It’s the end of the school year here. Seniors are gone, but British Literature is 50% juniors, most of whom have qualified for skipping finals.

So just what do you do for two days for students who have “checked out”?

Host a Words With Friends challenge!

Matt Farber inspired me to do this when he wrote about Words With Friends Edu in his book Gamify Your Classroom. I set up an account and a classroom, and then shared the code with the students.

After that, the challenge took off! Many students worked on their games throughout the two days. The best part was tallying up the scores. Even after students posted their total points on the board, they returned to their games and continued playing!