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Sideline Scramble

Scrambled Sentences

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DISCUSS:
What do you notice about this message now?

DISCUSS:
Who or what is the subject in this sentence?

DISCUSS:
What is the action in this sentence?

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Pick three students to come to the front. Each will hold a card with
part of the message.

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Discuss: Who or what is the subject in this sentence?

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Have the student holding the subject move to the beginning
of the sentence.

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Discuss: What is the action in this sentence?

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Have the 2 students holding the action move to the right order
in the sentence.

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Collect the cards and have the students who were standing
take a seat.

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Read the sentence together.

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Pick three new students to come to the front. Each will hold a card
with part of the message.

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Discuss: Who or what is the subject in this sentence?

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Have the student holding the subject move to the beginning
of the sentence.

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Discuss: What is the action in this sentence?

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Have the 2 students holding the action move to the right order
in the sentence.

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Collect the cards and have the students who were standing take
a seat.

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Read the sentence together.

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Get your supplies.

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Find a partner.

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Write your name.

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Cut along the longer dashed line that goes across the paper.

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Cut along each of the 3 shorter dashed lines.

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Put your cards in the mixed-up order.

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Discuss with your partner: Who or what is the subject in this
sentence?

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Put the card with the subject at the beginning of the sentence.

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Discuss with your partner: What is the action in this sentence?

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Put the 3 cards with the action in the right order in the sentence.

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Read the sentence together.

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Get the top part of your worksheet and put it above the sentence.

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Glue your first card.

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Glue the rest of your cards.

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Copy the sentence.

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sentence

1 of 3

a group of words that tells a whole idea

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subject

2 of 3

who or what a sentence is about

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action

3 of 3

what the subject is doing in a sentence

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