Mad Libs Game Teaches Grammar Rules

Mad Libs for Learning Problem Set 8 Caroline Mattey

Target Audience ,[object Object]

Set Up: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Replacement Grammars ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Replacement Grammar ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Replacement Grammars ,[object Object],[object Object]

Replacement Grammar Continued.. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Rule #1: Each player will start with a “Sentence::=> Clause MoreClauses” card. They will then draw a Clause card. The options include, Subject Verb Object, Subject Verb Adjective Object, and Subject Verb Preposition Object. ,[object Object],[object Object],Clause Subject Verb Adjective Object Clause Subject Verb Preposition Object

Rule #2: Each player draws a card. If they don’t draw a subject card (the first nonterminal in their clause card they need to replace) they wait another turn. This continues until they draw a subject card. ,[object Object],[object Object],Subject Barack Obama Subject Mike London

Rule #3: Each player draws a card. If they don’t draw a verb card (the next nonterminal in their clause card they need to replace) they wait until their next turn and draw again. This continues until they draw a verb card. ,[object Object],[object Object],Verb judges Verb bounces

Rule #4: Each player draws a card. If Bobby doesn’t draw an adjective or Jane doesn’t draw a preposition card (the next nonterminal in their clause card they need to replace) they draw again on their next turn. This continues until they draw this card. ,[object Object],[object Object],Preposition with Adjective rare

Rule #5: Each player draws a card. If they don’t draw an object card (the next nonterminal in their clause card they need to replace) they draw again on their next turn. This continues until they draw this card. ,[object Object],[object Object],Object pencils Object Chicken sandwiches

Rule #6: Once a player has finished replacing the nonterminals from his/her clause card, they must draw another card from the MoreClauses stack. If they draw a period they have finished or they will draw a Conjunction Clause MoreClauses card and have to keep going. ,[object Object],[object Object],MoreClauses Conjunction Clause MoreClauses MoreClauses .

Rule #7: If they draw a Conjunction Clause MoreClauses Card, they must then draw a conjunction to replace the first nonterminal. ,[object Object],[object Object],Mike London bounces with pencils. Conjunction and

Rule #8: Once a player has drawn a MoreClauses card that requires a new clause to be formed and has drawn their conjunction, they draw a new Clause card from the clause card stack. ,[object Object],Clause Subject Verb Object

Rule #9: Once a player has drawn a new clause card, they must procede to follow rules #2-7. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Subject David Cameron Verb helps Object Ford Pintos Barack Obama judges rare chicken sandwiches, and David Cameron helps Ford Pintos.

Scoring: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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