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[blunder1983]

Wowsers. I'm doing a candy heavy few days this week, partly cause its so close to halloween I figure they deserve some enjoyment and partly cause I only had 7 classes this week so its not too expensive.

But wow, these kids LOVE wordsearches. I mean for all my classes today I moved it on after they got 20 of 33 words to find. In the next game I kept finding they'd turned back and were doing the wordsearch, not even the deliciousness of m&ms could stop them!!

I think I'm onto a winner here!

[Qinella]

[ddeubel]

I almost always let them make their own.......works like a charm and is better at teaching writing and retention.....They race a partner to complete the others wordsearch....Still, not too often, just as a treat (or trick).

DD

[nev]

[Qinella]

[Dan The Chainsawman]

Word Searches are good for teacher as well as student. Nothing like being able to sit back and let them dwaddle away a few hours on a word search.

Get a few with only like 10 to 15 words and you have away of filling that 5 to 10 minute period of nothingness towards the end of class. I use that time to grade their papers, and file them away while they work on their word seach. If that does not seem like it is going to be a winner I get one of the kids to do hangman with the class while I do paperwork, or run another game. That way I can straight away leave for home just as soon as my last class is done, rather than hang about and do paperwork.

[OiGirl]

I use Puzzlemaker, unless I'm doing one of my favorite types of puzzles, where words that go together (the name of a room and the name of furniture sound there/ the present tense of a verb and past tense of the verb, etc.) cross each other. Then I make it by hand using a table in Word.

[Sliver]

Good to fill in time occaisionally but I don't really think there is much value in wordsearches, however, when they do wordsearches the studets often yell 'ã�Ҵ�'. Use that opportunity to teach them 'I found it'. Also, other phrases such as 'where is it?', 'Here it is' etc........

[OiGirl]

I rarely give the list of words they are to find. I might use picture clues, or something like, "find five things in a kitchen," or "find six words used to describe someone's personal appearance."

If you let them work together, you often hear the brainstorming and spelling thought processes that go into solving a word-find.

[Hater Depot]

I once made a Christmas word search and gave them the list of words. "Party", "Santa", "tree", and so on. "Gift" was on the list but not in the puzzle. I told them they'd been such bad kids they wouldn't be getting any presents from me.

[EFLtrainer]

[skconqueror]

Or you could actually teach your students.. wow, there is a concept.