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1. Strategy:  Toss a Test

Application:  Learning vocabulary

Educator: No Name Given 

Implementation:  Provide soft items that can be safely tossed. These could be small stuffed animals or Nurf balls.  Have students stand in a circle.  Give a word in English and then throw soft item to a student.  The student must provide the equivalent word in the target language in order to keep the item.  If s/he answers incorrectly then s/he must toss the item to another student to answer.  When the word is correctly translated, pose another word in English and throw another item.  Student with the most items at the end wins.