Bookworm Bonanza
A literature game show for grades 3–5: characters, theme, point of view, figurative language, and poems, plays and stories.
Try it free with your class: the demo runs right in your browser for 5 questions or 5 minutes, whichever comes first. No sign-up needed.
Or get every game, including all future games, with the All-Access Teacher License for $150.
What students practice
Character traits, feelings and change, setting, plot, conflict, protagonist and antagonist, theme, central message and summary, sequencing events, first-person, third-person, limited and omniscient point of view, simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, idiom, alliteration, onomatopoeia and imagery, stanzas, rhyme and rhythm, cast lists, dialogue, stage directions and scenes, genres such as fables and pourquoi tales
Standards
OAS 3.2.R.2–3 · 3.3.R.2–5 · 4.2.R.2–3 · 4.3.R.2–5 · 5.2.R.2–3 · 5.3.R.2–5
Common Core: RL.3.1–6 · RL.4.1–6 · RL.5.1–6
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How it works
- Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
- Enter the players or teams, then press Start.
- Students take turns on one shared screen, so the whole class can play together on a projector or smartboard.
- Each purchase includes the game file and a one-page Quick Start guide.
