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Game Play
Each player draws 9 letter tiles from a pool of 304
letter tiles. Someone says "Go" and everyone turns their tiles right side up and
begins to construct a crossword puzzle. All words must connect just like a crossword
puzzle.
First person to use all 9 tiles says "DRAW" and everyone must draw a new
tile from the pool and proceed to add the new tile to their puzzle which may mean
rearranging the tiles already placed. Words evolve, the puzzle evolves and when all the
tiles are used up, first person to use their last tile yells "DONE". Everyone
must stop. Each player now reads their words so that everyone can see that their puzzle is
legitimately constructed. This gives the opportunity for players to learn vocabulary words
from each other.
Especially useful when younger children are playing with adults. When the children
say their words that they are so very proud of, parents, teachers etc. can monitor the
children's reading and spelling abilities. When the children are corrected they do not
feel threatened, as it's a game!! But their vocabulary retention is wonderful. SyZyGy has
been tested for 7 years. Excellent for use in ESL classes.
