Mission to Planet Leema: Adventure into Grammar
By Amanda Bindel,
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Brief but fun game is more adventure than grammar practice.
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What’s It About?
Kids play as Pella, a girl who landed on Planet Leema, which looks more like a medieval-period fishing village than another planet. Her mission in MISSION TO PLANET LEEMA: ADVENTURE INTO GRAMMAR is to find the hidden gem. Pella finds clues on scrolls and in books, completes missions (moving rocks, finding a key), and does grammar exercises, which include a variety of concepts, including capitalization and complete sentences. A map includes hints to help find the objects, and the view can be switched from first-person to third-person. The in-app tutorials explain the controls, but there's not way to save an in-progress game. Kids will start over if they quit before completing the mission.
Is It Any Good?
At the time of this review, only one mission was included. The excellent graphics and adventure elements could leave kids wanting and waiting for updates to add to the adventure. However, the grammar skills aren't integrated into the mission and are only periodic quizzes that stop the action. Though kids get a brief written explanation of the topic and can see whether their answers are right or wrong, there's no other feedback or instruction. Performance on the grammar quizzes has no impact on continuing the adventure, either. Kids can get every answer wrong, and the game continues as if they were all correct. It's likely the cool factor of the adventure will work against the grammar, which kids might see as a boring distraction.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the importance of grammar in understanding language and meaning. What would happen if there were no grammar rules? Challenge kids to find examples where grammar and usage mistakes cause confusion (there are lists like these on the Internet).
Encourage kids to read widely and from a variety of texts and genres so they can internalize grammar.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad
- Subjects: Language & Reading : vocabulary, writing clearly
- Skills: Thinking & Reasoning : logic, thinking critically
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Release date: January 17, 2015
- Category: Education
- Topics: Adventures
- Publisher: Education Endeavor
- Version: 1.1
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 7.0 or later
- Last updated: January 25, 2019
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