zxczcxNoughts and crosses
9 keywords or questions are placed into a 3×3 grid. Pupils play 0/X against each other to answer or define the key term, the first to three in a row wins!
zxczcxKeyword chop
Half of the class are given questions and half are given answers, or half given one word of a key term and the others the other half. Pupils must silently go around the room trying to find out who their partner is. Once they have found one another they can either see if they can …
zxczcxJust a minute
Pupils have to talk for a minute recapping a topic without pausing or hesitating and no repetition is allowed. Great to play with a timer on the board, pupils can ‘buzz’ one another out should they do any of the above!
zxczcxJeopardy
You say the answers and the pupils say the questions. It is useful if you tell pupils that the answer must begin with, “who is” or “what is” to narrow down the response.
zxczcxGuess who
Pupils are given a key word or character and in pairs (often stuck to their heads with a post it) They have to question one another to see if they can decipher the key term or idea. It is useful to encourage pupils to link learning together e.g. a hobby or place to live in …