Education Standards
English Language Arts Grade 5
Overview
A Scavenger Hunt to identify parts of speech, parts of a sentence, and sentence mechanics.
Scavenger Hunt
Objective: The students will be able to sort through magazines and newspapers to find sentences containing specific grammar and mechanics and the present their findings to the class.
Materials Needed: Scavenger Hunt List, magazines and newspapers, construction paper, scissors, glue
Procedures: The teacher will group students into teams of three and distribute magazines and newspapers. The teacher will give each group a copy of the Scavenger Hunt List. The teacher will ask the students to find as many items as possible from the Scavenger Hunt List within the ads and articles of the magazines and newspapers. When the students locate one of the items from the list, they must cut and paste it onto the construction paper and label it with the corresponding number from the list. This activity may take up to 2-3 hours to complete, which can be split between multiple days. After the activity is completed, each group will present its findings to the rest of the class. All responses will undergo a peer jury - a class monitored check to make sure each response is correct.
Assessment: The group with the most correct answers will receive a prize such as a homework pass. The other groups will receive a smaller prize such as bonus points on a homework assignment.