RE: LOGO-L> Shuffling words & word games

["Olga Tuzova" <olgatu@ort.spb.ru>]

> From:          RAY CATZEL <learn@computerpals.on.ca>
> To:            "'Olga Tuzova'" <olgatu@ort.spb.ru>
> Subject:       RE: LOGO-L> Shuffling words
> Date:          Fri, 13 Jun 1997 15:46:26 -0400

> But, if I were to solve this problem with my not very smart :-(
> students (and I think I will after their vacation) I couldn't go
> this way because it would be hardly understandable for them. So I
> tried to put myself into the student's place

 [RAY CATZEL] 
> I am also interested in programming "words" and have the same
> reservation about the ability of the young children to understand
> the logic.  Can anyone propose a simple "word" game to introduce
> young students (<13 years old) to these concepts.  It must be FUN.
> regards, Ray Catzel 

I can propose one game which my young students enjoyed greatly, 
though it has nothing to do with programming. What follows is for 
Wicro Worlds, but I think it could be easily adjusted to other 
environments and Logo dialects.

Make five textboxes.
Write down some adjectives into the first textbox (green, bold, etc). 
Write down some nouns into the second one.
Write down some verbs into the third textbox.
Write some expressions answering the question WHERE? into the fourth 
one.
Then you may hide the textboxes if you wish.
The program is very short:

to nonsense
text5, pr(se textpick "text1
                  textpick "text2
                  textpick "text3
                  textpick "text4)
end

The program prints randomly chosen lines from the each textbox 
connected into one sentence.

The children will have FUN, I'm sure.

Olga.
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