And here are the two video files!

I will try this tomorrow with my high schoolers, but I think the videos are a tiny bit long. The scary one has a story, so a bit long is ok, but the cute one might be a bit boring after the first 90 seconds for them, but we will see.

I recommend telling your students that the creepy video is a little scary. I don't recommend it for elementary school students or even middle school students, unless you are at an all-boys school. The video does contain some nudity, but nothing you wouldn't see on a Korean TV show.

I will report back whether or not they liked it. I can tell that this was a labor of love for you. It looks fun and interesting.

REVIEW of Creepy or Cute:
Ok, so I went ahead and used this with four classes yesterday.

The Classes:
Three of the classes were high school classes, and it went ok. My students are a low enough level that guessing is much more fun than the work of searching a dictionary, however, if they were at the national level or a bit higher, I think doing the dictionary thing would be nice.

I did it also with a mix of middle school students. I gave them a choice and told them that it was a bit scary, so they could choose something else. The four girls in the class were literally yelling at me to play the game. They wanted to see what "scary" was. They landed on the scary video and it was the boys who were scared, and the girls were rather upset at me. They said that it wasn't scary and gave me a "we want a refund" attitude. Two boys, twins, were at the point of crying and didn't watch the video or play the game because they seem to have been extremelly sensitive. So, to recap, I was wrong. The girls had a great time, and a few boys jumped at the end of the video, but two boys were almost at the point of crying.

The Game:[/b]

Pros-
I like the whole concept. I like the timer and the automatic sentences that came in. I know how much time it takes to time all that well, and I enjoyed it.

Cons & Suggestions for Improvement-
As I said before, the cute video is a little long. I get that you wanted videos of approximate length, but I think the real difference is that one has a narrative and the other has... pictures and a song that repeats. If the cute video had a story, the length would be fine.

The design of the slides is a bit off, but I don't expect you to fix it, because you did so much for us by giving us the PPT. If I had the time, I would change some things around. The first thing I would change is to make the vocabulary in question much larger. I would also make the very beginning of the video, where the rules are, not have an automatic timer to the next slide. I prefer to click myself. I would also include a slide that explains the points a little better.

I think I would also change the background to be something a bit darker, or at least with some kind of color or graytone. I think the white just looks rather unfinished. Also changing the punctuation into numbers might be easier, since my students don't even know "period."

Final Thoughts:
This is an excellent game for upper middle school or high school students. Make sure you warn your students that it has some "scary" pictures and stuff in it. Give them an option NOT to do it if you think your students might be scared or cannot handle it. All in all, I had fun with it. If you want to make it more educational, teach the worlds a week or two before you do the game, so it is more of a memory game than a guessing game, but make sure that they have enough time to forget some vocabulary, so it is more fun. Also, one class of mine in the high school, the one I was hoping to scare the bajesus out of, didn't choose either video. They had no video, so one team was at 99 points.

I did this game at my all-boys technical high school tonight, and it worked superbly.

It's the end of the semester, the boys are fried (i.e. they don't want to play any games, let alone do "work") and this game just about saved me from what could have been a terribly exhausting and tedious evening, replete with teeth-pulling and angry scowling.

Not only did this game get their attention, it allowed them to sustain just enough focus to get through the 45 minutes with me. Sure, they weren't jumping for joy, but they did work with me through these slides... and at this stage of the game, I'll settle for that.

Many thanks, Aklimkewicz, for all of your hard work!

-T

Hey aklimkewicz,
I used this game a couple of months ago. I loved it so did the kiddos. I want to use the same style to do a worried or scared game. Give phrases then decide if it is worrisome or scary. I have been reverse egineering creppy or cute. It's tough going. I don't have your flair, talent, or even pincahe for it. So please help a brotha out and share a template w me? I'll be your best friend.
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Dude, I think I saw your dad in a movie.

'Worrisome' words don't seem that different from 'scary/creepy' in my book. What is your word list? You should have posted this up here earlier, as I've just been writing horror movie reviews most of the afternoon.

Post what you've got and I'll take a look at it come Monday. How's that?

I went back to see how I made this TV transition. Each picture is just an oval shape with the background filled as something different. So, I modified this and added your worrisome pictures, as well as some extras. The timing is still set to the creepy/cute music mashup that I originally made, but you'll probably want new music, and that could change the timing. Might I recommend Worrisome Blues by Marta Mier?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvweat2UUWk

Also, my Korean dictionary says that 난처한 is 'worried,' but Google translates it as 'perplexed.' You'll want to ask your coteacher if there is a better word.

Hey aklimkewicz,
This what I ended up using. It worked but a little too easy I think. Thanks for your help. So I did the ppt and had the students fill out the survey with other students.