Syllabus Scavenger Hunt Editable in Google Slides

Perfect for the first week of school, this 100% EDITABLE, NO PREP, GOOGLE SLIDES syllabus scavenger hunt is the perfect way to start back to school season with your middle and high school students. Edit the questions to match your existing syllabus - then use the Syllabus Scavenger Hunt in stations, small groups, or partners to engage students & ensure comprehension ... and to break up traditional boring "first day of school" lecture!

This resource includes ONLY the syllabus scavenger hunt activity - click here if you would like a syllabus template, sample, and scavenger hunt!

This activity is designed to work for DIGITAL or PRINTABLE formats.

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What is included in this resource?

Teacher Guide: Step by step directions for teachers facilitating this activity

Student-Friendly Directions: Step-by-Step directions to guide students through the activity. The directions are formatted to be printable as well as digital.

EDITABLE Syllabus Scavenger Hunt: THREE versions to engage students as they read the syllabus. Includes comprehension questions to ensure understanding as well as discussion questions that allow students to express ideas and opinions, such as what texts they're most interested in reading and their opinion about various class policies). These can provide a guide for a fun class discussion after the activity.

• Version 1: A 14-question scavenger hunt with look-and-find style questions to help students review important information in the syllabus

• Version 2: Syllabus scenarios activity - Covers the same content as the Q&A in version 1, but in a more creative format. This version provides various scenarios that help students put the syllabus policies into action.

• Version 3: A guided annotation for the syllabus - excellent for introducing annotation and close reading skills right from the start.

100% Editable in Google Slides - students can complete their work digitally or on paper.

Activity Duration:

This activity will take 45 minutes - 1 hour, depending on how long your syllabus is and how teachers choose to conduct the scavenger hunt activity.

Final Notes and Details:

Please note, this activity is created in GOOGLE SLIDES and is EDITABLE so you can meet the unique needs of your students.

**This resource is a PDF with links to Google Slides documents. However, the documents can also be downloaded from Google Slides as POWERPOINT files or PDF files if you prefer (file, download as, choose your format)

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