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ACTIVITY WRITE UP NO. 3

Name of Activity write up that you have been assigned: Sorry!

Type of modality / Board game
Type of play / Shared cooperative
Interaction pattern / Multilateral
# of participants required / 2~4
Equipment/supplies / Board, a deck of cards, 4 sets of pawn ( 4 each color; red, green, blue and yellow)
Facilities required/environment / Room, table, chairs
Precautions / Small parts (Not for children under age 3)

Sequence/Directions(Details of how a to move through the activity from start to finish) This can be less than ten steps of more than ten steps…

1.Choose your own pawn (Sorry board pieces) color red, blue, green, or yellow and place all four on the start space. Choose a player to go first (high draw or youngest player will work). Play continues clockwise.Shuffle the deck of cards and place them in the center of the play area.

2.At the beginning of each turn, draw a card from the pile in the middle (each 11 types of cards all allow you to do slightly different things) and read what it says and follow the directions. You need to draw a 1 or 2 numbered card to make your first move.If you don’t draw a 1 or a 2, you cannot move a pawn onto the board. If you have any legal move, you must move a pawn, even if you’d prefer not to.

3.You can jump over pawns that belong to other players; it can be one or more.

4.You can bump other opponent’s pawns if you land on a space where there is already a pawn occupying that space. You bump their pawn back to the start space.

5.You can slide if you land on a slide triangle. If you land on an opponent’s slide triangle, you slide down to the circle spot and bump other opponent’s pawns if they are in your way. If you land on your own color slide triangle, do not slide, just stay put and move as usual.

6.Each player has a safety zone which is like a trail that leads to home.

7.Get all of your pawns to home space to finish and win the game. You need to draw exact number of spaces you need to get to your home space.

Activity Analysis (What is required of this activity without any adjustments, accommodations, alterations)

Category / Skills
Primary body position / Sitting
Part of the body required / Arm and fingers
Movement / Carrying in the hands, grasp (Scissor or 3-Jaw Chuck), picking up, putting down objects, reaching, turning arms
Physical / Balance: Static sitting, fine muscle coordination, visual-motor integration, active range of motion: upper extremities
Cognitive / Attention: focused attention, selective attention, sharing attention, sustaining attention, categorization, concentration, decision making: simple, initiation, judgment, memory: short-term, orientation: person, topographical, organization and planning, problem solving: simple, reading, recognition: number, sequencing, spatial operations, strategy, thought: concrete thought
Social / Interpersonal interactions, maintaining social space, relating with equals, regulating behavior, self-expression, social conduct, social cues, showing respect & warmth, showing tolerance
Perception / Tactile, visual
Communication/language / Reception of written language, reception of signs and symbols, expression of spoken language
Self-care / N/A
Psychological/emotional (possible) / Guilt for letting someone down, joy, fear of drawing a bad card (backward),frustration of losing, having to miss a turn..

SIMPLIFYING AND COMPLICATING THIS ACTIVITY:

How to Simplify the Activity:

Physically: use larger objects for grasping if person cannot hold Pawn

Cognitively: play with one player

Socially: play for “fun”- have players assist each other with strategy and eliminate completion.

How to Make the Activity More Complex:

Physically: increase the distance of the board from the players so that they have to stretch to reach

Cognitively: play with three players

Socially: have people work in teams so as to practice teamwork, agreement/disagreement

Other Comments: Participants should use their hands to play this game, so if participants have difficultywiththeir arms, hands, or fingers, someone should be prepared to help them.