Winter Mad Libs!!!
Good morning!
Today, we are going to review the
parts of speech we have discussed.
Then, we are going to complete
some awesome winter mad libs!
Nouns
Person, place, thing, idea
Singular: only one
Plural: more than one
Pronouns
Take the place of a noun
Subject pronoun: I, we, you, he,
she, it, they
Object pronoun: me, us, you,
him, her, it, them
Adjective
Describe a noun or pronoun
Verbs
Show an action or state of being
Present tense: happens in the
present
I attend English class every day.
I do my homework at night.
Past tense: happened in the past
I attended English class last week.
I did my homework last night.
Adverbs
Describes a verb, adjective, or
other adverb
Often ends in -ly
Coordinating Conjunctions
FAN BOYS
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Mad Lib #1
Oh the (1)____ outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let (2)____ Snow! Let (2)____ Snow! Let (2)____ Snow!!
Oh, it doesn't show signs of (3)____
And I've bought some corn for popping
The (4)____ are turned way down low
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
The fire is (5)____ dying
And my dear we’re still goodbyeing
But as long as you (6)____ me so
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It snow
When we finally kiss goodnight
How I'll (7)____ going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold me tight
All the way home I'll be (8)____
Mad Lib #1
Oh, it doesn't show signs of stopping
And I've brought some (9)____ for popping
The (10)____ are turned way down low
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
When we (11)____ kiss goodnight
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold (12)____ tight
All the way home I'll be warm
The fire is slowly dying
And my dear we’re still (13)____
But as long as you love me so
Let It (14)____! Let It (14)____! Let It
(14)____!
Mad Lib #2
(1)____ the snowman was a jolly (2)____ soul
With a corncob pipe and a button (3)____
and two eyes made out of coal
(1)____ the snowman is a fairy tale (4)____ say
He was made of snow but the children
know how he (5)____ to life one day
There must have been some magic in that
(6)____ silk hat they found
For when they placed it on his head
he began to (7)____ around
(1)____ the snowman
was alive as he could be
And the (8)____ say he could laugh
and play just the same as you and me
Mad Lib #2
(1)____ the (9)____ knew
the sun was hot that day
So he said, "Let's run, and
we'll have some fun now before I melt away.”
Down to the village
with a (10)____ in his hand
(11)____ here and there all
around the square saying,
“Catch me if you can!”
He led them down the streets of town
right to the traffic cop
And he only (12)____ a moment when
he heard him holler "Stop!"
For (1)____ the snowman
had to (13)____ on his way
(14)____ he waved goodbye saying,
"Don't you cry.
I'll be back again some day!”
Mad Lib Challenge
The lyrics to “Sleigh Ride” are
missing some words.
Fill in the blanks with the original
words OR your own creative words.
Then, list the parts of speech for
each blank at the bottom.
Good morning!
Please get out your mad libs
handout and complete the back
if you need to.
Mad Lib Challenge Answers
1. Plural noun (bells)
2. Adjective (lovely)
3. Object pronoun (you)
4. Singular noun (snow)
5. Singular noun (weather)
6. Present verb (look)
7. Singular noun (snow)
8. Verb –ing (holding)
9. Singular noun (song)
10. Adjective (rosy)
Mad Lib Challenge Answers
11. Subject pronoun (we)
12. Plural noun (birds)
13. Present verb (sing)
14. Singular noun (party)
15. Adjective (perfect)
16. Subject pronoun (we)
17. Singular noun (fireplace)
18. Adjective (happy)
19. Present verb (buy)
20. Singular noun (pumpkin pie)
Winter Creative Writing
Brainstorming
Get into groups of three or four for our next
activity.
Part 1: Scattergories
You will have a few minutes to brainstorm
words related to winter.
Each word must start with a different letter
of the alphabet.
Your group will get a point if you have a word
that no other group has.
Scattergories Winners
Each group gets to pick a winter-related
word that no other group can use in their
creative writing.
We will go in order by the most points.
Write down your prohibited words as each
group chooses them.
Story Board
As a group or individually, complete the
story board.
Each box must include
A 1-2 sentence description
A simple picture
Make sure to follow the parts of the plot
structure.
Be creative! 