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Your students know the struggle of adding fluff to their essays to reach a page or word count. In Too Many Words, they’ll get a taste of their own medicine! Players will try to identify everyday objects described in the most ridiculously long-winded way possible. The fewer clues they need, the more points they’ll earn. Brevity is out—hilarious over-explanations are in! 

HOW IT WORKS: 
• Divide students into two teams based on grade, gender, birth month, or simply split the room down the middle. 
• Call two students to the stage for a face-off. 
• For each round, students will be presented with an absurdly wordy description of a simple object. 
• Students buzz in by slapping a stool, raising their hands, squeezing a rubber chicken, ringing a bell—or you can just use a buzzer. 
• Guess correctly on the first clue to score the maximum number of points. If you need the second or third clues you'll score fewer and fewer points.• Keep it Rolling: Once the round ends, call up two more students.

This Resource Includes:

• Complete PowerPoint game file
• Individual (14 Q&A + instructions) game slides (jpeg files)
• Title slide (jpeg file)
• How to play document (Word file)