Grammar Centers
Name
Center 1 Complete notes (definition, examples and visual
pictures) on flip book
Date completed
Center 2 Read JABBERWOCKY by Lewis Carroll—color coding
the parts of speech in the poem—directions are on the paper at
the center, attach completed paper to this one.
What is the main idea of this poem?
Date completed
Center 3 Write a description of your room at home and underline
all of the adjectives. (5-10 sentences) attach completed paper to
this one.
Date completed
Center 4 Reflections: answer the questions provided at the
center in complete sentences and attach to this one.
Date completed
Center 4 Type in the following site on the computer:
http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=487&engine=2 Play all 3
levels and record your scores: this game practices all 8 parts of speech.
Level 1 score
Level 2 score
Level 3 score
Date completed
Center 5 Poster contest: create a poster for one of the 8 parts of speech
(only 5 entries per part of speech…best poster wins a soda and candy bar of
choice)
Requirements: 1. Colorful
2. include definition
3. examples in complete sentences
4. visual pictures
5. Name on BACK of poster
Date completed
Center 6 Mad Libs Junior online: on a computer go to this website:
http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html
Directions: 1. Pick one of the 4 mad junior libs (click on it)
2. Click play on the picture
3. For each part of speech pick a word or type your own in
4. Click okay after every choice
5. When complete click the huge okay button and print
6. Color code your story: Red=nouns
Orange=verbs
Yellow=adjectives
Green=adverbs
Blue=prepositions
Purple=conjunctions
Black=interjections
Gray/Pencil=Pronouns
Date completed
Center 7 Challenge: Create own Mad Lib for a classmate
Directions: are located at the center, when complete attach all
papers to this one.
Date completed
Center 8 Smart board games 1. noun/ pronoun sort 2.
preposition/ conjunction sort
Date completed
Center 9 Grammar Review: complete the Center 9 Final review
packet
Date completed
Congratulations you have completed the 6th grade
grammar Centers, please make sure that all of your
papers are stapled to the packet and turn it in the
writing bucket
We are very proud of you!!!
Mrs. Biller
Mrs. Kenobbie
Ms. H
JABBERWOCKY
Lewis Carroll
(from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found
There, 1872)
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought -So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
**Read the poem above—color code the words in
the poem according to the parts of speech down
below-Color Coding Parts of Speech
Red=nouns
Orange=verbs
Yellow=adjectives
Green=adverbs
Blue=prepositions
Purple=conjunctions
Black=interjections
Gray/Pencil=Pronouns
Personal Reflections
1. Why is grammar important to language?
2. What difficulties do you have with grammar? How do you think
these difficulties impact your skill as a writer?
3. What types of professions require good writing skills?
4. What other rules, besides grammar, help the way you write?
5. Why is the style of writing important?
Creating Own Mad Lib
Directions
1. Start by writing a story, fairy tale, skit, letter, or how-to paragraph on a piece of
paper
2. Use a highlighter to mark at least ten important story words.
3. For each highlighted word, look up its part of speech in a dictionary.
4. List the parts of speech on the Clue List in the same order they appear in the
story.
5. Once you have made your clue list, rewrite your story on a sheet,
replacing the highlighted words with blanks.
6. Write the appropriate clue in parentheses under the blank.
7. Ask a classmate to supply words that fit your Clue List.
8. Transfer your classmate's Clue List words into the appropriate blanks on your
Final Draft.
9. Have fun reading the Mad Libs with your classmates!
Creating Own Mad Lib
Directions
1. Start by writing a story, fairy tale, skit, letter, or how-to paragraph on a piece of
paper
2. Use a highlighter to mark at least ten important story words.
3. For each highlighted word, look up its part of speech in a dictionary.
4. List the parts of speech on the Clue List in the same order they appear in the
story.
5. Once you have made your clue list, rewrite your story on a sheet,
replacing the highlighted words with blanks.
6. Write the appropriate clue in parentheses under the blank.
7. Ask a classmate to supply words that fit your Clue List.
8. Transfer your classmate's Clue List words into the appropriate blanks on your
Final Draft.
9. Have fun reading the Mad Libs with your classmates!