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Along Came a What?! Silly Story Writing Adventures: Practicing Parts of Speech

Completed by 53 learners
Ages 7-11
Live Group Class
Students will practice parts of speech by supplying nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs to combine into a collaboratively generated silly story with illustration. English, grammar, teamwork, collaboration, writing, composition. #academic
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(609 reviews)

Live video meetings
1x per week
3-8 learners per class
25 min

What's included

1 live meeting
25 mins in-class hours per week
Homework
Learners may finish writing, drawing and/or coloring after class.

Class Experience

US Grade 2 - 5
In this lighthearted class, learners will suggest words using specific parts of speech and collaborate to discover great ways to write a silly story. Setting topics will rotate; keeping it fresh for ongoing learners, but also nice for a drop-in, drop-out class.

The teacher will:
 * Review parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb) I
 * Introduce discussions about the setting. 
 * Assist with spelling, grammar, etc, 
 * Facilitate random selection of words to use in the story

The learners will: 
 * Offer suggestions for words in each category
 * Verbalize, chat, or annotate their selections in the Zoom call
 * Help other learners, when asked, to brainstorm
 * Suggest a personalized ending to each week's story
 * Illustrate and complete the story to share after class (optional)

Topics will rotate to feature different settings weekly:

Week of December 2: The Forest
Week of December 9: The Classroom
Week of December 16: The North Pole
Week of December 23: Candy Land
Week of December 30: The Big City
Week of January 6: The Pirate Ship
Week of January 13: The Dinosaur Park
Week of January 20: The Medieval Castle
Week of January 27: The Beach
Week of February 3: The Cave
Week of February 10: The Park
Week of February 17: Ancient Egypt
Week of February 24: The Desert
Week of March 3: China
Week of March 10: The Swamp
Week of March 17: Underground
Week of March 24: The River
Week of March 31: The Campground
Week of April 7: The Arcade
Week of April 14: Outer Space
Week of April 21: The Zoo
Week of April 28: The Farm
Week of May 5: The Jungle
Week of May 12: The Glacier
Week of May 19: The Ocean
Week of May 26: The Savannah
Week of June 2: The Neighborhood
Week of June 9: The Office Building
Week of June 16: Candy Land
Week of  June 23: The Rodeo

Week of October 20: The Pumpkin Patch
Week of October 27: The Haunted House

It helps if learners are already be able to write (or type), but not necessary. Learners are welcome to bring something to write/draw and/or color with (type on) to class, but writing is not necessary during class. Learners will be able to annotate directly on the class slides, and it would be helpful to know how to do so. Learners who cannot write are welcome to contribute verbally to the class! They should also bring their imagination. A sense of humor doesn't hurt, either!

Learning Goals

Students will practice writing thoughts into whole sentences, and move beyond simple subject, verb, object into using describing words. Learners will also practice determining and categorizing various parts of speech.

Other Details

Parental Guidance
Learners do not need to be able to write (or type), but should bring their imaginations and sense of humor. Learners who know how are encouraged to type answers in the chat or directly use Zoom "annotate" on the slides to fill in the words. Otherwise, the teacher can type for them.
Supply List
Something to write/draw/color with (type on) (optional) 
Something to write on (type on) (optional) 
Some dice (optional)
Imagination and sense of humor!
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
A thesaurus (online or print) might be helpful.

Meet the teacher

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Teacher expertise and credentials
As a linguist by training, I love nothing more than playing with my words. Come play with me!

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