
English Transition Escape Room – Knowledge Quiz Edition
A fun, no-prep end-of-term activity for the whole class!
Engage your students with this interactive escape room experience, packed with video clips, built-in timers, auto-revealing answers, and a themed storyline. Just project the PowerPoint—no printing required—and let the adventure begin!
Students can work individually, in teams, or as a whole class. Perfect for the final week of term, this educational challenge promotes teamwork, literacy, critical thinking, and problem-solving in an exciting, quiz-style format.
What’s Included in the Escape Room Quiz:
A 26-slide PowerPoint challenge, fully interactive with puzzles, timers, and reveal buttons
An engaging story-led format: “Saving the Mascot”
Optional printable team sheet (or just use scrap paper)
Optional certificates for students who complete the escape
How the Escape Works:
The experience is guided by a YouTube video split into 9 key sections:
Introduction – Puzzle 1 to 7 – Final Success Scene
At the end of each video segment, you’ll be prompted to pause and display the related puzzle slide
Each puzzle includes three difficulty timers (easy, medium, hard) you can activate as needed
Once the puzzle time is up, answers are revealed using click-to-reveal boxes
The process continues through all seven puzzles until your class completes the final challenge and “escapes”
Educational Focus:
This escape room combines literacy challenges, vocabulary, reading comprehension, general knowledge, and deductive reasoning—making it perfect for KS3/KS4 English lessons.
Quick FAQs:
Group size: 1–30 per team (up to 180 participants possible)
Duration: 50–60 minutes depending on pace and difficulty level
Materials: Just the PowerPoint and a pen/pencil per student
Tip: Want to add a little more competition? Hand out optional Escape Certificates to the winning teams or top scorers at the end!
Perfect as a back-to-school icebreaker or end-of-term reward lesson!
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