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Literary Escape Room
Teams read short passages and open three locks per room using vocabulary, inference and text evidence.
Grades 4–12Escape roomSolo or 2–4 teamsNo student loginsWorks offline
Try it free with your class: the demo runs right in your browser for 5 minutes. No sign-up needed.
Or get every game, including all future games, with the All-Access Teacher License for $150.
Grade versions included
- Grades 4–5: Six-sentence stories and articles; context clues, simple inferences and main idea
- Grades 6–8: Seven-sentence stories and articles; theme, author's purpose and strongest evidence
- Grades 9–12: Literary fiction, essays and argument; irony, author's stance and qualified claims
What students practice
Context clues and vocabulary, inference, theme and main idea, author's purpose, citing text evidence, literary and informational reading
Standards
OAS Standard 3: Critical Reading and Writing
Common Core: RL.1–RL.4 · RI.1–RI.4
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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.
- The download has a separate file for each grade band. Open the one that fits your class, enter 2–4 players or teams (or solo practice) and 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 files and a one-page Quick Start guide.
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