Materials: Index Cards (Students will need one sheet of paper and pen/pencil)

Objective: Students will be able to expand sentences.

Anticipatory Set: Provide students with a mini-lesson about adding details to sentences. For example, on the overhead you can provide 5-10 subjects for the students and they need to answer the following questions: who, where, when and why. EX: The girls..

*then the students add information to answer the above questions.

The girls met at the library after school to study for an exam.

Step-by Step Procedure: Place students in groups of six. Give students an index card. Each index card will have a sentence and a number.

(Example)

1.The first day that I started school was very exciting. 2. Before I left my house I ate a big breakfast. 3. Then I brushed my teeth and got dressed. 4. Next I got into the car and my mother drove my to school. 5. She walked me to my classroom where I met my teacher. 6. Finally, I went inside the classroom and I knew it was going to be a good day!

– Students are to add one sentence after the sentence that they are given. * the student who was assigned sentence #6 must add one sentence BEFORE the given sentence.

– Each group then stands up in front of the class in the correct order and they read what they wrote.

Closure: Students can compare and comment about what each group read.

This is a fun activity that students can learn to expand sentences which can lead into many other activities such as writing stories. Students are learning to work together and to listen and reflect on the work of others.

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