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Dean Zeller CS10051 Fall, 2007 Objective Readings The student will participate in two Mad Libs activities. Mad Libs books Mad Libs (http://us.penguingroup.com/static/packages/us/yreaders/madlibs/) Mad Libs (http://madlibs.org/) Wacky Web Tales (http://www.eduplace.com/tales/) Crazy Libs (http://www.rinkworks.com/crazylibs/) Tuesday, October 23rd 5 points
Background: Mad Libs and Elementary Reading Education Mad Lib is an activity aimed at elementary school reading levels. It helps students to identify parts of speech within a sentence. This activity requires two people a writer and an entry selector. First, the writer asks for values for nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and exclamations, filling in missing values as defined by the mad lib story. Then the completed story is read aloud, using the entries in place of the blanks. The enjoyment of the activity rests in recognizing the original story, but using the entries supplied. The result is a somewhat absurd story. Instructions 1. Choose a partner. (Classmate, friend, sibling, child, etc) 2. Complete one Mad-Lib activity, playing the role of the writer. 3. Complete the other Mad-Lib activity, providing the entries. 4. Write both names on the activity sheet Grading You will be graded on the following criteria: Accuracy Correctly completing the Mad Lib activities Extra Credit Find and complete other Mad Lib stories Write and complete your own Mad Lib story. Alternate Assignment Word process your own Mad Lib, similar to the examples.
A noun is a word that names a person, a place, or a thing. A noun that names only one person, place, or thing is called a singular noun. A noun that names more than one person, a place, or a thing is called a plural noun. Person dentists (plural) sister (singular) Julio (singular) Place zoo (singular) towns (plural) Thing fan (singular) notebook (singular) buses (plural)
Adjectives An adjective is a word that describes a noun. An adjective can tell what kind or how many. What Kind We have a large dog. Our dog has tiny, brown spots. Verbs
How Many Our dog has five puppies. Many dogs love children.
A verb is a word that can show action. A present tense verb shows action that is happening now. A past tense verb shows action that has already happened. A future tense verb shows action that will happen. Present Tense Bats hunt at night. Past Tense Future Tense The bats will fly later.
The bats hunted last night. The bats will hunt tonight.
The bats fly quickly. The bats flew overhead. Adverbs An adverb is a word that describes a verb. An adverb can tell how, when, or where. How I read books quickly. When I read books often.
I read newspapers slowly. I always read the newspaper. I buy my newspaper there. Exclamations An exclamation can be a word, a phrase, or a sentence that shows strong feeling. It is followed by an exclamation point. Word Wow! Phrase Oh, no! Sentence What a terrific song!
Copernicus
Four hundred years ago people knew little about our ___________ universe. They thought that the Earth was the
(adjective)
center of the entire ___________ and that the sun and all of the
(noun)
named Copernicus discovered the truth: the earth revolves around the ___________ ___________ times a year.
(something round) (a number)
forced to ___________.
(verb)
(Copernicus, from Mad Libs From Outer Space, by Roger Price and Leonard Stern, http://us.penguingroup.com/static/packages/us/yreaders/madlibs/fun.html)