Get students out of their seats and interacting with

grammar by playing the Grammar Baseball Game! Prior to

playing the Grammar Baseball Game, students will write
short essays based on a writing prompt provided by you,
the teacher. Then the class will be divided into two teams
to play ball!

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To begin this activity, provide students with a writing
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• The teacher will divide the class into two teams and assign each person a position. Each team needs
the following position players: pitcher, catcher, first baseman, second baseman, shortstop, third
baseman, left fielder, center fielder, and right fielder. All position players will play the field and have
a turn at bat. If you have extra students, use a rotation system after each batter or each strike-out.
Students can also be “bat boys or girls”, scorekeepers, or baseball handlers.
• The defensive team will take the field and the offensive team will line-up to bat.
• The baseball handler tosses the first baseball to the pitcher who pitches it to the batter.
• The batter catches the paper, opens it and reads the sentence.
• The teacher will ask the student a question about the sentence. To get a “hit” and advance to first base,
the batter answers the question correctly. (It is not important that the batter catches the ball, only that
their answer is stated correctly). If the batter gets the question incorrect, it is an out.
• The rotation continues until there are three outs for the team.
• After three outs, the teams switch sides.
• Have the scorekeeper keep track of runs and outs. Sample Teacher Questions
Possible questions to ask students:
• What is the verb in the sentence?
• Who or what is the subject of the sentence?
• Identify a prepositional phrase.
• Name a clause.
• State an adjective.
• Is the verb active or passive tense?
• Is there a transition word? If so, what is it?
• Is there an adverb? If so, what is it?

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