W9-Words is not very interactive.

[OlofBen]

Most, if not all, other labs got some kind of graphical interface where students can interact with the program they just created. However words lack such an interface and just prints some facts about a book when the lab is finished. This is not exciting enough for most students, so they complete the lab as quickly as possible just to move on.

The lab does not become fun (in my opinion) until you complete task 8 and 9. These tasks make it so the program writes its own messages.

Perhaps the lab can be restructured by removing task 6, but making task 7, 8, 9 mandatory?