Word Study Boggle

Word Study Boggle
Objective:
The students will review and write word patterns.
Materials:
•  One dry-erase board, marker, and eraser for each student
•  Timer
Lesson:
Tell students that for this game, they must write as many real words with the same ending rime
as they can in 30 seconds. Hand out the materials. Then,
1.  Have the students write the target rime at the top of their dry-erase boards.
2.  Set the timer for 30 seconds, and tell the students to begin writing.
3.  At the end of 30 seconds, tell the students to stop. Have each take a turn telling
the group one word she or he wrote. As the student does this, have the other
students cross off the word if it is on their lists. If no other students have the same
word, then the student who is reading places a tally point mark next to the word.
4.  Have students count their tally marks. The student with the most marks wins. Or,
continue playing the game with another rime.
Adaptations:
Adjust the time or the difficulty of the rime. Providing less time or more difficult rimes will
increase the challenge.
Some English language learners may have difficulty distinguishing real words from nonsense
words,  especially  if  their  English  language  vocabulary  is  limited.  Allow  them  to  create  any
words, both nonsense and real, assigning points for all words. However, it is important to dis-cuss with them the meanings of the words they have created, and whether the words are real.