Save Father Christmas! - Escape room activity

• English
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

TEST WEEK ONE

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Santa is missing

Help Save Santa

Last Saturday night, Rudolph aka The Red Nosed Reindeer or simply as The Red Nosed, locked Santa up in a very dark place. Solve the reindeer's riddles to find the key and save Santa

One of Santa's reindeer went crazy!

Last Saturday night Rudolph, aka The Red Nosed Reindeer, or simply The Red Nosed, locked Santa in a very dark place. Solve the Reindeers riddles to find the key and save Santa. 

1. 

ESCAPE ROOM RELEASE SANTA!

What you need

– students :) (divided into 5 groups; alternatively, there could be one group, but you need to adjust the last riddle)

– a box (prepared beforehand!) with a thank-you note inside (ready to print below)

– a classroom with at least one dictionary and one flower pot

– worksheets printed for each group and hidden in the classroom (each worksheet contains an

image of the place where you have to hide it)

– the word “BOX” written on your palm :)

Make sure your students have a QR code scanner installed on their mobiles!

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2. FILL IN THE GAPS  ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE OR YOUR WORKSHEET USING THE MISSING LETTERS FROM THE SONG LYRICS

   3. You've managed to solve Rudolph's riddles. He's impressed! Why don't you write him a letter? Convince him to release Santa Claus. If you manage to include all the required information, you will be given the last clue.

State the reason why you are writing this letter

Explain why Santa should be released

Describe what would happen if Santa was locked up.... forever

Say what you will do if Rudolph does not set Santa free

4. 

If your team manages to include all the information in your letter, the teacher will give you a riddle. Each person in your team  has a different riddle (and a different word), so you will need to work together to make a sentence to learn the next clue.

5. Follow the clues!

Original idea seen at the IATEFL conference in a workshop given by Magda Kania’s ‘Can they ESCAPE the classROOM? – critical and creative thinking made workable in your teenage classroom.

• The lesson was made by by Katarzyna Sochacka on the Meaningful English site. http://meaningfulenglish.pl/escape-room-release-santa/
  
• Adapted for LessonUp by Susan Corrigan
  

CREDITS: 

Thanks to Magda Kania, Katarzyna Sochacka and Susan Corrigan