BASIC SENTENCING MUSEUM ESCAPE ROOM

BASIC SENTENCING ESCAPE ROOM

MUSEUM

Oh, no!

Main room

wc

ROOM 2

Someone has stolen all the works from the museum!

ROOM 3

Someone needs to answer questions about Basic Sentencing in order to recover the lost artifacts! Can you help us? (Hey, stop groaning. This is a perfectly legitimate real-world application of Sentencing. Don't come crying to us if you ever need to solve a museum heist and can't because you mocked this activity.)

ROOM 1

1/5

ROOM 1

Subject and Verb

What is the function of a verb?

Verbs are agents that perform actions

Verbs are action words.

Verbs describe nouns.

2/5

ROOM 1

Subject and Verb

What is the function of a subject?

Subjects are agents that peform verbs.

Subjects describe nouns

Subjects are action words.

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ROOM 1

Subject and Verb

In the sample sentence below, what is the subject?

Sample Sentence: They ate in the Great Room.

Great Room

ate

They

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ROOM 1

Subject and Verb

In the sample sentence below, what is the verb?

Sample Sentence: At St. Mary's College of MD, the Library overlooks the water.

St. Mary's College of MD

Library

overlooks

5/5

ROOM 1

Subject and Verb

You have completed this room!

CONTINUe

ROOM 1

Subject and Verb

Sorry, that is incorrect. You have lost a museum piece! Use the arrow below to try again.

main room

wc

room 2

room 3

Thanks for your help with Room 1!

Now, can you help us recover artifacts from Room 2?

room 1

1/5

ROOM 2

Phrase vs. Clause

A phrase is a group of words that

has a subject or a verb but not both

has both a subject and a verb

is missing a subject, a verb, or both

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ROOM 2

Phrase vs. Clause

A clause is a group of words that

has either a subject or a verb

is missing a subject, a verb, or both

has both a subject and a verb

3/5

ROOM 2

Phrase vs. Clause

Classify the following word group as either a phrase or a clause.

Word Group: when students study in the Learning Commons

Clause

Phrase

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ROOM 2

Phrase vs. Clause

Classify the following word group as either a phrase or a clause.

Word Group: over by the dorms

Clause

Phrase

5/5

ROOM 2

Phrase vs. Clause

Classify the following word group as a phrase or clause

Word Group: They ordered coffee at the Grind.

Clause

Phrase

5/5

ROOM 2

Phrase vs. Clause

You have completed this room!

CONTINUE

ROOM 2

Phrase vs. Clause

Sorry, that's incorrect! You have lost a museum piece! Use the arrow below to go back.

main room

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room 2

room 3

Thanks for your help with Room 2!

Now can you help recover the artifacts for Room 3?

room 1

1/5

Independent and Dependent Clauses

ROOM 3

True or False

Clauses can sometimes be sentences, but phrases cannot.

True

False

3/5

Independent and Dependent Clauses

ROOM 3

A clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence is called a(n)

Independent Clause

Dependent Clause

4/5

ROOM 3

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Classify the sample clause below as independent or dependent.

Sample Clause:Many students go home for Reading Days

Independent Clause

Dependent Clause

5/5

ROOM 3

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Classify the following clause a independent or dependent.

Sample Clause: When all our papers are due

Independent Clause

Dependent Clause

5/5

ROOM 3

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

You have completed this room!

CONTINUE

ROOM 3

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

Sorry, that's incorrect! You have lost a museum piece! Use the arrow below to go back.

main room

wc

room 2

room 3

Thanks for your help with Room 3!

Now can you help recover the artifacts for the Main Room?

room 1

Review

1/5

Classify the Following Sample

Sample: volunteering on campus

Phrase

Dependent Clause

Independent Clause

Review

2/5

Classify the Following Sample

Sample: if we take Sailing next semester

Dependent Clause

Phrase

Independent Clause

Review

3/5

Classify the Following Sample

Sample: according to the professor

Independent Clause

Dependent Clause

Phrase

Review

4/5

Classify the Following Sample

Sample: Even though they took notes during class

Phrase

Dependent Clause

Independent Clause

MAIN ROOM

5/5

Classify the Following Sample

Sample: Yesterday we observed a heron fishing in the pond

Dependent Clause

Independent Clause

Phrase

MAIN ROOM

5/5

You have completed this room!

CONTINUe

Start Over?

Congratulations!

You have successfully reviewed Basic Sentencing and recovered the lost museum works!

You have lost a museum piece!

Sorry, that is incorrect! You have lost a museum piece!Click the X in the upper right to close this window and try again.

You have lost a museum piece!

You have lost a museum piece!

You have lost a museum piece!

You have lost a museum piece!

You have lost a museum piece!

You have lost a museum piece!

You have lost a museum piece!

You have lost a museum piece!