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MaryM
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Posted: Oct 08 2009 at 12:25pm \| IP Logged

Mad Libs are often mentioned in the various grammar threads as a tool for teaching. We have never had a whole Mad Libs thread though. Thought that might be fun to talk about. I loved Mad Libs as a kid - I still have some books from

mmmm...35 years or so ago

. All of my kids have enjoyed them and I do think they are a great tool for learning both basic parts of speech and vocabulary. But the kids just think they are fun.

The reason I'm thinking of this is we just spent the weekend on a travelling field trip with Gwen (momwise) and kids and there was much "Mad Lib"-ing going on during the car trip. In fact they finished all the books they brought and were frantically looking for a place to buy more - not avialable at Flying J truck stops

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I mentioned to Gwen I had at one time read the history of Mad Libs - since I couldn't remember I looked it up today - very interesting!

There is a Mad Libs online game at their site.

Gwen also sent me link to some generic mad libs for fall.

What other sources do you have for mad libs type activities? How have you used Mad Libs in your learning at home?

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Posted: Oct 08 2009 at 12:31pm \| IP Logged

Here's one I had saved, haven't used it much though.
pcman madlibs

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Thanks, Jodie.

Are you all game? I'd love to have you all play along and do a little 4 Real Mad Libs activity with me. Just join in and provide a response to one of the following parts of speech! One per person and look to see which ones are already responded to. Questions? - just ask.

1) Exclamation:
2) Adjective:
3) Noun:
4) Adjective:
5) Verb:
6) Verb (past tense):
7) Adjective:
8) Adjective:
9) Noun:
10) Noun:
11) Adjective:
12) Verb:
13) Noun:
14) Adverb:
15) Part of the body:

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Posted: Oct 08 2009 at 12:49pm \| IP Logged

1) Exclamation: Wow!
2) Adjective:
3) Noun:
4) Adjective:
5) Verb:
6) Verb (past tense):
7) Adjective:
8) Adjective:
9) Noun:
10) Noun:
11) Adjective:
12) Verb:
13) Noun:
14) Adverb:
15) Part of the body:

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2) adjective: slimy

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4) adjective:dangerous

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14) adverb: surreptitiously

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MaryM wrote:

Thanks, Jodie.

Are you all game? I'd love to have you all play along and do a little 4 Real Mad Libs activity with me. Just join in and provide a response to one of the following parts of speech! One per person and look to see which ones are already responded to. Questions? - just ask.

1) Exclamation:wow
2) Adjective:slimy
3) Noun: clock
4) Adjective:dangerous
5) Verb: nap
6) Verb (past tense):scrambled
7) Adjective: feral
8) Adjective: proud
9) Noun: anchovies
10) Noun: Cheerio
11) Adjective:
12) Verb:
13) Noun: dessert
14) Adverb:surreptitiously
15) Part of the body:nose

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15) Part of the body: nose

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Posted: Oct 09 2009 at 9:17am \| IP Logged

JodieLyn wrote:

6) Verb (past tense):

6) verb past tense: scrambled

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Posted: Oct 09 2009 at 10:22am \| IP Logged

Hey - only need 7 more responses - keep it coming....

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13: Noun: dessert

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Looks like I'm going to have to start asking my kids for words...

...just 6 more..

Quote:

7) Adjective:
8) Adjective:
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10) Noun:
11) Adjective:
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8) proud

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Posted: March 10 2010 at 8:39am \| IP Logged

What happened to this thread????

I'm resurrecting it because my 8-year-old is in love with Mad Libs! (And for those of you with an iPhone or iPod Touch, there's a free downloadable Mad Libs app!)

9) noun: anchovies

MaryM, I hope you're seeing this!

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10) Cheerio

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It's so funny you bumped this! I was thinking of it a few days ago but got distracted. Now we only need two more words.... then I need to find the story, which I think is on the other computer. I'll let you know. So give me a few more words.

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Posted: March 10 2010 at 5:28pm \| IP Logged

Maybe you could pull a couple form the "favorite words" thread.There's some good ones there!

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