The Locker Room Lockdown
A B2-level ESL escape room for teens focused on sports and motivation vocabulary, featuring suffixes, prefixes, and word-building through seven varied puzzles.
A free Escape Room for Teens at CEFR B2 level. Topic: Sports and motivation.
Your school's basketball team has been trapped in the locker room after a mysterious storm cut the power before the championship game. A note on the whiteboard says the exit code is hidden inside vocabulary challenges left by your coach, who believes real motivation comes from understanding, notβ¦
Solve all seven puzzles to collect letters and form the 7-letter master code that unlocks the gym doors.
Puzzles
- π Suffix Sprint: Which word correctly uses the suffix -ion to describe the mental focus an athlete needs before a big match?
- πͺ Coach's Notebook: Despite the coach's high ______ (expect), the team's performance in the final was disappointing.
- π― Suffix Sort: Three of these nouns share the same suffix pattern. Find the one that doesn't belong.
- π£ After the Loss: Unscramble this word: OFCIRDOSTM
- π Prefix Puzzle: Match each word to the meaning created by its prefix.
- π The Coach's Code: Decode the numbers to find the word that means 'the reason or energy that drives you to succeed.' (A=1, B=2, C=3...)
- π Final Play: coach's encouragement train Her to motivated harder her
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 Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Escape on paper Β· Open every lock. Fewer options to choose from this time.
Part 1: Escape on paper
Open every lock. Fewer options to choose from this time.
- π Suffix Sprint Which word correctly uses the suffix -ion to describe the mental focus an athlete needs before a big match?
- πͺ Coach's Notebook Despite the coach's high ______ (expect), the team's performance in the final was disappointing.
- π― Suffix Sort Three of these nouns share the same suffix pattern. Find the one that doesn't belong. a) decision b) entertainment c) encouragement d) amusement