CHECKMATe!
Weeks 3-4: July 25th- August 5th
Camper Name___________________________________________
Today’s Date:
The Problem:
A man
corn
has to get a dog
, a chicken
, and a sack of
across a river.
He has a rowboat
If the
If the
and the
and the
, and it can only carry him and one other thing.
are left together, the
are left together, the
will eat the
will eat the
.
.
How does the man do it?
Draw a picture of the man’s situation and show or explain your
solution:
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Think / write
Consider, then answer the following questions about yourself:
-What are your strengths?
-What do you consider to be your talents?
-What are your interests?
-What would you like to be better at?
-What are some interests you have that you are not presently pursuing?
-What is preventing you from pursuing your interests?
We’ll come back to this soon…
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Today’s Date:
To solve this puzzle, place the 8 queens on the chess board so that
no queen can attack another queen.
Queens can move up, down, left, right and diagonally.
Good luck!
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Think / write
Let’s review the six pieces in chess:
ROOK
PAWN
BISHOP
KNIGHT
KING
QUEEN
Based on what you know about each of the pieces, which do you think is the most
illustrative of your own personality? Why?
Use those thoughts to write an acrostic “poem” about that chess piece:
Write the name of

the piece
here.
(one letter per line)
Write 1-5 descriptive words that start with the corresponding letter
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 here.
Today’s Date:
To solve this puzzle, place the 6 queens on the chess board so that
every square on the board is under attack.
Queens can move up, down, left, right and diagonally.
Good luck!
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Think / write
Remember those questions you answered a couple of days ago? Well, now
it’s time to get back to them…
Imagine that it is now 10 years later. Write a brief article that you would
like to read in a newspaper, highlighting your success in a particular sport,
hobby, academic field, etc. What makes you extraordinary? How did you
achieve your goals? Who were your influences?
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Draw your portrait here
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Today’s Date:
Lewis Carroll’s book, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found
There, is based on a game of chess, played on a giant chessboard with fields for
squares. Most main characters met in the story are represented by a chess piece,
with Alice herself being a pawn.
The story begins with Alice reading a poem about a horrible monster:
JABBERWOCKY
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey
wood,
And burbled as it came!
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
One, two! One, two! And through and
through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought -So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
WHAT?!? Go ahead, underline all of the words that seem ridiculous to you.
What could they possibly mean?
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Think / write
Now, it’s your turn to re-write Jabberwocky, “Mad Libs” style. First,
supply the following parts of speech:
1. adjective ______________________
2. adjective ______________________
3. noun _________________________
4. verb _________________________
5. verb _________________________
6. noun ________________________
7. adjective _____________________
8. noun (plural) __________________
9. noun ________________________
10. verb (-ed) ___________________
11. adverb ______________________
12. noun _______________________
13. noun _______________________
14. verb (-s) ____________________
15. noun _______________________
16. verb (-s) ____________________
17. adjective ____________________
18. noun _______________________
19. adjective ____________________
20. noun _______________________
21. adjective ____________________
22. noun _______________________
23. adjective ____________________
24. noun ________________________
25. adjective _____________________
26. noun ________________________
27. adjective _____________________
28. noun ________________________
29. noun (plural) __________________
30. noun ________________________
31. verb (-ing) ___________________
32. adjective _____________________
33. verb (-ed) ____________________
34. adjective _____________________
35. noun ________________________
36. verb (onomatopoeia) ___________
37. adjective _____________________
38. noun ________________________
39. verb (-ing) ___________________
40 noun (plural) __________________
41. adjective _____________________
42. adjective _____________________
43. interjection ___________________
44. interjection ___________________
45. verb (-ed) ____________________
46. noun ________________________
Tomorrow, you will replace Lewis Carroll’s nonsense words with your own!
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Today’s Date:
Using the list from yesterday, fill in the blanks in the poem
“Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll:
Twas (1)__________ and the (2) __________(3)___________
Did (4)___________ and (5)___________ in the (6)_____________ ;
All (7)____________ were the (8)____________ ,
And the (9)__________ (10)___________ (11)____________ .
“Beware the (12)____________ , my son
The (13)___________ that (14)____________ , the (15) ________that
Beware the (17)__________ (18)___________ and shun
The (19)___________ (20)___________ !”
(16)___________
He took his (21)___________ (22)____________ in hand;
Long time the (23)____________ (24)____________ he sought—
So rested he by the (25)____________ (26)____________ ,
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in (27)___________ (28)____________ he stood,
The (12)____________ , with (29) ____________of (30)_____________ ,
Came (31)____________ through the (32)_____________ wood,
And (33)_____________ as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The (34)__________ (35)____________ went (36)_____________ !
He left it (37)_____________ , and with its (38)______________
He went (39)_______________ and back.
“And hast thou slain the (12)______________ ?
Come to my (40)_____________ , my (41)_______________ boy!
O (42)________________ day! (43)______________ ! (44)_______________ !”
He (45)_____________ in his (46)______________ .
Twas (1)_____________ and the (2)____________ (3)_________________
Did (4)_______________ and (5)_______________ in the (6)_________________ ;
All (7)____________________ were the (8)___________________ ,
And the (9)________________ (10)_______________ (11) ___________________ .
Share your new poem with another camper!
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Think / write
Now that you’ve been working on your chess strategy for a few weeks, take some
time to reflect on your new knowledge.
So far, I’ve learned…
I really like…
I’m still not sure about…
What was this biggest challenge you’ve had to overcome so far?
What do you think your next big challenge will be?
How do you think you’ll feel when you do have to face that next big challenge?
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