The Locked Classroom Mystery
A gentle A2 escape room for young learners. Students read short texts about Emily's classroom and her friends' hobbies and work out answers to unlock the door.
A free Escape Room for Young learners at CEFR A2 level. Topic: Our Classroom and Our Hobbies.
It is the end of the school day, and Emily's classroom door is locked! Emily, Alex, Daniel and Olivia are inside, and their teacher has left a secret code on the board. To open the door, the friends must read carefully and solve five puzzles about their classroom and their hobbies. Can you help…
Solve all five puzzles, collect one letter from each puzzle, and put the letters in order to make the secret 5-letter code that unlocks the classroom door.
Puzzles
- 🪟 Count the Windows: Read the text. This is Emily's classroom. There is a big board and a clock on the wall. There are two windows and one door. There are twenty desks and twenty chairs. Question: How many windows are there in Emily's classroom?
- 🎨 Who Likes What?: Read the passage. Are the sentences true or false?
- 📏 Mixed-Up Desk Thing: There are books, pencils, pens and something else on the desks in Emily's classroom. You use it to draw a straight line. Unscramble this word: LURRE
- 🌳 Olivia's Secret Hobby: Read: Olivia likes doing gymnastics. She doesn't like running. She also likes ____ trees. Decode the missing word. Use A=1, B=2, C=3 ... Z=26.
- ⚽ Alex's Sentence: like swimming. he football Alex but likes doesn't
Printable worksheet
This Escape Room comes with a free printable worksheet: 1 part for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Core sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Escape on paper · Open every lock. Write each answer.
Part 1: Escape on paper
Open every lock. Write each answer.
- 🪟 Count the Windows Read the text. This is Emily's classroom. There is a big board and a clock on the wall. There are two windows and one door. There are twenty desks and twenty chairs. Question: How many windows are there in Emily's classroom? a) Three b) One c) Two d) Twenty
- 🎨 Who Likes What? Read the passage. Are the sentences true or false? Emily loves painting and dancing. She doesn't like skateboarding. Her friend Alex likes playing football and skateboarding. Daniel loves playing basketball and riding a bike. Emily likes skateboarding. T / F Emily and Alex both…
- 📏 Mixed-Up Desk Thing There are books, pencils, pens and something else on the desks in Emily's classroom. You use it to draw a straight line. Unscramble this word: LURRE L U R R E