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My Ships

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My Partner's Ships

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Category Battleships
Age/Level: Young learners Time: 20 minutes Players: Pairs Preparation: Copy the
worksheet

Aim: To find all the category words on a partner's battleship grid

This is a classroom version of the battleships game. Before class, make one copy of the
battleships grid for each student.

Procedure

Divide the students into two groups (A and B) and give each student a copy of the
worksheet.

Give Group A a category and Group B another category.

Working with the people in their team, the students come up with seven words belonging to
their category.

Each word is a battleship. The students enter the words on the grid entitled ‘My Ships’,
horizontally, vertically or diagonally, one letter per square.

Next, students pair up with someone from the other group.

The students take turns in trying to sink each other’s battleships.

They do this by saying a grid number, e.g. C4.

If there is a letter in that square, the other student reveals it. If the square is blank, the
student says "Miss."

At any point a student may guess the complete word, but only one guess is allowed per turn.

The first student to sink all of their partner's battleships (i.e. find all the words) wins.

You can vary the size of the grid, number of words, length of words, rules about positioning,
number of shots per turn, etc.

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