Shoot the Business BasketBall - Making Revision more Engaging

Ive just blogged about this great revision game via the give it a go blog but thought it was worth sharing on the business blog. After all, thats where I used it Shoot the Business Basketball is a simple but engaging revision strategy. Perfect for when you want a break from past paper after past paper and the students are waning.Write around 25 easy 'review' questions and 25 hard 'review' questions before the lesson and then split the class up into two teams. The hard questions can be analyatical and evaluative whilst the easy ones could be as simple as definitions.Put the small rubbish bin at the front of the class. This will be the 'basket'. On the floor, about 8/10ft away from the basket put a line down (I used to use masking tape). This is the 'shoot from' line. I also had a small basketball for this activity but you can easily use some scrunched up paper.Tell the students that each one must answer the questions that are given to them and that the easy and hard questions will be interspersed. Easy questions are worth 1 point whilst the harder questions are worth 2 points. If a student gets a question correct then that student has a chance to 'shoot' for extra points (1 extra point if they answered an easy question and 2 extra points if they answered a hard question). The team with the most points at then end of the activity wins.There are a number of ways that this can be adapted. I often gave students a case study at the start of the lesson and then based some of my questions on the case study to help develop their skills of application.