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Would you rather wheel for the classroom

Twelve friendly would-you-rather questions to spark talk, writing and opinions, each one safe for the whole class.

Tap, flick or press Space

12 entries

Hide a note behind a slice with a bar: cat | a small furry pet. It shows after the spin. Start a line with an emoji to draw it big. Two columns pasted from a spreadsheet work too.

After a spin

Anyone can come up again. Repeats are fine.

Who's away today?

Tap anyone who is away. Their slice is hatched and skipped today only; at midnight they are back. Nobody is deleted.

Drag the wheel round and let go to flick it. Your flick sets the show. The draw is already fair: your browser's secure random generator picks the winner before the wheel moves.

The contents travel inside the link after the # sign, which browsers never send to any server. Anyone you give the link to can read them.

Space spin, or stop sooner · R new round · M sound on or off · F full screen · Esc leave it

Your edits are saved in this browser only, and never sent anywhere. Turns and away marks never go into a link.

How to use it

  1. The wheel already holds 12 entries for “Would you rather wheel”. Edit, add or delete lines in the box and it redraws; your changes stay in this browser.
  2. Tap the wheel, press Space, or drag it and let go to flick it. The winner is drawn first with your browser's secure random generator; the pegs, the clicks and the big reveal only show it.
  3. Choose Fade the winner or Remove the winner to use every entry once, or Keep everyone in for repeats. “Original list” brings back the starting entries, and Print makes a paper spinner of the list.

Ideas for class

  • Vote with your feet: one side of the room for the first choice, the other for the second, then two students from each side explain why.
  • Turn it into persuasive writing: students choose a side and write three reasons to convince someone from the other side.
  • Use it as a bell-ringer question while attendance is taken.
  • Practice speaking and listening: partners take turns giving a reason and the other person restates it before replying.
  • Ask students to add a question to the box for next week, after you check it first.

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Questions

Are the questions appropriate for school?

Yes. Every question is playful and has no scary, mean or personal choices, and we check the list against a set of unsuitable words. You can edit the box freely, so remove or add any you like.

The text on the wheel is cut short. How do I read the whole question?

The wheel shortens long lines so they fit the slice. The result card under the wheel shows the whole choice in large type.

What if a student does not want to choose?

Allow “I can’t decide” and ask them to explain what makes it hard. That is still a reason, and it still practises opinion language.

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