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[Brian Caulfield]

Does anyone know where you can purchase Scrabble games in Beijing ?

[KWhitehead]

i made my own. (if you're talking about a classroom with a blackboard, it's actually much easier this way) take 100 3x5 cards and put the letters and values on them. sure, there's no triple word scores, but it works. plus, you can reuse the letters to make your own Boggle. use blue tack to stick them up.

[Brian Caulfield]

This is a good idea Kwhitehead . But I like to have many games going . It is a way of introducing the students to group work . I will try your idea for teaching the game . I have bought over twenty sets in my teaching career but like all games they take a beating and some of the students find it novel to take some letters home with them

[KWhitehead]

i usually put them in teams. 3-4 in a scrabble team. i also had my folks send over LIFE, CLUE and MONOPOLY. i haven't tried those in teams yet. something tells me that just wouldn't work.