1. Mr. Verlin South Philadelphia High School October 8, 2014

2. Preliminaries  Divide into pairs.  Do one of the following:  Lab: Log on to http://www.chess.com.http://www.chess.com  Classroom: set up the chessboard.

3. Objectives:  The students will be able to explain the rules of chess after reading an informational text.  The students will be able to apply their knowledge of the informational text from the previous class to the game of chess.

4. Focus Lesson: Teaching Chess  From the homepage, click on the link “Play Chess Against the Computer” at the top of the page.  Play!