Create your own unique crossword puzzle! 1. Choose terms. Select words from Chapter 5, Sections 2-4 which I have listed in the word bank below. 2. Intersect words. To find intersecting words, you might start with the longest word. Branch off from this word until as many words as possible are connected. Be sure there is space between every word. Constructing crosswords is easy because you can erase! Sketch a rough draft below. 3. Design the grid. To create your puzzle, use a straight edge to make boxes for each letter in the pattern you formed. Make the boxes big enough to write in. Leave room on the page for your clues. Use a new blank sheet of paper for your final draft. 4. Number the boxes. Start at the top left corner of the puzzle. Assign the first box #1 (it could be an across or a down word.) Moving from left to right down the page, assign the first box of each word a number. If you wish to get really creative, look at other crossword puzzles for numbering ideas. 5. Write definitions. At the bottom of the page, write the numbered definitions (clues). Be sure to create two lists of “clues”, one for words across and one for words down.
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