The Kingdom and The Keys: Gamified Language Arts

The Path of
The Gamer

You love control. Also, controllers. There is nothing quite like the first time you boot up a new game. The world opening up before you, new sights to see, and, of course, a great villain to defeat at the end.

These assignments follow The Path of The Gamer.

Back to path

Skill Mastery Standards (1-3) Reading Literature


The Critic

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Review a Video Game

PokéMaster

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Discuss Pokemon Go, classic Pokemon games, and write your own story as a Trainer

This was a Triumph (UC)

Respond to the two Portal games as primary texts
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Planeswalker

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Design your own deck of Magic Cards using themes and characters from our Primary Text

Dungeoneer

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Using D&D rules, respond to our Primary Texts

Wake up Stanley (UC)

Respond to "The Stanley Parable" as a primary text
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Game Mechanic (UC)

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Research and discuss the use of specific game mechanics and suggest balances the developers could make.

KRZ Navigator (UC)

Respond to the game "Kentucky Route Zero" as a primary text in writing 
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Skill Mastery Standards (4-6) Reading Informational


Roll for Initiative (UC)

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Study the history of video games, and predict where they will go in the future

SMITE.guru (UC)

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Discuss your SMITE games in depth and determine what works best for each god

Only for the Bravest of Souls (UC)

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The Hacker

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Study basic coding

Cube Companion

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Show your mastery of the cube in PPT, Excel, on video, and in a website

Mr/Madam President? (UC)

Respond to the game "Democracy 3" as a primary text
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Coaster Designer

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Using Roller Coaster Tycoon 2, design and discuss how to manage a park so that it flourishes.

Mo' MOBA's MO' Problems (UC)

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Research the different games in the MOBA genre and discuss how they differ from each other

Skill Mastery Standards (7-8) Language and Mechanics


Respawn (UC)

Edit a previously submitted assignment for flow and grammar
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Lost in Translation (UC)

Screenshot terrible captions in games and rewrite the mistakes to be grammatically correct
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A Man Chooses... (UC)

Use Sentence Diagramming for famous quotes from video games
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The Grammarian - Fundamental English Grammar

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Work on your English Grammar for a big boost

Skill Mastery Standards (9) Writing


Hunting Herobrine

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Minecraft based assignments!

Dr. Resume, I Presume

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Create an updated Resume to use to apply to jobs... and then make a bunch of fake resumes!

Characters Assemble

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Design super heroes and write their back stories

The Architect

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Design a video game from the ground up

The Visionary

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Design a new "Key" for one of the many different Paths in this course

Skill Mastery Standards (10) Speech


Gamer Path Defense

12th Grade only, defend your ability to hold a job using the skills you've built while pursuing the Key Projects in this path
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Once more unto the Crucible! (UC)

Convert a classic Shakespearean speech to match a video game character and context of your choosing - four different speeches
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Level Up (UC)

Pitch a new game idea at different levels of complexity and with different goals
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Jobs in Louisville 
that use skills developed 
while following "The Path of The Gamer"

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Video Game design career paths

Likelihood of Employment? Average Pay? Click Below!

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