Objective:

1) The student will understand the concept of "diagonal".

2) The student will understand the geometric movement of a bishop on a grid, diagonally.

Method:

1) The teacher demonstrates the movement of a bishop - diagonally forwards or backwards any number of squares in a straight line.

2) Each player has two bishops. One bishop moves on the white squares, the other on the black squares.

3) The bishop cannot jump over pieces, but may capture an opponent's piece by moving onto the square it occupies.

4) The attacking bishop occupies the place of the opponent's piece, which is then removed from the board.

5) Observe student performance, assist in navigating the website where required.

Content:

Using the demonstration board, the teacher models the straight line diagonal movement of a bishop.

In pairs, students observe and immitate the bishop's movement on their chess board.

Students practise moving the bishop diagonally in a straight line, both on black and white squares.

The teacher demonstrates how a bishop captures another piece.

Other chess pieces are then placed on the board.

The attacking bishop moves either vertically or horizontally toward an opponent's piece.

It occupies the square on which the opponent's piece is standing.

The opponent's piece is then removed from the chess board.

Follow up:

Students then place all four bishops on the chess board.

Students play a game of cat and mouse using the bishops.

The challenge: students are to capture the opponent's bishop by moving in turn, much like a game of cat and mouse.

(Note: there may be no clear winner, since bishops can only move on their coloured diagonals.)