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:

1. Get different colored building blocks or make different colored cards
2. On each green block or card, tape a noun
3. On each blue block or card, tape an adjective
4. On each yellow block or card, tape a verb

Instructions:

1. Review meaning of verbs, nouns, and adjectives from list on board
2. Break class into teach of 2-5 students
3. Give a set of green, blue, and yellow blocks to each team
4. Have each team select 2 blocks of each color
5. 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.