Grade 4 Mad Libs
- Jamie Popowich
- Aug 16, 2021
- 3 min read
ELA Wednesday Nov 25: Writing a Mad Lib
We are going to write our own Mad Libs. We will write one together as a class and then you will write one on your own, following these steps. 1. Choose ONE of these topics: - A Day on the Soccer Field - My Time at Disneyland - The Substitute Teacher - A Birthday Celebration - A New Pet 2. Write a story about your topic. These are the rules: - you need at least EIGHT ADJECTIVES and THREE ADVERBS - singular and plural nouns are okay - present or past tense verbs are okay - your story should be THREE paragraphs - each paragraph should have at least 4 sentences - DOUBLE SPACE your writing 3. Underline all of the NOUNS, VERBS, ADJECTIVES, and ADVERBS. Use a different colour for each one.
ELA Tuesday Dec 1: Peer Review for Mad Libs
𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟏: Join your partner meet and share your Mad Lib writing with your partner(s). 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟐: Use the attached Peer Review form and fill out for your partner's writing. 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟑: Share your form with your partner and discuss. 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟒: Attach your peer review form (the one that YOU wrote) as part of this assignment and submit to me. 𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐒: 𝐀 - 𝐀𝐃𝐃: - Can I ADD anything to my writing to improve it? Do I need to ADD any words or sentences? - What transition words can I ADD to help improve my writing? - Can I ADD some descriptive details? (appeals to the 5 senses) 𝐑 - 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐄: - What unnecessary words or phrases should I REMOVE? - Are there any sentences that don't make sense? - Are there any sentences that don't support my topic sentence? 𝐌 - 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐄: - Would this sentence fit better somewhere else? - Should I REORDER my paragraphs? - Can I MOVE words or phrases around to make more sense? 𝐒 - 𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐓𝐄: - Which words can I SUBSTITUTE to make my writing more interesting? - Did I use any boring or overused words that I can REPLACE? - Can I REPLACE a comparison or description with figurative language? 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝟏𝟎 𝐏𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬: - Picky Patty - Whatever William - Social Sammy - Jean the Generalizer - Mean Margaret - Loud Larry - Pushy Paula - Off-Task Oliver - Speedy Sandy - Defensive Dave
ELA Monday Nov 30: MadLibs Step 2
AFTER you have completed your story AND underlined all the different parts of speech, you are ready for the next step. Decide which of these underlined words you are going to eliminate. DO NOT DELETE/ERASE the words yet, you might put them back in after peer review. 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡. Please see the attached example. ⚠️THIS WILL BE EASIER TO DO IF YOU WRITE IT OUT ON PAPER THAN IF YOU USE GOOGLE DOCS. ⚠️Hand in your edited assignment before tomorrow. ⚠️If you need access to your google docs assignment that you already submitted, simply make a copy of that assignment by clicking on FILE and choosing MAKE A COPY from the drop down menu.
ELA Wednesday Dec 9: MadLibs Final Copy Step 2
Make a copy of your final copy from Step 1. Add FOOTNOTES to your underlined words. You need to label each word that will be replaced with noun, verb, adjective or adverb. You can be more specific if you want. Footnotes are found under INSERT on the top menu.
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