High Rollers is an activity designed to give students practice with necessary English or grammar skills. The directions given are for practicing sentence types. High Rollers is a simple idea that can easily be adapted to meet the needs of any grade level or ability level.

Materials:

• A wooden die (about 1 1/2" per side) - These can be purchased at teacher supply stores. I was fortunate enough to have a friend whose father is a woodworker. He made me about twenty dice in about 15 minutes. Thanks, Ray!
• Colored circular stickers
• Fine tipped permanent marker

Construction:

1. Place a different color sticker on four sides of the die.
2. On the remaining two sides place a white sticker.
3. On one sticker, with the marker, write the abbreviation DEC.
4. On another, write INT.
5. On a third, write IMP.
6. On the last, write EX.
7. Leave the two white stickers blank.

To Play:

1. Divide your class into teams of four to five students.
2. Have the first team roll the die.
3. If they roll the DEC., the team has 15 seconds to compose a declarative sentence.
   If they roll the INT., the team has 15 seconds to compose an interrogative sentence.
   If they roll the IMP., the team has 15 seconds to compose an imperative sentence.
   If they roll the EX., the team has 15 seconds to compose an exclamatory sentence.
   If they roll a white sticker, the team has 15 seconds to compose a sentence of its choice, but they must identify the type of sentence they have just composed.
4. Award one point for any correct response.
5. Continue with the next team in like manner.
6. At the end of a specified amount of time, tally the points.
7. Award the winners a small prize.