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Introduction Every year since 2002 I have produced a Jeopardy! tournament at Cubberley School in Long Beach, California, and in May of 2004 we began using Classroom Jeopardy! at Cubberley, making my job a great deal easier. As a substitute in the LBUSD I have played Classroom Jeopardy! in over 40 K-12 classrooms, and have done much trial and error on behalf of you, the teachers. Along with the Quickstart Guide (a fold-out brochure), your school has a complete, 80+-page Jeopardy! Guide on the CD-ROM that came with the game. This abbreviated guide of mine contains instructions, tools, and suggestions I’ve compiled to initially make your job a little easier. A suggestion example is to always refer to the words your students see on the screen (and which you’ll read) as “CLUES”; not questions, and the answers given by the students should be referred to as “RESPONSES”; not answers. This is done to take away the confusion of the Jeopardy! format that requires the “answer” to be in the form of a “question”. Without a doubt, the most useful piece of information you will find in this guide is the Student Clues/Ratio sheet. In order to determine how many clues each student will get in a game will depend on the number of students in your class and whether or not you want your students to rotate and play once in the game or twice. I’ve already done the math for you and would suggest that you copy those two Student Clues/Ratio sheets. It will save you a bunch of time and will always keep you in control. Whether using the 80+-page, or my abbreviated guide, everything should begin with the Quickstart Guide for hooking the Base Unit to your television. Please take the time to read this abbreviated guide and understand that after you play Jeopardy! one or two times in your room you will probably not need to use it again. As you get to know this extremely user-friendly game, I am confident it will complement many of your classroom needs (reviews, test preps, etc.) throughout the year. ENJOY. Read the entire article or Download the article in a Word document.
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