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Bet On It!

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Original Version

The scorecard is provided for printing.

Online/Zoom Version

Students create the scorecard themselves on a piece of paper (instructions provided).

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For the PowerPoint version of the game, download using the button above. Click this link to access the Google Slides version.

NOTE: This game is for personal and educational purposes only. You are not allowed to sell this template or use it to make money. Thank you for respecting the work that went into creating these resources!

Game Features

Clear, visual instructions for students
Simple editing - template instructs you which type of sentence you should type (a correct one or incorrect one)
Bettings sheets for print included in downloadable file

How to Play

Students play this game individually.
All students start with $10.
Each round they will read a sentence and decide if it's correct or not, then make a bet based on how confident they are with their answer.
If they are right, they get to add their bet to their total amount of money.
However, if they are wrong, they have to subtract their bet from their total amount of money.
The student(s) with the most money at the end of the game wins!

Variations

Feel free to change the amount students can bet. When I used this game, I taught an elementary-level ESL class, so it was easier for me to explain in English that they could bet up to $10 versus their maximum bet is their current total amount for each round.
For the online/Zoom version of the game, students will draw a simplified version of the betting sheet in their notebook or on a piece of paper. I have also added a 30 second timer bar to the game slides so students know how long they have to guess and make their bets. Feel free to adjust the time as needed.

Fonts Needed: N/A

Teacher Feedback

(comments and runtimes from the previous version of my site)

Students: 8 | Time: 40min | Skill Focus: Reading | Finished Game? 🟢
My kids had so much fun with this game. watching their faces when the sentences would come up was so funny, me and my co-teachers couldn't stop laughing. I had to add another 12 questions to the game because i was filling up an entire period. 24 questions was more than enough for 40-45 mins. My kids are elementary but this would be fine for older students. I threw some curveballs and made it a little more difficult to discourage max betting because my students are high level. It worked fine. Thanks for the game! - Anon
This is a great game (even your previous version of it). What I have noticed is that my students' will bet max all the time, to which many (especially the boys) get to $0 and can't continue playing. As a solution, I have changed the wording so that they may not bet more than half (or 50%) of their score/winnings per bet (their max bet). I also encourage them to bet small if they are unsure of their decision. This way it ensures fun and continuity and ironically, a great morale booster. This game makes even the smartest of students very nervous. - Chris
Students: 22 | Time: 45min | Skill Focus: Reading | Finished Game? 🔴
I used this game as a refresher on the grammar points we went over this semester. I played it as both a reading and writing exercise, where I encouraged students to write the correct sentence. The game lasted the entire lesson where me and my coteacher helped reinforce the grammar and explain why. - Anon
I love this game for exam review and writing feedback with my middle and high school students! I ended up adapting it into a team game version. I made a whiteboard version of the score card where they just have an X/O box, then a betting box, then a total box. I also give out bonus money if they can tell me what the mistake is. Also, for teams that reach 0, I 'loan' them $10 but they go into the negatives if they get it wrong.

Thanks so much for this! It's a class favorite for sure. - Eliza
My students always enjoy this game! I also give out "loans" when they get to $0, but require they pay it back (subtract from their final score at the end of the game). If they don't have enough money to pay it back, there's a penalty - usually writing one of the sentences as many times as they are in debt. I usually add interest to the loans to discourage them from going into too much debt! The kids think it's hilarious and it helps keep everyone engaged :) - Kate