DIY Escape Rooms

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Yes, you CAN...do it yourself!

Are you smitten by the idea of using educational escape rooms in your ELA class but hesitant to design one yourself? Escape rooms are a great way to get your students immediately involved in the classroom while making the learning process a memorable one. This high-energy, instructional resource will help you DIY escape room activities that perfectly fit your unique group of writers.

Why is it worth the DIY?

Digital escape rooms are easy to make and can be created either by you or by students (even better). These video tutorials and resources will take you through the process of designing the escape room, deciding what will go in it, and building it out using Google Slides and Google Forms.

The Resource Kit

This resource is complete with resources for both DIY creation + ELA examples that can be used in your classroom TODAY!

Teacher's Overview Packet

This packet will help give you a general overview of the resources available in this product. You can get a bird's-eye view of the packets, video tutorials, and example escape rooms.

Teacher Workbook

What information will you focus on in your escape room? What clues will you use? What will you link to? Use this workbook to answer those questions and more while also organizing all your thoughts.

Getting Started with ELA Escape Rooms (E-Book)

This guide will help you to understand what escape rooms can do in your ELA classroom. This E-book covers not only digital escape rooms but also physical escape rooms!

Video Tutorials

Confucius or some really smart person said, "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and you've fed him for a lifetime" (or something like that). Today, we're taking that quote to heart. That is why we don't just want to give you a couple digital escape rooms, we want to TEACH YOU how to make your own!

Digital Escape 'Rooms'

This video is full of tips and tricks that will help you use Google Slides to create your digital escape 'room!'

Creating Digital 'Locks'

In this video, we'll give you a quick run-down of how to create digital 'locks' using Google Forms.

Digital Escape Room Examples

How can you use digital escape rooms to help students dig into new content? We've included 3 examples in this product. The first is the Jillpavich.com example. This one is for you to see how you might use digital escape rooms to introduce new content. The other two escape rooms (Grammar + Characterization) cover basic ELA skills and are ready for you to implement into your classroom today!

JillPavich.com Example

This is an example we made to introduce our new followers to our content. It is a great example for teachers who want to use escape rooms to introduce new content. This example is not intended for use with students, but teachers can work their way through the example to see how a student might experience a similar room.

Rainbow Grammar Example

Complete with printable CLUE cards, a sheet for notes and a video walkthrough, this example is ready for use with students. Using the Rainbow as a clue, this grammar escape room covers basic grammar skills like contractions, commonly misspelled words, and grammar vocabulary.

Characterization Example

This Characterization Digital Escape Room is also set up for immediate teacher/student use. Just like the grammar room, this escape room has a sheet for notes, CLUE cards, and we've provided a video walkthrough, so you know how to help your students. We cover characterization examples + the common types of characterization.

BONUS: INTERVIEW WITH A TEACHER

In addition to the how-to tutorials, packets, and examples, we've decided to include a bonus video with a teacher who regularly uses escape rooms with her students.

Interview with a Teacher

Escape Rooms for a Digital Era!

Get this full resource today for $22. That includes all of the how-to information for creating your own developing and using digital escape rooms in your classes + 2 ready-for-use digital escape rooms you can implement in your classroom immediately.

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