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Points Game - Speaking of Speech

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<strong>Points</strong> <strong>Game</strong>So simple, it’s ridiculous.For some reason, my students CANNOT get enough <strong>of</strong> this game. They are dubious atfirst, when it just looks like a stack <strong>of</strong> little cards, but by the end <strong>of</strong> the session, they canhardly contain themselves.- Laminate and cut apart cards.- Spread cards out on table, facedown- After a student answers a language question or practices a speech sound,he selects a card, and follows the directions.That’s it.The way I play, everyone starts with a zero score, so if a student draws a“multiply” or “divide” card, their score will remain zero for that turn. I keepscores on the chalkboard or on a piece <strong>of</strong> scrap paper.I like to keep a calculator handy and let the students use it themselves whenthey can’t figure the new score in their head.USUALLY the person who chooses the “add your phone number card”wins, because it immediately gives them a few million points, but I remindthem that there is a “go back to zero” card and two “give half your pointsaway” cards. I have found that the losers don’t usually mind losing byMILLIONS. And the game can change really fast.


Add 50 Add 100 Add 30Add 3 Add 8DoubleyourpointsAdd 600 Add 48,000 Draw 2 morecardsGive half yourpoints to theplayer on yourleftAdd 4750Triple yourpointsGo back tozero pointsDivide yourpoints by 3Multiply yourpoints by 4Add 7500Add your agetimes 5Add yourhouse numberAdd 23,000Add yourphone numberSubtract yourshoe sizeAdd 57Multiply byyour gradeAdd 2983Add the number<strong>of</strong> minutesin an hourAdd thenumber <strong>of</strong>hours in a dayAdd thenumber <strong>of</strong>days in a weekAdd thenumber <strong>of</strong>days in a yearAdd the number<strong>of</strong> seconds in aminuteAdd the number<strong>of</strong> months in ayearGive half yourpoints to theplayer on yourrightMultiply yourpoints by 10


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