Alien Hangman

I also played Alien Hangman tonight.
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html#alienhangman

Curriculum Connection: Though there isn't a lot in the current state curriculum related to spelling, there certainly will be in the Common Core Writing Standards that will be in place within the next few years in Baltimore County.


Game Overview: This is basically just like hangman, except less graphically disturbing as nobody is hanged at the end of this game. Instead you choose from letters and if you choose incorrectly, the body part of an alien appears. Once the entire alien is corporeal, the game is over. Sounds simple, but this was actually the hardest game of hangman I've ever played. You only get 5 chances and no category is given to give you an idea of what type of word you're guessing. All three of the words I worked on had only one vowel in them, so by the time I got finished guessing all of the vowels in standard hangman strategy, my alien was almost fully formed! I was very engaged and kept playing until I finally won. I will probably start playing this in my spare time, and I'm excited to add it to my Favorites in my classroom. It's curricular connections are less obvious, but I believe that wordplay is an important way to excite students about language.