Year 9 GAIN English

Created by Daren Mallett

How to Play

Each slide has a different demand.

 Act it out – Means that in groups you have to
act out a scene.
 Stimulus discussion – Best and most creative
team answer win.
 Stimulus writing –The best written response,
wins.
The group with the most number of points at
the end of term, wins.
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 Stimulus Discussion
What happened in this house?
5 Mins – 30 pts.
Act it Out – 30 Points

In your pairs/team, create a freeze frame that

conveys mystery.

If the audience can guess what your freeze

frame portrays, then your team wins 30
points.
 Act it Out – 5 mins
30 Points
Invent a creative definition for these words:
1. Remonstrance
2. Expostulation
3. Brouhaha

If you can convince others that your definition is

correct, you get the points (10 for each).
Stimulus Writing – 7 minutes
40 Points

What brought you to

this hole? What happens
after you fall through the
hole? Each person writes
one part of the story.
Stimulus Writing
40 points
Create a poem, rap or song that is going to
leave the reader wondering who you are. You
can be anyone you want from a cartoon
character to a movie star. You have to chose
someone who most students would know of.
 Act it Out
40 Points per team

In Pairs or small groups, act, mime or present

a famous scene from a movie or story. If the
audience is able to guess your movie, then
you score the points. At least one character
has to be blind-folded.
Stimulus Writing – 5 mins – 40 Points

 In your group write 5 captivating news

headlines that convey a sense of mystery.

 1st Group with 5 good headlines win 30 points.

Act it Out

Find one object in the classroom. Create or

perform a dramatic play/script about how this
object was used as a murder weapon. Be as
creative and as funny as you want to be.

40 Points
Act it Out – 8 mins – 50 pts

You have to change the words of a song or

nursery rhyme, but keep the tune. Read it
(rhythmically), sing it or perform it to the
class to see if they can guess what the tune is.
Stimulus Writing
50 Points
Who is the man in the black
Suit and why is he standing
There? Your group, you have
8 minutes to write a short
Story as a team. You cannot
Use the word murder, kill,
Stab or shot in your story.
Stimulus Response – 5 mins
What happened after you
walked into this forest?

50 Points