Hello, my name is Kacie.
I am a freshman at ASU studying business. I love helping others and sharing knowledge through fun, unique, and creative activities! I enjoy doing many things including reading, writing, drawing, painting, and many more! I am a strong believer that we can be successful while having fun!
The goal of this game is to strengthen students’ writing skills in a fun way! The student is given a chance to participate in a very fun game that challenges their writing knowledge. They won’t even notice that they are learning.
This will meet the Arizona Common Core standard (6.W.5) , by teaching students to, with some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 6.)
What you will need:
● Provided template
● Piece of cardboard
● Clear tape
● Glue
● Scissors
● String/yarn ● Pencil
- Pencil or pen (any writing utensil works!)
- Markers/colors
- 20 index cards
- Copy paper
Directions:
- Grab twenty index cards and your writing utensil.
- Using the table below fill out each card on the lined side.
| Card 1 | Adjectives |
| Card 2 | Verbs |
| Card 3 | Nouns |
| Card 4 | Subjects |
| Card 5 | Pronouns |
| Card 6 | Quotations |
| Card 7 | Commas |
| Card 8 | Semicolon |
| Card 9 | Parenthesis |
| Card 10 | Exclamation point |
| Card 11 | Imperative sentence |
| Card 12 | Interrogative sentence |
| Card 13 | Declarative sentence |
| Card 14 | Exclamatory sentence |
| Card 15 | Irregular verbs |
| Card 16 | Past particle form |
| Card 17 | Formal sentence |
| Card 18 | Informal sentence |
| Card 19 | Independent clause |
| Card 20 | Dependent clause |
3. On the blank side of the index cards draw the following ingredients:
| Card 1 | Roasted chicken |
| Card 2 | Steak |
| Card 3 | Cheese |
| Card 4 | Lettuce |
| Card 5 | Tomato |
| Card 6 | Onion |
| Card 7 | Milk |
| Card 8 | Yogurt |
| Card 9 | Grapes |
| Card 10 | Strawberry |
| Card 11 | Pasta |
| Card 12 | Sauce |
| Card 13 | Fries |
| Card 14 | Bread |
| Card 15 | Rice |
| Card 16 | Water |
| Card 17 | Cereal |
| Card 18 | Ham |
| Card 19 | Eggs |
| Card 20 | Broccoli |
4. Place your ingredient cards on one side of the room.
5. Place your writing station on the other side of the room.
- You should have a pencil, and paper.
Game Rules
- The rules are pretty simple, make sure you have at two players and one adult to play.
- The players will begin by going to their station.
- Once everyone is at their station the adult will set off a 2-minute timer so that the players can go to the “market” station and pick out their ingredients (challenges).
- Once the timer is off the students must proceed back to their station.
- Once at the station the students will have 30 minutes to come up with a delicious dish(story).
- Once the thirty minutes are up the adult will read through everyone’s story and assign a winner.
- Once a winner is assigned the rest of the players have a chance to read each other’s stories and help each other out with constructive criticism.
You should have a fun reusable game to help students strengthen their writing skills.
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