But certain others are perfect for responding in writing. Coach might show a sports film and , with the assent of the English faculty, he might tell them to write about it in their journals. Meanwhile, the subject area teacher has reserved some up to nearly all of the course curricular content for their teaching. They may lecture some parts of it that absolutely require explanation and they may also figure out how to hook up some of that content to the base activity. An exit test can be given.
Successful passage earns a bonus of X number of pages.
Or the room can be divided into teams. The more work a team does the more points or units earned. Almost any activity in learning, any assignment , can be co-opted by the base activity and given points, pages, or whatnot to increase motivation for learning or for doing onerous work. I once tied art into the English journal by asking my classes to write children's books with illustrations. You can collect math puzzlers, science experiments, composition topics, lists of learning activities, even spelling words they'd like to know.