The Assignment

The latest attempt at self-directed learning in my classroom:

Your assignment is to create a cooking game that includes information about kitchen safety and sanitation, measuring, recipe reading, label reading and menu planning.

Your project needs to include an attractive game board.  It should be neatly done and in color. 

 Include the following with your game board:  A) a set of 20 questions dealing with all the areas listed above.  These questions do not have to be on separate cards, but can be directly written on the game board.  B)  An accurate answer key to go with the questions.  C)  A set of written rules (how to play, who wins, who loses, when the game ends, etc.) D)  Playing pieces, a spinner or dice, depending on they type of game you create.

Neatness counts!  Your game board and questions should be neatly done.  Check your spelling and questions/answers for accuracy.

There you go – pretty straight forward, is it not?  Apparently it is not.  Here, for your reading enjoyment and in NO WAY intended to be an actual learning experience, is a sprinkling of bits and pieces of what was turned in: (Disclaimer – all misspellings are original to the authors.  They are not, I REPEAT, NOT typos on my part.)

You spit in someone.  Move back 2 spaces.

You to ugly.  Go back 2 the beginning.

You win by reaching the finish line.  You lose by no reaching the finish line.  The game finishs when one player finishes the game when reaching the finish line.

What type of water do you use on the utensil before using them?

What degrees does the oven pre heat in ceclueus?

The first thing you do is role he dice to till weather who gos first or second.

If you lose you just lose.  Note:  if you get to the last spot you wait till you win or lose.

You look like a monkey.  Go two back.

What is my favorite snake?  Cookies, cake or pizza

No cheething

If someone is falling behind you can’t stay slow pike, you stenk or anything else you would say to make the person feel bad.

Game Name:  NOT Candyland

Roll the dice and were ever you land you have to answer the ? choose one orf the three odject to play.<span

style=”mso-spacerun: yes”>  The color you land the color the card.  One person has to tell the ? to the person turn.  This person does not play.

True or false?  Is it sanitary to double dip?

I’ve contacted Milton Bradley to submit the creations for production and distribution….

Now lest you think I am making fun of my students or claiming to have classes chock full of below-average IQs…  I also received an amazingly detailed and complex Jeopardy style game which earned that group a A+.  There was a very creative game which included a game board that folds into the shape of a multi-tiered wedding cake and has questions you can be asked in either the “Vanilla” or “Chocolate” category.  Many of the games had good questions which showed that they did, in fact, actually listen to some of the things I’ve been saying for the last 9 weeks.  But – as always – it is the Bloopers that help make my day. 

As a reward for their hard work – we had a “fun” Halloween cooking project: 

 And now I’ve got to go back and review my lecture notes to make sure I covered the sanitation pros and cons of double dipping completely…