[Teachldsseminary] Family Feud

[ReaJN at aol.com]

Here are some alternate rules that have been posted over the years that I  
have saved.  I have played this way, and it does get more students involved  and 
the game moves quickly.  Obviously this was for Book of Mormon year,  but the 
principle applies.
 
Rea
Illinois
 
 
 
We have played Seminary Feud with up to 45 students and have had a  wonderful 
time using our faster rules so no one is left out. Here's a reprint of  the 
rules we've been using for nine years now:
 
Divide the class into 3 or 4 random teams (even as few as 3 to a team is  
fun) and have them choose a name (which I write on the board) and sit as a team  
in a line.
 
Every student gets a sheet of notebook paper and a pencil and the first  
person in each team is given a pad of scratch paper. Explain: "Many people were  
asked a series of Book of Mormon related questions. Your job is to try to guess 
 which answers were the most popular." 
 
When the first question is announced, the first person (from each team) has  
ten seconds to write an answer on the scratch pad - no talking or helping, or  
they lose that rounds points. Then go to each team, one by one, have them 
read  their answer and you give each team the corresponding survey points for 
their  answer. Mark them on the blackboard under the proper team name. This 
results in  each team answering each question and really gets all the kids involved 
the  whole time.  Don't be afraid to be somewhat liberal with making their  
answer fit into one of the answers given. I try to always fit it to something  
because I hate to give zero points. 
 
After all the teams have responded and received points, quickly read the  
other survey answers. Now offer a bonus question only to the team (or teams if a  
tie) that scored highest for the last question. This would be a quick 
scripture  mastery question (ie. What should our foundation be built on?) Every 
person on  that team then writes the scripture mastery that answers the question on 
their  sheet of notebook paper, no peeking or sharing. After 10 seconds they 
show their  papers and I give that team one point for each student that got it 
 correct.
 
The pad of scratch paper is then handed from the first person to the second  
person in each team to answer the second survey question, and so on.
 
This game moves fast (make sure it does) and everyone is participating a  
great deal of the time. In addition, you get some good scripture review. The  
kids have a blast with it. I also recommend to use all of the survey answers to  
each question, not just the top five. Half the fun is reading some of the more 
 outlandish answers that the survey will get.
 
Good luck
 
Rick, EM in St. Louis
 
I'm going to use this quick approach to play feud with my small (3) class.  
I've been wondering how to do it, but now I know I can have them play against  
each other. Each one will be their own team. They will answer the question  
and I will award the corresponding points to their answers. This is kind of  
how the DVD Family Feud game is played. You write down your answers, add up  
the points (0 if you guess something not on their list of answers) and the  
"team" with the most points wins.
 
Karen
EMS Seeley Lake MT



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