





Pirates of the Classroom
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Game Features
Five types of rewards/punishments
Three types of choose-your-fate mystery events
How to Play
I usually play this game with teams, but feel free to play with pairs or individually depending on your class size.
For this game, teams make a sentence using a word (across) and picture (down) to choose an X.
The teacher then clicks the X they chose to reveal their reward or punishment.
The game continues until time is up or all the Xs are chosen.
The team with the most points at the end of the game wins!
Variations
Feel free to use all text or all pictures on the main choosing slide.
Runtime
(based on experiences from me and other teachers)
Time: 25min; Students: 17; Skill Focus: Speaking; Finished: No (played with 5th grade students, only had ~25min to play, if had the whole class time, then probably would have finished)
Time: 30min; Students: 18; Skill Focus: Speaking; Finished: Yes (played with 6th grade students)
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