In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: This section will give you a few tips on how you can decorate your classroom bulletin board. You do not have to use all of the ideas in this section. Choose a few that appeal the most to you. You can buy most of the supplies in a teacher supply store. Some well-stocked art stores may also carry these supplies. Most classroom bulletin boards use solid-colored butcher paper. This hides the corkboard and make it look more colorful. You can be more creative and use wrapping paper or colorful fabric instead. Wrapping paper is great because it adds a lot of texture and pattern. You might want to use a solid-colored background and letters, as well as large, simple shapes, when decorating it. This will keep the designs from clashing. Fabric is great because pins and staples won't leave holes in it. It also won't fade, rip, or tear. If it wrinkles, all you have to do is iron it out. Most borders will be either solid-colored or patterned (and usually based off of a holiday, such as hearts for Valentine's day and shamrocks for St. Patrick's day). However, you can use almost anything you want for the border. Here are some ideas: Consider layering the border. Lay two to three pieces on top of each other. Each bottom piece should be sticking out from beneath the upper one by about 1 inch (2.54 centimeters). Use paper cutouts, such as hearts, snowflakes, leaves, or clover, to make your border. They should be smaller than your hand. Try to use different shades to add variety. For example, if you are using hearts, use red and pink paper. Use other items for borders, such as pompoms, playing cards, fake flowers, or even crumpled tissue paper. Most bulletin boards will use the same color and font for each word or phrase. You can make your board look more interesting by using different colors, sizes, and fonts for the letters. Here are some ideas to get you started: Use a different font for each word. Make one word bold and the other cursive or italic. Use a different color or pattern for each word. Make the words you want to emphasize larger. Make your own unique letters by tracing letters onto patterned scrapbook paper, and then cutting the letters out. Get a pennant banner (it looks like paper squares or rectangles attached to a long string) and write each letter on each pennant. This is a great way to tie in what you are teaching at the moment to the rest of the classroom. Here are some ideas to get you started: If the class is learning about ancient Egypt, write the message on the board using hieroglyphics. You can use colored butcher paper to create a desert scene, including sand, palm trees, and pyramids. For an English classroom, you could make the bulletin board book or grammar related. If your students are studying a particular book, then base the bulletin board off of that book. Include the name of the book, as well as a phrase. You can even include a symbol or some characters from the book as well. These sorts of decorations can stay up for the entire month that the holiday takes place in. They are a great way to make your classroom look more festive. Here are some ideas to get you started: For Valentine's day, use a soft pink or white for the background, and red for the borders and letters. Consider decorating the board with a Valentine's day craft project that the kids did. Leave the decorations up for all of February. For Halloween, use orange for the background, and black for the boards and letters. Decorate the board with black cats and bats. You can even add a cobweb and a spider to the corner. Leave the decorations up for all of October. For St. Patrick's day, green for the background, and white for the letters and board. Use colored butcher paper to create a rainbow and a pot of gold. Leave the decorations up for all of March. Students have to spend a lot of their time indoors. This does not mean that they have to miss out on all that the seasons have to offer. You can decorate your board according to the season. Here are some ideas to get you started: Use lots of earth tones for fall. For example, use tan for the background and red or orange for the borders and letters. Staple paper pumpkins and red, orange, and yellow fall leaves to the board. Use lots of blue and white for winter. For example, use light blue for the background and white for the borders and letters. Create a snow scene using white butcher paper and lots of paper snowflakes. You can also use green butcher paper to create pine trees. Use bright colors for spring. For example, use light blue for the background and a cheerful yellow for the border and letters. Decorate the board using bright green paper for the grass, and pink, purple, and white paper for the flowers. Use tropical colors for summer. Use a light blue for the background and yellow for the border and letters. You can decorate the board with colorful hibiscus flowers, seashells, palm trees, and a sun. This is a great way to make your board look more colorful. It will also save you the trouble of having to buy supplies to decorate it with. Try not to staple the student's artwork to the board, as this can create holes and ruin it. Instead, try to use some poster putty instead. It comes off of paper easily. Most people use it to stick posters to walls. If you must staple the artwork, try staple only the top of the artwork. Do not get too close to the edge, however; the art piece by rip off, creating a tear in the student's artwork. This could end in lots of tears.
Summary: Create a custom board. Use a background. Get creative with borders. Play with the words. Base it off of something the students are currently studying. Base the decorations on your board off of a holiday. Base the colors and decorations on your board off of a season. Hang the students' artwork on it.

Problem: Article: The goal of Manhunt is for the hunted to get from the starting point to the escape zone. The hunters have to find and "tag" the hunted before they get to the escape zone. The players both have their own bases. However, the hunted players have to reach their base. The hunters start at their base and patrol around to keep an eye out for the hunted. (Keep the amount of players even.) Divide everyone into two equal teams and decide which team hides first. Pick two captains of each team. Allow the captains to establish the bases of their teams - preferably close together. They both have their advantages and their disadvantages. Playing during the day grants more visibility (and more time to play the game), but it may be hot and the streets will likely be busy. Night will be cooler and less busy, as well as helping to hide the players in darkness, but your visibility is decreased, which increases the risk of people getting hurt or lost. If playing at night, make sure all players have flashlights and some form of a communication device, regardless of what team they're on. In Captains, if the captain of the hiding team gets to base untagged, then the hiding team wins. In Majority (the more common and fun way), if the majority gets to base without being tagged, then that team wins. For example, if one of your players has asthma or is a slow runner, pair them up with an older or faster person. When establishing the rules of the game, make sure that everyone decides what areas are out-of-bounds, and if you are caught in these areas, you are automatically "tagged" and you have to go back to base. Make sure players know that private property, cars, and abandoned or under-construction buildings are off-limits, since these could get you in trouble or be hazardous. Come up with a time limit for the hiding team to hide and get to base, so you can get through a good number of games before you have to go in. A good time is around 1-10 minutes, and make sure everyone is aware of this. An air horn or a loud yell is a good indicator. The captains can call a time out for the group if necessary. A good way to communicate between players is a group SMS. Use this to your advantage. Teams can create their own group SMS or walkie-talkie channel, making it easy to communicate amongst each other.
Summary:
Understand the objective of the game. Get at the minimum six players. Play day or night. Choose whether to play Captains Rule or Majority Rules. Even out the teams so that the game is fair. Establish "out of bounds" areas. Set a time limit. Have some sort of signal to indicate when the game starts. Make sure all of the players have a form of communication in case someone gets lost or if it's time to come out of hiding.