PE II Competitive Scrabble Syllabus

Objectives:

To develop mental agility and word skill among students.

To promote scrabble as an alternative recreational game that enhances learning and
helps increase students’ vocabulary.
To prepare students for local/international scrabble tournaments.

I. History of Scrabble

A. Inventors/Proponents of the Game

B. Scrabble in the Philippines

II. Basic Scrabble Terms (bonus, leave, coffeehousing, endgame, hooks, blockers,
floating tiles etc.)

III. Rules of the Games

A. Acceptable and Unacceptable words

B. How to Score a Move
C. Positioning Words on the Board
1. Vertical/horizontal moves
2. Parallel moves
D. Overdrawing of Tiles
E. Passing/ Changing Tiles
F. Challenging/Art of Bluffing
G. Tile Tracking
H. Use of the Timer

IV. Strategies/Tactics

A. Qualities of a Good Scrabble Player/10 Useful Tips from the Experts

B. Rack Balancing/Rack Management
1. Vowel and consonant dumps
2. Advantages of having a balanced rack
C. Importance of Short Words in Forming parallel moves
1. Mastery of the two-letter words
2. Getting familiar with the three- to four-letter words
D. Open v.s. Closed Board
E. Maximizing the use of Premium Tiles (J, Q, X, Z)
F. Developing Spatial Skill (maximizing use of premium squares)
G. Using Hooks/Blockers
H. Bonus Hunting/Forming Scrabbles or Bingos
1. Valuing the S and blank tiles
2. Developing Anagramming skills
2.1 Useful prefixes/suffixes
 2.2 6-letter and 7-letter stems
2.3 High probability bingo tiles
2.4 Effective applications to improve anagram skills
I. Edging the endgame (Importance of Tile Tracking)

V. Game Annotation/Game Analysis

VI. Scrabble Tournaments

A. Backgrounder on Local Tournaments/Philippine National Open, World Youth

Scrabble Championship/world Scrabble Championship
B. Preparing for a Scrabble Tournament

Grading System:

70% Number of Wins-actual recorded games (20 official games in one semester)

20% Interclass Tournament/Written Final Exam

10% Quizzes/Exercises

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