This is yet another activity that comes from an idea bank at my school. As the idea was originally written, it reads:
Before the reading activity, create a document or slideshow containing a single slide. On it, write a list of target items that you want learners to search for. These could be names, numbers or anything of value in the text. Your list should contain about five items. Before reading, flash the list of the words up on the board and show students for about 5-10 seconds, then hide the list. Learners then race to search the text for each item. The first student/pair/group to find all five is the winner. Alternative: include one or two words in your list that are not present in the text. When finished, get the winning team to share their strategies for scanning and finding the words quickly.
(Somewhat similar, perhaps, to the Scanning Race Game that I posted about previously).
I adjusted this slightly. First of all, I adjusted it to include questions that require scanning, rather than just scanning for the exact same word.
Secondly, I put those questions into the Doraemon PowerPoint Template by Kyle Ludeke. Because why not jazz things up a little bit?
I also combined this with a race to the board (i.e. the first team to run to the white board and write up the correct answer got the points.)
According to my school, this activity is supposed to develop the skill of scanning for specific information quickly.
The sample activity I've included is Unit 8 Reading 2: A Jolt of Caffeine, by the Can p.237-244 from Q: Skills for Success: Reading and Writing 5 (Second Edition).
Student engagement for activity was really high. But then, they always love these PowerPoint Games in class.
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