Lesson talk:Word battleships

I've got a bit of a problem understanding the following sentence.

On a handout with two grids, each with 18 columns with 18 letters students often find hard to distinguish (typically, but depends on L1 influence, the following: A, E, I, O, U, C, G, H, J, K, Q, R, S, V, W, X, Y, Z) and rows with 18 numbers they often have difficulty with (typically 5, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 76, 80, 90) students have to write twelve words, horizontally or vertically (but not diagonally), in the top grid as follows: two words with six letters; two words with five letters; three words with four letters; three words with three letters and two words with two letters.

Is the the objective?

Create and distribute a handout with two grids, each with 18 columns with 18 letters. In the top grid grid each student has to write twelve words, horizontally or vertically (but not diagonally). They should write two words with six letters; two words with five letters; three words with four letters; three words with three letters and two words with two letters. The bottom grid should be left blank.

Note that (depending on their native language) students often find hard to distinguish the following letters:  A, E, I, O, U, C, G, H, J, K, Q, R, S, V, W, X, Y, Z, and have problems with the numbers 5, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 76, 80, 90.


 * Not exactly. Both grids should have those letters wrtten in the top row, i.e. one in each of the first squares at the top of each column, and the numbers written in the first column, i.e. the first square of each row. The idea is to force 'em to use those "difficult" letters and numbers when calling their shots. --Technopat 07:38, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah.--Bob M 07:44, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * so something like this?

Create and distribute a handout with two grids, each with 18 columns with 18 letters. The columns should be headed with the letters (xyz) as these are usually the most challenging for their pronunciation, and the rows should be numbered (123) for the same reason.

In the top grid grid each student has to write twelve words, horizontally or vertically (but not diagonally). They should write two words with six letters; two words with five letters; three words with four letters; three words with three letters and two words with two letters. The bottom grid should be left blank.


 * Yes?--Bob M 07:49, 2 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Perfick! We're working on an html version of the grid to post as a handout. Teflpedia is the place to be!!--Technopat 10:29, 2 June 2009 (UTC)