![]() Then pairs of children cooperated to create and notate their own Pawn Games, which had to be 10 moves or less and had to include three e.p. captures on the dry erase board while simultaneously showing the moves on a demonstration board. I began by teaching the en passant (e.p.) rule, writing notation from a Pawn Game that included e.p. Then I taught the Create challenge from Thinking With Chess: Teaching Children Ages 5-14. Students without adjourned games to play off tested on drills, practiced for those tests, or played the Pawn Game or Battleship Chess. On Thursday, leftover tournament games from Wednesday were completed by some students. At dismissal time, I told the children to practice their drills (such as the two-rook checkmate or one-queen checkmate) at home, by viewing instructional online videos or by practicing the drills with a computer opponent or a family member. As taught in Science, Math, Checkmate: 32 Chess Activities for Inquiry and Problem Solving, children made diagrams for games that had to be adjourned for the next class. For the last half hour of the 1.5-hour-long class, I paired the children for round 3 of a four-round Swiss system tournament. After each partner has played White once, the challenge changes to whoever castles queenside first wins. The games, usually five moves long, have to be notated. In that challenge, whichever side castles kingside first wins. Then I taught the Game Theory challenge from Thinking With Chess: Teaching Children Ages 5-14. ![]() For some students, both the rules for castling and how to write notation were new. Then I taught how to castle, using the demonstration board and notating on the dry erase board next to the demonstration board. Students without adjourned games to play off were tested by me on drills (such as the two-rook checkmate, the one-queen checkmate, or the one-rook checkmate), practiced for those tests, or played the Pawn Game or Battleship Chess. On Wednesday, leftover tournament games from Tuesday were completed by some students. Returning to my summary of the June 4-8 lesson plans for mixed groups, I begin with my lesson plan for Wednesday (as my previous article detailed what I taught on Monday and Tuesday). For that advanced class, I will teach more advanced topics such as the Philidor’s position. “Chess-Advanced” class in July will be composed of students who either have previously had me as an instructor or who have a chess rating from the US Chess Federation or from FIDE (World Chess Federation). I plan to repeat my lesson plans from June for my 10:30 to noon July Chess class, which will again be a mixed group of beginners combined with those with some chess experience. I am teaching chess again at MOSAIC from July 23-27. to noon during the Monday through Friday week. and then taught a different mixed group of 10 children from 10:30 a.m. In June, I taught chess to a mixed group of 10 children from 9:00 a.m. The lesson plans in this article and in my previous article are from classes I taught June 4-8, 2018, at MOSAIC, run by the Coppell Gifted Association.
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