The Back Game
by Katie Chamberlin
(Amherst, VA)
When students have vocabulary definitions to remember, no matter what subject, I write the vocabulary terms on index cards. With tape I stick one or more to students' backs, and other students in the room have to give each other definitions of what is on the cards.
Once a student guesses it, he or she gives it back to me and then helps other students until everyone is done. This tests all of the students, because if a student can't explain or give a definition of a word, it shows.
Every student I've tried this with has loved this!
first-class | |
| Definition: | Very good; of the highest quality. |
| Synonyms: | excellent, fantabulous, splendid |
born in the purpleBorn into royalty. Purple is a color traditionally associated with royalty. |
Hola MohallaHola Mohalla is a three-day Sikh festival celebrated in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, India, on the day after Holi, the colorful water-tossing springtime festival. Mock battles with ancient weapons are staged, and there are also exhibitions of traditional martial arts like archery and fencing. The important Sikh prophet, Guru Gobind Singh, started this fair sometime between 1680 and 1700. More... |
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For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) |
Today's topic: stalkstipe - A stalk or stem of a seaweed, fungus, or fern frond. More... cranberry - First crane berry, so named because the plant grows on a stalk that looks like a crane's neck. More... spire - In Old English, it meant "stalk" or "stem." More... stalk - In a car, the flexible arm holding the mounting by which a seatbelt is secured. More... |