How to use these lessons
Run it your way — projector, laptops, tablets, or paper.
Every WayMaker pack is built to flex to whatever your room actually has today. Here's how to run one in each common setup, plus a first-time checklist so nothing catches you off guard.
Whole class
Projector or interactive whiteboard
- Open the lesson pack on your teacher computer and cast it to the projector or IWB.
- Move through the slides and scenes together as a class — read the teacher script out loud (or paraphrase, it's yours), and pause at each flip card so students can predict before you reveal.
- Run the Boss Battle as a whole-group activity: students raise hands, use mini-whiteboards, or hold up A/B/C/D cards (Plickers works great here).
- Award XP out loud so the room hears it. It matters.
Self-paced
Laptops or Chromebooks (1:1 or shared cart)
- Send students the pack link (LMS, Google Classroom, or a shortlink on the board). Each student opens their own copy.
- Students work through the flip cards, drag-and-drop, and Boss Battle at their own pace. Circulate — this is where the real teaching happens.
- Set a soft time target (e.g., 25 minutes to the Boss Battle) and reconvene as a class for the debrief.
- Pair up early finishers as coaches — they earn bonus XP for helping.
Touch-first
Tablets (iPad, Android, or shared)
- Everything runs the same as laptops. The flip cards and drag-and-drop are built touch-friendly — tap to flip, press-and-drag to sort.
- If you're on a shared cart, have students sign in fresh so their XP doesn't merge with the previous student's.
- Landscape orientation reads best. Have a couple of styluses on hand for students who prefer them.
Low-tech
No devices — printed fallback
- You can absolutely run this lesson on paper. Here's what to print vs. what needs a screen:
Print these:
- The teacher script (yours to read from).
- The flip-card vocab list (fold the definitions under, quiz-style).
- The Boss Battle quiz questions and the answer key (for you only).
- Any short reading passages or math prompts.
These need a screen (or a workaround):
- Drag-and-drop activities → print the items and categories in a table, and have students write the letter of the correct category next to each item. Same skill, no drag needed.
- Animations / scene transitions → describe the scene out loud, or sketch the key visual on the board.
- XP tracker → keep a simple tally on the whiteboard next to student names or table numbers.
First time running this lesson
A 6-step pre-flight check.
Do these once before class starts. Ten minutes of prep saves you from every "the link won't open" moment.
- Open the lesson link once from your teacher account before class — confirm it loads and everything plays.
- Grab headphones (or a small classroom speaker) if the lesson has audio.
- Print the Boss Battle answer key so you're not scrambling mid-quiz.
- Cue up the brain break — know exactly which one you're running and when.
- Skim the teacher script once so the transitions land naturally.
- Decide upfront how you're awarding XP today (verbally, whiteboard tally, sticker chart — pick one).
That's it. Go run a great class.
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