Jump Thru Hoops

Submitted by: Patrick Bickford    Borrowed or inspired from: www.ithinkimlost.com     Date added: 11-29-07

Brief Outline:  Students have to complete a series of seven puzzles in order to figure out the secret sentence.

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Detailed Explanation:

1. This activity is pretty self-explanatory. Hand out the worksheet and answer any questions the students might have.
2. Puzzle #1: Color Crossword
   • Students answer the crossword questions and match up the symbols from the puzzle below it. The secret word is WE.
   • DOWN
     • 1. はんたい means opposite. The answer is white.
     • 3. Black
     • 5. 虹 or にじ means rainbow.
     • 7. Orange
     • 9. Purple
   • ACROSS
     • 2. Green
     • 5. Red
     • 6. Blue
     • 8. Yellow
3. Puzzle #2: Word Find
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     The grade of the student is irreverent. If they use the appropriate textbook clue, all three textbooks should create the secret word, HAVE.
4. Puzzle #3: 点-2-点
   • 点 means dot and is pronounced, てん.
   • This dot-2-dot creates the word THE in cursive.
5. Puzzle #4: Math Code
   • Students must solve the math problems and correlate the numerical answers to their alphabetical counterpart.
   • Problem #3 is purposely meant to be tricky.  In case you forgot basic math, in a math problem, multiplication and division is done BEFORE addition and subtraction.     
   • If done correctly, they should spell out the word ANSWER.
6. Puzzle #5: Baseball Trivia
   • 1. Matsui’s baseball jersey’s number is fifty-five.
   • 2. Kenji is the first Japanese pitcher to play in the America’s Major League Baseball. His last name is Johjima.
   • The secret word is TO.
7. Puzzle #6: Secret Word
   • Simply circle all the words and the only letters leftover form the secret word YOUR.
8. Puzzle #7: Spelling
   • Students must look at the pictures and write ONLY the first letter of every picture.
   • This forms the secret word PUZZLE.
9. The secret sentence is, “We have the answer to your puzzle.”
10. Finally, the students must translate the sentence into Japanese and write it, “私(わたし)たちはあなたの難問(なんもん)の答(こた)えが分(わ)かった。”

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