Introduction
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Description: Students will learn how conjunctions and prepositions work in a sentence. Then they will create a booklet showing what they learned about prepositions and conjunctions.
Grade level: 5th grade
Subject: Language Arts
Key Words: Prepositions and conjuntions
Task
Standard: Literacy 5.1
OBJECTIVE: Students will become experts on learning how prepositions and conjunctions are used in a sentence. Students will be asked to define and use examples of prepositions and conjunctions. To show how much they have learned they will be making a booklet with a partner on Prepositions and conjunctions.
Projects must....
Have Pictures and text
Be creative
Be neat and colorful
Process
1.First, everyone will be assigned to a partner. You all will be assigned into groups of two. I will decide your partners for you.
2. Once you are with your partner you will learn more about prepositions and conjuctions by going to the following links!
Link 1: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/what-are-conjunctions
Make sure to watch the video on this link! It is very important to read through the whole page to understand conjuctions!
Link 2: http://grammar-monster.com/lessons/prepositions.htm
Very Important for you to read through the whole page to understand prepostions!
Link 3: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/124453/difference-between-co…
This site, help you understand the difference between prepositions and conjunctions.It can be confusing learning about both at the same time, but this will help show you the difference between them. Very important to know th difference!
MUST GO TO ALL THREE LINKS TO BECOME EXPERTS ON CONJUCTIONS AND PREPOSITIONS!
3. Now that you all are experts on Prepositions and Conjuctions! Here are links to fun online activities to see how well you know your stuff!
Link 4: http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/quizshow.php?title=prepositions-con…
Use your brain power to finish the sentences in the activity! Very Important to answer all the questions in this activity!
Link 5: http://cashmancuneo.net/1games/grammer/can%20must%20wouls].swf
Super fun game you and your partner can play to test your skills with prepositions and conjunctions! Make sure you attempt this activity! Click on two players, so that you can participate at the same time!
4. Now that you and your partner feel confident about knowing how prepositions and conjuctions work you will now be making a booklet to show how smart you are.
5. You and your partner will need one sheet of paper that I will provide you with. You will also need a pencil and a box of colored pencils. I will provide you with ALL the material you need!
6. The First step of making your booklet will be to take your piece of paper and fold it hamburger style. So it looks like this!
7. Once you have your paper folded, you will need to make a cover page, with a title on the front! The title will be Prepositions and conjuctions. Make sure you decorate the cover and make it look pretty!
8. Once you are done making the cover page, open your booklet. On one side of your booklet you will right Preposition really big and under that you will define preposition. On that page you will also need three sentences with a preposition in them. You must underline the preposition!
9. On the other page you will write Conjunctions really big. Under the word conjunction you must put what conjunction means. Then you need to put three sentences using a conjunction! You must underline the conjunction!
10. Now that you and your partner have made your booklet, you will need to make sure you decorate it and make it look nice. Both you and your partner's name must be on the front of your book under your title.
11. Once you and your partner are done making your booklet I will collect them.
Use your creativity and have fun completing this activity!
Evaluation
| CATEGORY | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Writing - Organization | Each page in the booklet fully follows instructions given. | Almost all pages of the booklet follow instructions. | Most sections of the booklet follow instructions. | Less than half of booklet follows instructions given. | |
| Content - Accuracy | All definitions in the book are accurate. | Most of the definitions in the booklet are accurate. | Few definitions in the booklet are accurate. | None of the definitions are accurate. | |
| Detail | The book is very colorful and neat. | Some of the book is colorful and neat. | Few of the book is colorful and neat | None of the book is colorful and neat. |
Students will use this rubric when creating their booklets.
Students can earn up to 9 points on this project!
Good Luck!
Conclusion
Hope you enjoyed learning about Prepositions and conjunctions in this WebQuest "Put the prep in the conjunction step". Learning how to use these in a sentence are very important when it comes to 5th grade literature.There are many different ways and activities one could use to get a student involved and excited about learning conjunctions and prepositions! We hope the student learned all they needed to, and was able to help others learn too.
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Teacher Page
Fun and interactive way for students to learn about conjunctions and prepositions!
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Background: This WebQuest was created mainly for students in the 5th grade. The lesson taught in this WebQuest is literacy and proper grammar. Students can interact will classmates and get more involved while learning how to use prepositions and conjunctions. Upon completion of this WebQuest students will be able to understand and identify what prepositions and conjunctions are. students will also be able to show the material they learned while also cooperating and working with a partner. An extension of this could be having students present their booklets to their classmates.
The standard of this WebQuest is CCSS.ELA-literacy. L. 5.1 .A
Learners: This Webquest is designed for 5th grades but can be modified to accomadate according to the students needs.
For the teacher: Students should have some knowledge of sentence structure. Literature lessons should lead up to students learning prepositions and conjunctions.
Students should be provided with 60 minutes to complete this assignement. This gives students enough time to understand what they are learning, and translate that into their booklets. It would be helpful to provide students with the supplies they need such as computers, paper, pencils, colored pencils, and etc. Students can be given more time if needed.