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 from "Most children love halloween as they eat lots of candy" to "The children browsed the sweetshop as they consumed lots of sugar".

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. change the subject noun
Many kids will be knocking on doors on Halloween.

Unknown said...

2. change the first indirect object noun

Many kids will be knocking on houses on Halloween.

Veronica Baig said...

Sara: Yes, but you changed the adjective, too;-)
Seiko: Good.

Anonymous said...

Change second indirect object noun:

Many kids will be knocking on houses on April Fool’s day.

Anonymous said...

4. change the verb name
Many kids will be rapping on houses on April Fool's Day.

Veronica Baig said...

Kelly: Yes, but that's a bit scarier!

Veronica Baig said...

Sara: Good.

Anonymous said...

#5. Change the adjective
Grown-up kids will be rapping on houses on April Fool's Day.

Veronica Baig said...

Bernie: Good change.

Anonymous said...

#6. change the verb tense
Grown-up kids rapped on houses on April Fool's Day.

Veronica Baig said...

Nadia: Good.