This game involves finding copies of the same edition of a newspaper first; you should then prepare questions regarding the content of the paper. Each question should require players to look through the newspaper and find the answer by reading and understanding the text. So for example you might ask for the names of three movies at theaters at the moment, or for a list of the predicted temperatures for the towns in the local area. Hand each player a copy of the newspaper and challenge students to find all the answers before their opponents.
For this game, split students into pairs. Each pair selects a character each from a text. The pairs role-play using these characters, with the subject of the short scene being an event or conversation based on the text. The actual action of this scene is less important than the players’ judgement on the motivations and manner of the characters they’ve picked; the players are aiming to act in character as much as possible using the text as guidance. After all pairs have performed, you can choose a winning pair.
In this game, students again work in pairs. The idea of this game is to practice the concept of main ideas present in text. To begin with, both players work separately to create a few sentences. Each piece of text must contain a primary idea that the player is trying to suggest as well as a few details about it. Players then swap these pieces and challenge each other to find the main idea in the opponent’s piece.
For this game, assign students to small groups of three or four members. Students are given pieces of text -- perhaps a page or two of a novel -- and offered time to read through it. Students must then go through the text and come up with a list of questions, the answers to which can be found by reading the piece thoroughly. After each group completes this task, students give the questions and the text to another group and challenge that group to answer the questions. The group with the most correct answers wins.