BUILDING BLOCK STORIES
Name of Game:
Building Block Stories
Target Students:
Middle School
High School
University
Adults
Duration:
20-40 minutes
Number of Students:
Groups of 2-5
English Skills:
Grammar
English Skills:
Writing
Objective:
Use colored blocks to develop sentence creation skills and review N, V, & Adj
Instructions
Preparation:
- Get different colored building blocks or make different colored cards
- On each green block or card, tape a noun
- On each blue block or card, tape an adjective
- On each yellow block or card, tape a verb
Instructions:
- Review meaning of verbs, nouns, and adjectives from list on board
- Break class into teach of 2-5 students
- Give a set of green, blue, and yellow blocks to each team
- Have each team select 2 blocks of each color
- Teams use the words on the block to make one or two sentences
Variations
- Have students make the sentences as a team
- Have students make the sentences as individuals
- Have the sentences tell a short story
- ‘When the little old king saw the monster, he danced and ran as fast as he could.’
- Have the groups select their best story to read to the class
Notes
Very bright students will become bored with only six blocks so go ahead and let them use and many as they like. Just sit back and watch as kingdoms rise and fall in the course of one English class.