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From the Ted Talk by Brenda Romero: Gaming for understanding

Unscramble the Blue Letters

when they won the World seires, it was amazing. I happened to be lviing in sflgirnpied at the time, and the best part of it was, you would csloe the women's door in the brothaom, and I remember seeing "Go Sox," and I thought, really? Or the houses, you'd come out, because every game, well, I think almost every game, went into omiterve, right? So we'd be outside, and all the other lights are on in the whole block. And kids — the attendance was down in school, kids weren't going to school, but it's OK, it's the Red Sox, right? I mean, there's education, and then there's the Red Sox, and we know where they're stacked. So this was an amazing experience, and again, yes, it was a game, but they didn't write newspaper articles, people didn't say, "You know, really, I can die now, because the Red Sox won." And many plepoe did.

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when they won the World ______, it was amazing. I happened to be ______ in ___________ at the time, and the best part of it was, you would _____ the women's door in the ________, and I remember seeing "Go Sox," and I thought, really? Or the houses, you'd come out, because every game, well, I think almost every game, went into ________, right? So we'd be outside, and all the other lights are on in the whole block. And kids — the attendance was down in school, kids weren't going to school, but it's OK, it's the Red Sox, right? I mean, there's education, and then there's the Red Sox, and we know where they're stacked. So this was an amazing experience, and again, yes, it was a game, but they didn't write newspaper articles, people didn't say, "You know, really, I can die now, because the Red Sox won." And many ______ did.

Solution

  1. series
  2. close
  3. springfield
  4. overtime
  5. living
  6. people
  7. bathroom

Original Text

when they won the World Series, it was amazing. I happened to be living in Springfield at the time, and the best part of it was, you would close the women's door in the bathroom, and I remember seeing "Go Sox," and I thought, really? Or the houses, you'd come out, because every game, well, I think almost every game, went into overtime, right? So we'd be outside, and all the other lights are on in the whole block. And kids — the attendance was down in school, kids weren't going to school, but it's OK, it's the Red Sox, right? I mean, there's education, and then there's the Red Sox, and we know where they're stacked. So this was an amazing experience, and again, yes, it was a game, but they didn't write newspaper articles, people didn't say, "You know, really, I can die now, because the Red Sox won." And many people did.

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Important Words

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  3. attendance
  4. bathroom
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  6. close
  7. die
  8. door
  9. education
  10. experience
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  26. springfield
  27. stacked
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  30. won
  31. world
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