My co-teacher and I came up with this game and the kids really got excited. We used it in our 6th grade class but I think it could work for any grade.
Basically you have two teams (A & B) per row of sentences. We had sentences covering the key phrases from the chapter. The sentences are put one on each desk on one side. The teams line up on opposite ends of the sentence row. When you say "GO" the first players from each team go down the line reading each sentence. When they finish reading each sentence they have to smack the desk. When the two players meet at the same sentence, they rock-paper-scissors. If Team A's player is winner of rock-paper-scissors they get to continue down the sentence row. The loser (Team B in this case) has to go back to the end of Team B's line and the 2nd Team B player gets to start. Once Team A's player reaches Team B's side, the next Team A player starts. The object is to get as many of your teammates to the other team's side. We let the game go for about 5 or 10 minutes.
The nice part about this game was that it gets everyone to read and the weaker students get help from the stronger students. Even my class that normally just stares at me and my co-teacher were engaged and reading during this game. It worked really well for my students and made reading more exciting for them... at least it seemed to anyway. I hope it works for someone else.
