I need ideas for a micro-teaching lesson. what can i teach a group of 20 highschool kids in 15 minutes?
On the last days of school, I have no books and only half of my students. I teach them how to play cards. My favorite game is Ups and Downs. Pretend there are 4 people playing. Everyone is given one card and trump is placed on the table. The player to the left of the dealer guesses first if she will win or lose. After all guesses are made, the first player puts her card down. Whatever she leads with is what needs to be beaten. If another player has the same suit as the trump card, that beats the first player’s card. If people have the same suit, the higher number wins. You get 10 pts. for guessing correctly and one point for winning. Therefore, the game is more about guessing correctly than getting the best cards. After you finish one round, the person who guessed first is now the dealer. She passes out two cards to everyone. The same rules apply. Each round the number of cards increases. Then, it decreases.
