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She doesn't even know where to begin, so she asked me for help, since I'm a former English teacher. Why do I get the feeling that the only "higher thinking" will come from me?
I consider this nothing but a "busy work" assignment that is going to involve a lot of time and from which I honestly don't think she will learn a single thing.Â
 For her previous book report, she had to do a "family tree" about the characters in "The Great Gatsby."
Sometimes, I think teachers themselves need a good lesson in "how to teach". What happened to written and oral reports discussing theme, symbolism, plot, point of view, and character development?
I guess those sorts of things are just too "old-fashioned" for today's modern "teachers."
Back to her current assignment, however. Just trying to come up with ten types of puzzles is no mean task.
 So far, I have thought of using a "crossword", a "cryptoquote", a "txtpert", "word roundup", a "quickcross", "up and down words", and "Don't quote me". That's only seven.
 I still haven't come up with three more. We may have to resort to "hangman". Even using "hangman", we're still two short.
Then she and I will have to sit down and make all these with the answers. I've read her book, and we are starting today.Â
Don't know how many hours we will have to spend on this silly project; however, I'm taking the attitude that time spent with one of my grandchildren is never time wasted.
I could use any ideas you have on types of puzzles, though.
