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Sunday, October 28, 2007

ALL CHANGE! Oct. 28th

Change the words in the sentence below as indicated. You can only change the exact word in the sequence given; after someone else has posted the next change, then you can post another change. Student 1 writes #1 Subject Noun, and changes the subject noun; Student 2 writes #2 Direct Object Noun, and changes that noun. Each student only makes one change at a time and keeps to the order indicated.If you complete all 6 changes, then start making more changes again from 1 to 6. Each student should build on the changes that the previous students make.

Excited children will be knocking on doors on Halloween.

1. change the subject noun 2. change the first indirect object noun
3. change the second indirect object noun 4. change the verb name
5. change the adjective 6. change the verb tense


Last week you got all the way from "Most children love Halloween as they eat lots of candy" to "Most families like Thanksgiving as they eat lots of turkey."

SENTENCE COMPLETION, Oct. 28th

Use the type of clause, phrase, or grammar indicated to complete the following sentence; you can add the phrase or clause before or after the clause below:

... I am dressing up as a monster for Halloween ...
1. Use a phrase
2. Use a dependent clause
3. Use an independent clause

Note: you can still see previous Sentence Completion questions; they are posted in the 2006/2007 archive in the side bar.

Monday, October 15, 2007

ALL CHANGE, Oct. 15th

Change the words in the sentence below as indicated. You can only change the exact word in the sequence given; after someone else has posted the next change, then you can post another change. Student 1 writes #1 Subject Noun, and changes the subject noun; Student 2 writes #2 Direct Object Noun, and changes that noun. Each student only makes one change at a time and keeps to the order indicated.If you complete all 7 changes, then start making more changes again from 1 to 7. Each student should build on the changes that the previous students make.

Most children love Halloween as they eat lots of candy.

1. change the subject noun 2. change the first direct object noun
3. change the indirect object noun 4. change the first verb name
5. change the adjectives 6. change the second verb name
7. Change the verb tense

Last week you got all the way from "My family cooks a large turkey for Thanksgiving" to My mother always cooks a large pumpkin pie for Halloween."

Friday, October 5, 2007

ALL CHANGE! Oct. 6th

Change the words in the sentence below as indicated. You can only change the exact word in the sequence given; after someone else has posted the next change, then you can post another change. Student 1 writes #1 Subject Noun, and changes the subject noun; Student 2 writes #2 Direct Object Noun, and changes that noun. Each student only makes one change at a time and keeps to the order indicated.If you complete all 7 changes, then start making more changes again from 1 to 7. Each student should build on the changes that the previous students make.

My family always cooks a large turkey for Thanksgiving.

1. change the subject noun 2. change the direct object noun
3. change the indirect object noun 4. change the verb name
5. change the adjective 6. change the adverb
7. change the verb tense