There were a couple of really good assignments that I had in high school. One was to write a program that generates poetry. Say in the most stern voice you can muster, "No dirty poetry!" and the students will instantly form a deep understanding of the project. The other hint is to mention to the students is that funny poetry uses funny words. Also, there is some advanced perl code available for your more ambitious students to study.

Another assignment is to implement the board game "Battleship." This challenge is less interesting because it stresses the book-keeping aspect of coding. If the students have enough time to create a real game-playing program, it is very interesting, but it is a difficult assignment.

I would like to see more posts about your experiences with teaching perl to high school students. It is something that I hope to try in a year or two. Please post again or msg me if you would like to share more ideas.

It should work perfectly the first time! - toma

In reply to Re: Perl High School by toma
in thread Perl High School by hsweet

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