Monday, October 17, 2011

My Teaching Materials: Key to Happyness

One of the things I rather enjoy is making pertinent materials for my writing classes. Yes, I probably do way too much myself, and should save energy by finding or buying and using pre-made stuff, but I like it. So, I thought I would share a few of those with you.

This is the companion worksheet to Thief & Chief, which I posted last time. Before giving out either of these, we cover the rules that are included in them.

Name: _________________
Period:___ Date: _________


Please correct the following paragraph. These mistakes focus on the following rules: Changing Y to I, and Doubling the Final Consonant. Previously covered spelling rules may also be present. Each of the 25 errors is worth 4 points.

Their was one key to happyness in Jane’s life: she partyed. Parting was everything to her. It occupyed all of her free time and deli ghtted her and her freinds. There favorite place to party was a club that admited them even though they had not agged to 18 yet. They had made copyes of they’re driver‘s licenses and handded them over, smileing. The IDs claimmed the girls were 21. They had tryed to get into other clubs, but the bouncers stoped them at the door. One threatenned to call there parents! Jane finaly was geting to have a good time, when suddennly, she heard a bad sound: “Police. Everyone stay where you are!" They were takeing everyone’s IDs and puting them under arrest! When her parents came to get her, she was ashammed of what she had done.

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The first post in this series was Land of Xanth.
The second was Thief & Chief.

2 comments:

  1. I think its great that you work up your own stuff. This looks like something my own 13 year old would write :)

    There was one key to happiness in Jane’s life: she partied. Partying was everything to her. It occupied all of her free time and delighted her and her friends. Their favorite place to party was a club that admitted them even though they had not aged to 18 yet. They had made copies of their driver‘s licenses and handed them over, smiling. The IDs claimed the girls were 21. They had tried to get into other clubs, but the bouncers stopped them at the door. One threatened to call their parents! Jane finally was getting to have a good time, when suddenly, she heard a bad sound: “Police. Everyone stay where you are!" They were taking everyone’s IDs and puting them under arrest! When her parents came to get her, she was ashamed of what she had done.

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  2. 96 Donna! You missed the double t in 'putting.'

    If nothing else, this proves that editing is hard work! After a while, even the right words start looking wrong!

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