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ELA 4: Create a Successful Jeopardy Review Game 25 Views


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When your grades are in jeopardy, there's no better way to study up than Jeopardy. As a review game, not just watching it on TV. Yes, unfortunately a wise-cracking Sean Connery won't be included in your game. Keep a stiff upper lip.

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00:06

[Dino and Coop singing]

00:14

Sometimes, studying can be downright boring. [Student asleep at his desk]

00:16

But it doesn't have to be. A great way to spice up any study/review session is to incorporate [Coop watching TV]

00:22

the most exciting and amazing gameshow in television history!

00:26

That's right.... come on down to… Shop ‘Til You Drop!

00:30

Oops. Wrong game. We meant...

00:32

This… Is… Jeopardy!

00:34

So let's review the rules of this, uh… review. [Picture of Jeopardy presenter]

00:38

This is a jeopardy board.

00:40

Along the top you'll see six different categories. We've thrown in some placeholder [Finger pointing to the different categories]

00:43

categories in there, but your teacher will plug in what they want you to review.

00:47

Below each category are five questions. Each question is worth a certain amount of points.

00:51

And of course, the more points it's worth, the more difficult the question.

00:55

You didn’t think we'd give away points easily, did you? [Arrows show easiest questions at the top and hardest questions at the bottom of the grid]

00:58

Depending on what your teacher decides, you'll either play as an individual or part of a team.

01:02

The first player or team chooses a category and point score, and then the teacher reads

01:07

the question.

01:08

The first team to buzz in and correctly answer wins those points – and they get to choose

01:13

the next question to tackle. And they get to, uh…hear themselves talk a bit more. [Students playing jeopardy in class]

01:18

Bonus.

01:19

Unfortunately, famous Jeopardy host Alex Trebek will probably not come to your classroom to

01:23

lend a hand. He’s booked solid this week for mustache maintenance. [Trebek at a barber shop]

01:28

At the end of the game, your teacher might choose to do a Final Question, where you can

01:32

wager as many of the points you've earned as you'd like… in hopes of sealing the victory.

01:37

Of course, you shouldn't focus too much on winning. [Coop pointing at a blackboard]

01:40

In the end, the real winners are the ones who get the most out of the review sessions

01:44

– the points and teams are just a way to keep things interesting.

01:47

That said…kick some butt and rack up the most points. Because winning rules. [A foot kicks someone in the butt]

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