With only a few sentences of instruction per section, there’s not help given if concepts are new. That’s great in that there’s a lot of material covered, so it’s likely that your student will review needed skills – but also not so hot, because if your student needs help with grammar, it’s likely they’ll have much to learn with such a wide range of skills. You might be asked to identify misspelled words, find articles in sentences, or choose gerunds. The grammar questions cover a wide range of topics. Teaching grammar with video games like Words Rock from Ed Alive. With this game, there is a lot of waiting for me. I much prefer games that go quickly, and while I like strategic games, I personally get impatient while I wait for other people to take their turn. The waiting while other people play makes the game move very slowly for me. It felt like a lot of game playing for little grammar work, especially when you have to wait through three other people’s turns in order to answer a question and then take a shot at finding a slug. We both thought that the single set of questions that followed a single slug turn felt light. He just couldn’t relate to that, and it bugged him about the game. As an outdoorsman, he loves to find and observe slugs – and the idea that they’re odd, villainous cartoons was strange to him. My Little Man thought the idea of trying to capture slugs rather odd. Unfortunately, we’re not good fits for Words Rock – and I’ll explain why, because it may be that you would love it! Teaching grammar with Words Rock. BUT … as My Little Man enjoys computer games AND asked for more grammar work, I thought that this was well worth a try. We’re also not huge fans of video games – meaning that I don’t like them, and we spend enough time with screens. As an eighth/ninth-grader, he’s on the upper end of the recommended range for this resource. If the student answers correctly, the player is given bonus points to use in the next round of slug finding. A sentence or two explains the grammatical concept, and students click on words or manipulate objects to solve the puzzle. After everyone gets a turn, play changes to a grammar question. If playing against other people, play rotates through four people with each getting one turn. Students can play alone or against the computer, in small basic games or larger, more advanced ones.
The idea is to use the directional clues to locate villainous slugs on a grid. Words Rock is a video game similar to Battleship. The premise is unique: students play a video game that involves grammar activities. My kids have asked to up their grammar game this year, so when we had the opportunity to review Words Rock Online from EdAlive, I jumped at it. Disclosure: I received this complimentary product through the Homeschool Review Crew.
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