom challenges! Each worksheet comes with 9 brainteasers, requiring students to link one word to the next. The concept is simple, but the puzzles challenge even the brightest students!
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4th - 12th
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Introduction to Logic and Logical Fallacies
This 3-4 day lesson is a no-prep way to introduce your students to basic logic terms and concepts and to logical fallacies, and to have some fun along the way! I have used these resources with juniors and seniors as part of studying argument, rhetorical analysis, and debate and they have worked well. This resource may also be helpful in a media literacy unit. The lessons in this bundle will take approximately 3-4 class periods. Except for the Google Slides presentation, all the documents are f
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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STOCK MARKET GAME!
I use this in my math classes and marketing classes. IT WORKS GREAT and students LOVE IT!!! Here you go...Students will invest in 6 companies that they are interested in. Over an eight week time period, students will watch their stocks either earn or lose money. Students will learn how to research information about each company. Students will learn how to graph their weekly amounts for each company and how to figure out how much each company has earned or lost. Finally, students will pres
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7th - 12th
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Asesinato en la Mansión Grim (Murder Mystery Game in Spanish)
**NEW PRODUCT - JAN 2024**This is a murder mystery-style activity designed to get students engaged, thinking critically, and most importantly, speaking. This is the Spanish version of my popular Mystery at Mr. Grim’s Mansion ESL game. This product has been translated into Spanish (by a human being, not AI) and tailored for intermediate-level students. Class time: 60-90 minutes No. of students: 4-11* (*You can make more characters, but this increases the time it takes for interviewing. For large
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5th - 12th
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Word Processing Skills Activities - Computer Games
Three fun and easy to use activities that teach and practice basic word processing skills!My adult learners and ESL students often haven't had much experience using computers to type essays or do class projects. So I devised these three worksheets to get my students from knowing nothing about word processors, to being able to type a perfectly formatted essay! And each one is hands-on, nitty gritty, students sitting at the computer, learning by doing. Build their confidence by letting them do it
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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BeatMaker DJ
Youth will function as a DJ, create their own beats, and learn about what goes into owning a DJ business. They will discuss as a group and build a close network among peers.
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9th - 12th
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Career Bucketball - Critical Thinking Development
Youth will work as a team to discover the best strategy to make “buckets” (balls in the bucket) while answering career-based questions that will help to prepare them for future careers while also developing critical thinking skills.
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4th - 12th
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SHOW Not Tell! Bring Boring Sentences to Life!
This is set of about 60 BORING sentences that students need to bring to LIFE using sensory details and figurative language! For example, students may take the sentence "The dog is cute" and turn it into "My heart melted like chocolate on a hot day when I took in the sight of the adorable, cuddly puppy softly cooing in my lap." I love to print these out, crinkle them up, and throw them in the air. Students grab a boring sentence, create a "showing sentence," and repeat the process. This is an exc
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6th - 9th
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Thesis Creation Mad Libs
Use a simple formula to teach students how to create a thesis for a literary argument. This fun activity asks students to create lists of major works, literary elements, themes/ideas/concepts, & groups of people or bodies in order to generate often very funny literary theses:In [MAJOR WORK], the author uses [LITERARY ELEMENT(S)] to make a powerful statement about [CONCEPT/IDEA/-ISM] in [PEOPLE OR CIVIC GROUP].Students will discuss whether they think they can defend the resulting Mad Lib Thes
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9th - 12th
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Fallacy Detective Matching Game Bundle
This has a PowerPoint now to help teach the game. A bonus file is included to teach the Gospel.
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6th - 11th
Industrial Revolution Murder Mystery Review Game- Editable!
In this fun and customizable review game of the Industrial Revolution, students answer multiple choice questions that correspond to clues and solve a mystery! This package includes instructions with multiple play formats, a printable worksheet, printable clues, and an answer key. The lesson is fully editable so that you can customize the scenario and suspects for events and teachers at your school.
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9th - 12th
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Digital-Logical Puzzles to Tease your Brain - Context Clues Game - Level: Medium
Want to challenge your students to deeply analyze context clues in a variety of different scenarios? Well this is the game for you!Each puzzle begins with a short introduction to a scenario, additional clues, and a pre made table to help work your way though the problem in an organized way. Puzzles can take students anywhere from 10 - 15 minutes to solve. There are three difficulty levels: Medium, Difficult and Expert. This pack contains 15 medium level puzzles, a color coded how to solve exam
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Riddles
These 25 riddles vary in difficulty. They are great time fillers and better critical thinking tools. The riddles challenge students to ask well thought out questions in order to solve each riddle.
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4th - 12th
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El Dia de los Muertos en Mexico (espanol) (revised)
Students gain greater cultural awareness of a special celebration in Mexico. A variety of exercises include reading, word games and matching, and discussion in Spanish; drawings, recipes,Internet activities, critical thinking, and answer keys.This is also available in English as Mexico's Day of the Dead. 26 pages
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Logic Puzzles and Riddles for AICE Thinking Skills Decathlon (with solutions)
10 "Rounds" of logic puzzles (minus one that is an acronym) originally used for AICE Thinking Skills class. Rebus, Sudoku, and more. Can be used as bell-ringers, closing activities, etc. Solutions on last page.
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6th - 12th
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Conjunctive Adverbs Board Game (B2/C1 Levels)
Designed for: B2/C1 (Upper-Intermediate - Advanced EAP)Domain: EAP/College/UniversityActivity Focus: Cohesive Devices (Conjunctive Adverbs)Class time: 30-45 minutesFile Format: Word Document (editable)This board game offers a fun and interactive way to reinforce the use of cohesive devices, with a special focus on conjunctive adverbs. This activity is perfect for enhancing students' transition skills in both speaking and writing!Product DescriptionStudents read a sentence. After, they roll the
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Bring Your Writing to Life! Create Dialogue!
This is a set of about 18 paragraphs that students need to turn into dialogue. For example, a paragraph may say something like, Max said that he had a lot of fun at the dance. The students will take that and change it to, "I had a lot of fun at the dnace!" Max exclaimed. This activity gives students the opportunity to practice bringing their writing to life with dialogue. It also challenges them to correctly punctuate and write dialogue within their writing. Some of the paragraphs and goofy--fe
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6th - 9th
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Battleships (4 and 6-figure) Grid-Reference Activity
Through the classic game of Battleships, this activity will help reinforce the concept of (coordinates), specifically 4 and 6 digit grid-references in a fun way.There are two pages to this download. The first contains a 4-digit grid-reference game and a separate 6-digit game. The second page is the same setup, except their are more ships available to place on the board.Instructions:The idea is that each student in a pair gets a copy of the worksheet. They then place the designated ships on their
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3rd - 10th
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Church Library Bible Escape Room!
Can your preteens/teens escape the church library in time!? To escape this room they will need to know how to look up scripture, and find call numbers in a library. This escape room is a little easier than the last one I posted It's easier for the participants and easier to set up. But a lot of fun! My 4th/5th graders enjoyed it :) In hindsight, I would probably add a few steps or make the clues harder so that next time they take a little bit longer. You can easily change the clues to make i
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4th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: 4 Escape Rooms and 2 Break Out Boxes || Bundle!
Escape the Classroom Editable Template
This is a simple template with directions to create your own Escape the Classroom Activity for any subject or activity. You can change colors, font, words, theme and much more. You can be as creative as you want and customize it for your needs.
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K - 12th
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Cold War Simulation-Cuban Missile Crisis
Students will take part in a simulation surrounding the events of the cold war and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Each group has to try and complete their goals within the time limit of the 13 turns just as the event unfolded in 13 days, will history repeat itself or will we see a new history unfold before us?This lesson includes all the steps and questions to hold a thoughtful simulation surrounding the events of the Cuban missile crisis from the perspective of: The U.S.A., Soviets, Cubans, and Turk
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11th - 12th
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Slogans-Brand Name Game
I am a condimentI sold something that we eat for breakfastI am often associated with pancakes and wafflesI am not an Uncle but an_______________My product slogan is "Make meals special with_________"There are 18 different products. Each product gives 4 clues plus the Product logo "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking."Break your students up into teams or play individually.Designed to down load cut out and laminate and you will have this for years. Excellent for cognitive, analytical, critic
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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