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Week One – November 28th-December 2nd
Monday – Introduction
to class & Playing Blokus
Classwork: Play Blokus
Tuesday – Playing
Blokus, Pueblo, YINSH and/or DVONN
Classwork:
Play Blokus, Pueblo, YINSH and/or DVONN
Wednesday – Blog
entry #1
Classwork: Discuss the rubric
for blog entries
Homework: Write up Blog
entry #1
Thursday – BGG &
What makes a good abstract game
Classwork: BGG: Quickbar, Plays
and Ratings
Classwork: Read the description of Abstract
Games
Homework: Read J. Mark
Thompson’s article “Defining
the Abstract”
Friday – Discussing
blog entries / Playing Pueblo or Blokus
Classwork: Play Pueblo/Blokus
Homework: Log your
game
Homework: Complete Blog
entry #4
Week Two – December 5th-
December 9th
Monday – Other games
with characteristics of abstracts
Classwork: Play Metropolys,
Rumis, Blokus 3D, Hey! That’s My Fish, Ingenious, Pueblo,
Hive, DVONN or YINSH
Homework: Log your games
Tuesday – Other games
with characteristics of abstracts
Classwork:
Play Metropolys, Blokus 3D, Hey! That’s My Fish, Ingenious,
Pueblo, Hive, DVONN or YINSH
Homework:
Log your games
Homework: Write up Blog
entry #2
Wednesday – Other
games with characteristics of abstracts
Classwork: Play Metropolys,
Blokus 3D, Hey!
That’s My Fish, Ingenious, Pueblo, Hive, DVONN or YINSH
Homework: Log your games
Thursday – Playing
Take It Easy!
Classwork: Play Take it Easy!
Homework: Log your
games
Homework: Listen to Joe Peterson’s podcast
on abstract games
Friday – Other games
with characteristics of abstracts
Classwork: Play Metropolys,
Blokus 3D, Hey!
That’s My Fish, Ingenious, Pueblo, Hive, DVONN or YINSH
Homework: Log your
games
Homework: Write up
Blog
entry #3
Week Three – December
12th- December 16th
Monday –
Teaching/Learning Ingenious, Hey! That’s My Fish, YINSH and
DVONN
Classwork: Play Hey! That’s
My Fish, Ingenious, DVONN or YINSH
Homework: Log your games
Tuesday –
Teaching/Learning Ingenious, Hey! That’s My Fish, YINSH and
DVONN
Classwork:
Play Hey! That’s My Fish, Ingenious, DVONN or YINSH
Homework:
Log your games
Wednesday – Discuss
Abstract Games Unit Project
Classwork: Discuss Abstract
Games Unit Assessment
Homework: Begin Abstract
Games Unit Assessment (due Sunday)
Thursday – Games with
characteristics of abstracts
Classwork: Play Metropolys,
Blokus 3D, Hey!
That’s My Fish, Ingenious, Pueblo, Hive, DVONN or YINSH
Homework: Abstract
Games Unit Assessment (due Sunday)
Friday – Games with
characteristics of abstracts
Classwork: Play Metropolys,
Blokus 3D, Hey!
That’s My Fish, Ingenious, Pueblo, Hive, DVONN or YINSH
Homework: Abstract
Games Unit Assessment (due Sunday)
Week Four – January 2nd –
January 6th
Tuesday – Puzzle
Races
Classwork:
Play Flix Mix, Ubongo, Ubongo Extreme and Set
Homework: Log
your games
Wednesday – Puzzle
Races
Classwork: Play
Carrousel, Ricochet Robots, Flix Mix and Set
Homework:
Log your games
Thursday – Work Day
in the Library Computer Lab
Classwork: Write up your
response to Blog
entry #14 (due tomorrow)
Homework: Write up your
response to Blog
entry #15 (due Monday)
Friday –
Open gaming
Classwork: Choose a game to
play
Homework: Write up your response to Blog
entry #15 (due Monday)
Week Five – January 9th-
January 13th
Monday – Dice Games –
10,000
Classwork: Play
10,000
Homework: Log your
games
Tuesday – Can’t
Stop
Classwork:
Play Can’t Stop and 10,000
Homework: Log your games
Wednesday –
Probability Lecture
Homework: None
Thursday – Can’t
Stop & 10,000
Homework: Log
your games
Friday –
Open gaming
Classwork: Choose a game to
play
Homework: Log your
games
Week Six – January 16th-
January 20th
Monday – Martin
Luther King Jr. Holiday – No School
Tuesday – Template
for Creating a Rules Summary
Classwork:
Discuss Template for Creating a Rules Summary
Classwork:
Begin reading rules for Airships
Wednesday – Reading
rules for Airships
Classwork: Prepare for
tomorrow’s Airships game
Homework: Be completely ready to
play Airships tomorrow
Thursday – Airships
Classwork: Play
Airships
Homework: Log
your games
Friday – Half Day –
Progress Reports
Classwork: Discuss rules to
Yspahan
Homework: Write up a Rules Summary for Airships
Week Seven – January
23rd- January 27th
Monday – Yspahan or
Airships
Classwork: Play
Airships or Yspahan
Homework: Log
your games
Tuesday – Yspahan
Classwork:
Play Airships or Yspahan
Homework: Log your games
Wednesday – Yspahan
or Airships
Classwork: Play
Airships or Yspahan
Homework: Log
your games
Thursday – Parent
Conferences – No School
Friday –
Parent Conferences – No School
Week Eight – January
30th- February 3rd
Monday – Senior
Exhibition Work Period
Classwork:
Juniors play Dominion
Tuesday – Readings on
Dice Games
Classwork: Read my entry on
Dice
Games
Classwork: Read Rick Holzgrafe's intro
& first 6 geeklist entries
Classwork: Read the
following excerpts from Dave Shapiro's Dice Fest article: The
Fine Line and Traditional
Dice Games (including the sections on Traditional and
Games with Dice)
Homework: Revise Rules Summary
for Airships (due Thursday)
Homework: Blog
entry #16 (due Thursday)
Wednesday – Work
Period
Classwork: Revise Rules Summary
for Airships (due tomorrow)
Homework: Blog
entry #16 (due tomorrow)
Homework: Log your games
Thursday – Open
Gaming / Work Period
Classwork: Play Airships or
Yspahan or work on Blog entry #17
or #18
Homework:
Log your games
Friday – Open Gaming
/ Work Period
Classwork: Play Airships or
Yspahan or work on Blog entries
Homework: Log your
games
Homework: Blog entries #17
and #18
(due Monday)
Week Nine – February 6th-
February 10th
Monday – Learn and
Play Dominion
Classwork: Play
Dominion
Homework: Log your plays
Tuesday – Dominion
Classwork: Play
Dominion
Homework: Log your plays
Wednesday – Dominion
Classwork: Play
Dominion
Homework: Log your plays
Thursday – Dominion
Classwork: Play
Dominion
Homework: Log your plays
Friday –
Probability Work Sample review
Classwork: Notes on Work Sample
#3
Week Ten – February 13th
- February 17th
Monday – Probability
Work Sample
Classwork: Begin Work Sample
Tuesday – Probability
Work Sample
Classwork:
Continue Work Sample
Homework: Work Sample due next Tuesday
Wednesday – Dominion
Classwork: Play
Dominion
Homework: Log your plays
Thursday – Dominion
Classwork: Play
Dominion
Homework: Blog
Post #19 (due tomorrow by the end of class)
Friday –
Dominion
Classwork: Play Dominion or
complete Blog
Post #19
Homework: Blog
Post #20 (due Tuesday at the start of class)
Homework:
Work Sample (due Tuesday at the start of class)
Week Ten – February 20th
- February 24th
Monday – President’s
Day – No school
Tuesday – Ticket to
Ride
Classwork:
Learn to play Ticket to Ride
Homework: Blog
Post #21 (due Thursday at the start of class)
Wednesday – Ticket to
Ride – Seniors on Library Field Trip
Classwork:
Play Ticket to Ride
Homework: Log your plays
Homework:
Blog
Post #21 (due Thursday at the start of class)
Thursday – Ticket to
Ride
Classwork:
Play Ticket to Ride
Homework: Log your plays
Friday –
Ticket to Ride – Juniors on Zoo Field Trip
Classwork:
Play Ticket to Ride
Homework: Log your plays
Week Ten – February 27th
- March 2nd
Monday – Trick taking
games – Tichu and Tarot
Classwork: Learn Tichu or
Tarot
Homework: Log your
plays
Tuesday – Trick
taking games – Tichu and Tarot
Classwork:
Teach / Learn Tichu or Tarot
Homework: Log your plays
Wednesday – Trick
taking games – Tichu and Tarot
Classwork: Teach
/ Learn Tichu or Tarot
Homework: Log
your plays
Thursday – Trick
taking games – Tichu and Tarot
Classwork:
Homework: Log
your plays
Friday –
Trick taking games – Tichu and Tarot
Classwork:
Homework: Log
your plays
Week Ten – March 5th -
March 8th
Monday – Final
project work period / Open gaming
Classwork:
Homework:
Tuesday – Final
project work period / Open gaming
Classwork:
Homework:
Wednesday – Final
project presentations
Classwork:
Homework:
Thursday – No class -
Final Exams for periods 1, 2 and 3
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