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"I have...Who has?" Game
Th "I have...Who has?" game is a great way to review key terms in the organic chemistry unit, especially more so because there are a lot of new terms and functional groups that students are introduced to. This game can be used at the end of a unit as a consolidatory review of the entire unit. It is also serves as a great tool for teachers to gauge whether students have understood the content. If the teacher discovers that there are topics that the entire class is having difficulty grasping, the teacher can go back and re-teach those concepts and clarify any misunderstandings that students might have.
This is a great activity for audio learners in the class as students have to listen to their peers in order to correctly solve the answering chain. To make it more engaging, give students an incentive to correctly complete the chain without breaking it with incorrect responses. This allows students to work together as a class and listen to their peers in order to correctly complete the answering chain.
This is a great activity for audio learners in the class as students have to listen to their peers in order to correctly solve the answering chain. To make it more engaging, give students an incentive to correctly complete the chain without breaking it with incorrect responses. This allows students to work together as a class and listen to their peers in order to correctly complete the answering chain.
Instructions to Play the Game
- Distribute the cards randomly to students in the class. Depending on how many students are in the class, give a card to each student or a pair of students.
- Explain to students that their card has a key term and a definition listed on it. Emphasize that the term and the definition are NOT related.
- You will select one student to begin who will read the definition on their card. "Who has...[read the definition]?"
- The student in the class who has the card with the correct term that corresponds to the previous student's definition will say "I have...[read the term]". This student will then read the definition on their card by asking the class: "Who has...[definition]?"
- Students must listen for their turn and try not to break the chain.
- The answering chain continues and comes back around to the first student.