Prentice hall regents

1. GUESS WHO?
Materials:
None
Dynamic:
Whole class/Groups
Time:
20 minutes
Procedure:
1.
Write 10 phrases on the board.
Examples:
borrow money
eat pizza
have my first kiss
eat too much
go to a movie
go to bed
go out to eat
go dancing
go to the mall
stay up late
2.
Instruct the students to write a sentence using each of the phrases
and an adverbial subordinator. The sentences may use any logical
tense/time. You may want to list adverbial subordinators on the
board.
Examples:
I borrowed money after I lost my wallet.
I had my first kiss when I was 14 years old.
3.
Collect individual papers as they are completed. You can be noting
unusual sentences to read aloud and have the class guess who
wrote them.
Variation 1:
As a follow-up activity, you can use the students’ sentences to create a
game to review adverbial subordinators at the end of the unit. Divide
the sentences into two columns with the main clause on the left and
the dependent clause (with the adverbial subordinator) on the right.
Cut them apart and mix them up. Divide the class into teams and
hand out the strips containing clauses to the teams. Have the students
make as many logical sentences as possible. (It is not necessary to
duplicate the original sentences as long as the ones they create as a
team are logical.) The team with the most logical sentences wins.
Variation 2:
Give 20 cards or slips of paper to each group. Have them write 10
sentences, with the adverb clause on one paper and the independent
clause on another. Collect the 20 papers from each group and give
them to a different group. Tell the groups to match the independent
and dependent clauses written by the other group. The first group who
matches all the clauses to form logical sentences wins. (It is not
absolutely necessary to match every sentence as it was written, but it
may not be possible to come up with 10 logical sentences otherwise.)

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2. FINISH THIS
Materials:
None
Dynamic:
Small groups
Time:
15 minutes
Procedure:
1.
Divide the class into groups of three or four. Each group makes a
list of clauses containing an adverbial subordinator. (The number
of clauses you want your students to list will depend on how much
time you have for this activity.)
Examples:
I get scared when
Before I got to class,
I always eat pizza after
2.
To play a round, Group 1 reads one of its clauses for Group 2.
Group 2 must complete the sentence. If they do so correctly, they
get a point.
3.
Group 2 then reads a sentence for Group 3 to complete. Continue
until all clauses have been completed.
15.2
ADJECTIVE