Play the Santa "Clause" Game (continued)
Topics: Middle School, Writing, Christmas
| I want one thing this Christmas | a new bike |
| Mom and Dad sometime sleep in on Christmas morning | but I always wake up early |
| Christmas is my favorite holiday | it always seems to make everyone feel happy |
Step 2 On the six cards of a contrasting color, label two with a comma, two with a semicolon, and two with a colon. Place them in a pile, face-down, between the two players.
Step 3 Place the “clause cards” you have created face-down between the two players, and mix them up.
Step 4 Play the clause game! To play, each player takes turns turning over one of the punctuation cards. They then must match two clause cards that might use that punctuation mark. For instance, if you draw a comma card, you first turn over one clause card. You then have three chances to turn over another clause card that works with the first and with the comma to form a sentence. Sound easy? You may have “clause” to think otherwise!
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Kate Smith has been a teacher since 1997. She has taught in New York and California, with experience in all subjects and grades from 1 to 12, but the heart of her expertise lies in middle school, primarily English and Journalism. She has a B.A. in English and a Master of Science in Teaching from Fordham University.
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