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Title - Candy Heart Sentences Using the Four Sentence Types (Valentine’s Day Activity)
By - Brooke Redfield
Primary Subject - Language Arts
Grade Level - 6-8
Objectives: Students will create four sentences given one or two words which appear on a candy heart, per each sentence; they will create declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences.
Materials Needed:
- Lined Card Stock Paper
- Glue
- Candy Message Hearts (prescreen them to make sure they are "Rated-G")
Optional Materials:
- Markers
- Scalloping Scissors
- Colored Pencils
- Stickers
- Glitter
Procedure:
- Review the four sentence types, their functions, and respective end punctuation.
- Distribute materials.
- Have students create their own Valentine’s Day themed sentences around the messages on the candy hearts.
For example: WANT YOU TO BE MY VALENTINE! (exclamatory)
BE MY VALENTINE? (interrogative) etc.
- Have students glue the conversation heart candies onto the paper and write their sentences around them (remind them that these candies ARE NOT for eating!)
- Decorate the paper.
Assessment: Students participate appropriately for class participation credit. Students will be graded based on whether or not they successfully create four coherent and complete sentences (one for each sentence type).
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