Spelling Race

Divide class into two or three teams. Write a long word on the board in blanks, for example, TELEPHONES should be written _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Next, ask the first student on team 1 to supply a letter. If the letter is in the word, write it in the appropriate blank. Team 1 gets one point for each occurrence of the letter (for example, in TELEPHONES "e" would be worth three points, because it occurs three times). Move on to the next player from team 1. If she supplies a letter in the word, write on the blank, give the team a point and move on to the next player from team 1. Keep going until they fail to supply a letter. Then move to team 2. And so on. Note that when you return to team 1, you must start where you left off, not at player 1. For example, if player 3 on team 1 failed to name a letter in TELEPHONES, then the next time you return to team 1, you must start with player 4, not player 1. Thus, everybody plays. Write the letters they have missed on under the word clearly. You can assign yourself a point each time they repeat a letter which has been spoken before (up to you).

When a word is completed, the team to put the last letter in the word gets an additional three points. Rotate so different teams start each time.