Stand to
ATTENTION
Organisation Change the game:
• Move all the desks and sit in a circle with the teacher sitting in the 1. Prior to each round the teacher
circle also. gives the students a list of possible
• The aim of the game is to say words that are related to the main topic content which will relate to the
stated by the teacher at the start of a game. topic they start with. The teacher
• The teacher starts by standing and stating a topic e.g. “Circulatory can differentiate the lists
system.” Once the teacher has sat down the students have to stand and depending on the ability of the
say a word or term related to the topic then sit down again e.g. “Red student e.g. those who struggle get
Blood Cells.” a key word and its definition and
• When saying a related word the students must avoid standing at the the more able get only the
same time as another student. If they do this the students involved definition and have to come up
lose a life. with the appropriate key word.
• A wrong answer, such as an answer that has no relation to the teachers
chosen topic e.g. “diaphragm,” again causes a life to be lost. 2. The teacher can ‘handicap’ the
• The final way to lose a life is by being the last in the circle to give an students by either changing the
answer after the teacher has announced a topic. amount of lives they have
• Each student has 3 lives. individually or by restricting the
more able students to stand up
after 10 answers have been given.
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