Thursday, October 2, 2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzles (Qudoku!) for Thursday, 10/2/2008

New Word Sudoku Puzzles (Qudoku!) for Thursday, 10/2/2008

Yesterday I explained Qudoku puzzles. You’ve seen them here before, but usually as one-off creations; this week I’m giving you a handful as a demonstration of how they could be used to present different perspectives or help you remember details about particular topics.

Today I’m going to introduce you to some quotes from Ann Wylie, a writing coach who travels the globe making all of us better writers. I know, because I’ve attended her workshops about half a dozen times now, and learned important tips, tools and tactics each time. Ann’s free e-newsletter is a must for anyone serious about truly communicating with his or her audience; sign up for it at her Web site (http://www.wyliecomm.com/).

Ann is the national writing coach for the Public Relations Society of America, the world's largest organization for public relations professionals (http://www.prsa.org/). PRSA’s mission is to advance the standards of the profession and provide its members with professional development opportunities on the national and local levels.

Ann has come to my home city of Portland, OR for PRSA writing workshops each of the past few summers; in my notes from those workshops, I gathered great quotes that have stuck with me as I attempt to put her teaching into practice under deadline.

Again, as in yesterday’s Qudoku puzzles, more than one Classic 9x9 Word Sudoku puzzle is needed to supply all the letters today’s quotes use. In all cases, each number in the quote grid consistently represents the same letter throughout—but not necessarily every instance of that one letter. Fair warning! In these Qudoku puzzle sets, some letters may be represented by more than one number. In this first puzzle set, both Word Sudoku puzzles contain the letters A, E and P, so you’ll find that the quote grid assigns two different numbers to each of those three letters. Clear as mud? Try it! The two Word Sudoku puzzles use the anagrams U PERSONAL and TYPE MAGIC, respectively.

U PERSONAL
9x9 Qudoku Word Puzzle
Solve each Word Sudoku puzzle using the letters in the respective anagrams
In each Word Sudoku puzzle, each row, column, 3x3 square and group of circled squares contain the letters in the anagram exactly once
Copy letters in circled cells to the matching numbered cell in the quote



TYPE MAGIC
9x9 Qudoku Word Puzzle
Solve each Word Sudoku puzzle using the letters in the respective anagrams
In each Word Sudoku puzzle, each row, column, 3x3 square and group of circled squares contain the letters in the anagram exactly once
Copy letters in circled cells to the matching numbered cell in the quote



The two Classic 9x9 Word Sudoku puzzles in the second Qudoku set are based on the words ASKING FOR and OH, TRUMPED, respectively. Note that the letters O and R are repeated in the two Word Sudoku puzzles, so the quote grid will contain two numbers associated with each of those letters. (I should warn you about the letter R, but I figure you’ll soon figure it out…)

ASKING FOR
9x9 Qudoku Word Puzzle
Solve each Word Sudoku puzzle using the letters in the respective anagrams
In each Word Sudoku puzzle, each row, column, 3x3 square and group of circled squares contain the letters in the anagram exactly once
Copy letters in circled cells to the matching numbered cell in the quote


OH, TRUMPED
9x9 Qudoku Word Puzzle
Solve each Word Sudoku puzzle using the letters in the respective anagrams
In each Word Sudoku puzzle, each row, column, 3x3 square and group of circled squares contain the letters in the anagram exactly once
Copy letters in circled cells to the matching numbered cell in the quote


Solutions first thing in the morning. And tomorrow I’ll provide you a few more Qudoku puzzles built from oxymorons instead of quotes.

Thanks,
--Dave

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