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Parts of speech wheel: spin a part of speech, give an example v0.2.0

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8 entries

Hide a note behind a slice with a bar: cat | a small furry pet. It shows after the spin. Start a line with an emoji to draw it big. Two columns pasted from a spreadsheet work too.

After a spin

Anyone can come up again. Repeats are fine.

Who's away today?

Tap anyone who is away. Their slice is hatched and skipped today only; at midnight they are back. Nobody is deleted.

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The eight parts of speech most grammar lessons teach, each with an example word hidden under it, for grammar warm-ups and sentence-building games.

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How to use it

  1. The wheel already holds 8 entries for “Parts of speech wheel”. Edit, add or delete lines in the box and it redraws; your changes stay in this browser.
  2. Tap the wheel, press Space, or drag it and let go to flick it. The winner is drawn first with your browser's secure random generator; the pegs, the clicks and the big reveal only show it.
  3. Choose Fade the winner or Remove the winner to use every entry once, or Keep everyone in for repeats. “Original list” brings back the starting entries, and Print makes a paper spinner of the list.

Ideas for class

  • Name three: spin, and students write three words of that kind on a whiteboard in thirty seconds, then share the best one.
  • Build a sentence: spin four times and the class builds one silly sentence that uses a word of each kind that came up.
  • Find it in the book: after a spin, pairs hunt for a word of that kind in the page they are reading and read its sentence aloud.
  • Change one word: write a sentence on the board, spin, and a volunteer swaps one word of that kind for a new one.
  • Start small: keep only noun, verb and adjective for younger classes, then add the other five as the class learns them.

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Questions

What is the hidden word under each slice?

An example of that part of speech, like dog for a noun or under for a preposition. It appears under the winner when the wheel stops, so the class gives their own example first.

Can a word be more than one part of speech?

Yes, and that is a good thing to talk about: run is a verb in I run home and a noun in a long run. A word's part of speech depends on its job in the sentence.

Can I add articles or other kinds?

Yes. Type a new line such as Article | the, or change an example to one from your current book. Your list stays in this browser, and Original list brings these eight back.

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