Escape rooms are a popular activity that have now been modified for educational use. Breakout EDU has resources, lock box kits and other tools on their site. You can also create your own breakout box with items from Amazon.com. There are Facebook groups related to Breakout EDU and there is one called Breakout en español. They are a fantastic resource. And, if you don’t have access to an actual breakout kit, there is a digital breakout sandbox with ready made digital activities. You can also create a digital breakout of your own (see my blog post for some tips on how to create your own digital breakout).
I was Inspired by Breakout EDU and Martina Bex’s El Gordo Lottery Breakout. I decided to have my students create their own breakout puzzles for the novel ‘Felipe Alou: Desde los valles a las montañas’. I then put them together, creating a locked Google Form and a Google Site. We ended up with enough puzzles to create three separate games. During that class, the students worked in groups to ‘breakout’ - choosing which game to play. I had three classes reading the novel, so I mixed up the clues so no one class had the clues they created on a single game. My students were quite creative and some of their clues were a bit elaborate. So, I decided to use their ideas as inspiration and create my own breakout game. I wowed them with conditional formatting on Google Sheets to create a ‘color lock’. I created some new puzzles and now I am ready to share it with the world. Without further ado, here is the link to the breakout I created for the Spanish version of the Felipe Alou novel by Carol Gaab, published by Fluency Matters. Felipe Alou Breakout Feel free to contact me or let me know in the comments if you have any questions. Hope it is useful!
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Katie Burns
5/18/2017 07:47:24 pm
Wow! This is so awesome! How did you have your students play the breakout? In groups? If so how many kids per group? Also what was the time alottment? My students will be finishing Felipe tomorrow but this would be a great review before their book test on Tuesday next week! This breakout is awesome!
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Kristine (La profe alta)
5/19/2017 03:41:51 am
Hi Katie!
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Julie Gilbert
3/22/2018 04:36:50 pm
Our school library has the actual boxes and I can reserve library time to do it. What do students need to do it? computers, chromebooks, props?
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3/22/2018 05:10:44 pm
Hi Julie!
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Julie Gilbert
3/27/2018 03:27:41 pm
We have 2 more chapters to read in Felipe Alou. Does the breakbox have to be completed after they finish the novel? They will have read 10 out of the 11 chapters by the day I am planning to do the breakout box.
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3/27/2018 06:34:24 pm
I think your students could do the breakout even if they haven5 yet read the last chapter. You can allow them to use the books and read ahead if they feel like they need it. Hope they enjoy it!
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Julie Gilbert
4/9/2018 03:19:31 pm
My breakout box is on Wednesday. I wanted to try it myself before. Do I use the pictures and video for the first clue?
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Julie Gilbert
4/11/2018 08:58:19 am
I am trying to do the timeline with the arrows and I don't get it because there is no diagonal. Can you please email me the clues for this second picture?
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Julie Gilbert
4/11/2018 09:21:56 am
Can you email me all of the clues?
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1/7/2020 07:03:26 am
Hi,
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Kristine (aka la profe alta)
1/7/2020 08:16:51 am
If you contact me using the Contact form, I can send you my notes sheet with explanations of each lock.
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John Sharp
2/11/2021 06:48:14 am
Can you please send me the clues and explanations! Great activity!!
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Maggie Fountain
2/11/2021 12:35:28 pm
Hi there. I'm an Instructional Coach for World Languages in Tempe, Arizona and I'm working with a teacher who is going to use your Felipe Alou digital breakout room, but we are confused about the last lock. We have the letters but do we unscramble them to form a word?
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