Chapters 1 - 3
Activities

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Black Pearl Jeopardy

Directions for making the game:

Make a poster board with 12 pockets. On each pocket write a different price, $10, $20, $30. Line the pockets up on the board in 4 rows across and 3 rows down. Glue the pockets down on the poster board. The lowest price should be on the top pocket, and the highest price should be on the bottom pocket. Think of four questions from each chapter and write them on notecards. All of the questions should only be from chapters 1, 2, and 3. The easiest questions should be put in the lowest price pockets. The hardest questions should be put in the highest price pockets.

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Directions for playing the game:

First divide your group into two teams. One person who is not on a team should be in charge of leading the players. One person from a team pulls a card and tries to answer the question. A card can be pulled from any pocket. The person who pulls the card tries to answer the question in 30 seconds or less. No one from any team can help someone answer a question. If the question is answered correctly, the amount on the front of the pocket is added to the team's score. If the question is answered incorrectly, or more than 30 seconds passes without an answer being given the notecard should be put back into the pocket for another person to try and answer later.
The game is over when all of the questions have been answered correctly. The team with the most money scored wins.

 

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Manta Ball

Directions for playing the game:

Divide the class into 4 equal teams. Each team needs a ball and a basket or bucket. One person who is not playing in the game keeps the time and score for the two teams. Play two games at a time in the classroom.

Have each team write 10 questions from chapters 1, 2, & 3. Put the questions in a container. Each team should write down a list that shows the order that the team will pull questions from the container. Give the line up to the person who is not playing in the game. Decide which team will go first in the game. The first team member should pull a question from the container and try to answer it. If the question is answered correctly one point should be added to the team's score. The person who answered the question correctly gets to try and toss the ball into the basket. If the ball goes into the basket add one more point to the team's score. It is now the other team's chance to answer a question and score. If the question is not answered correctly do not give any points to the team. It is now the other team's chance to score.

Mini Tournament Bracket

Round 1

Team 1 plays Team 2
Team 3 plays Team 4

Round 2

Game #1: The two losing teams from the first round plays against each other.
Game #2: The two winning teams from the first round plays against each other.

Winners

The winning team from Round 2 game #2 wins first place in the tournament.
The losing team from Round 2 game #2 wins second place in the tournament.
The winning team from Round 2 game #1 wins third place in the tournament.
The losing team from Round 2 game #1 wins fourth place in the tournament.

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