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Mad Libs - Scream!!!
An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan
Submitted by: Peri Sandifer
Email: peri@sport.rr.com
School/University/Affiliation: Haynesville High School, Haynesville, LA
Date: September 21, 2003
MAD LIBS
Fill in the blanks with answers for the different parts of speech. After filling up the blanks, write the word that you placed in the blank with the corresponding part of speech in the story. Then read the (funny) story!
MAD LIBS
SCREAM!!!!
Animal_______________________________
Proper Noun___________________________
Pronoun_______________________________
Common Noun_________________________
Plural Noun____________________________
Adverb________________________________
Preposition_____________________________
Past Tense Verb_________________________
Animal________________________________
Abstract Noun__________________________
Friend’s Name__________________________
Conjunction____________________________
Adjective______________________________
“Ing” Verb_____________________________
Friend’s Name__________________________
Animal________________________________
Verb_________________________________
Preposition____________________________
Friend’s Name_________________________
Interjection____________________________
Pronoun______________________________
Adjective_____________________________
Animal_______________________________
Animal_______________________________
Noun_________________________________
SCREAM!!!!!
There once was a ________________(animal) on the loose. ______________(proper noun)
and I tried to catch __________(pronoun), but had no luck. It seemed this day would be
doomed. Then, the unexpected happened.
While at ______________(common noun) cooking, I noticed a rustling in the
___________(plural noun). I _______________(adverb) called the neighbor. He ran over. As
he peeked ______________(preposition) the corner, he _________________(past tense verb).
I ran quickly to see what was wrong. What we saw was unbelievable! There swam a/an
______________(animal) in the pool. The _______________(abstract noun) of this was it
didn’t know it was being watched. Slowly I turned toward ____________(friend’s name)
______________(conjunction) said, “It’s a/an ______________(adjective) one. Maybe you
should try ____________(“ing” verb) it first?” _____________(friend’s name) agreed
reluctantly. As he made his move the ______________(animal) ______________(verb)
_________________(preposition) him. _____________(friend’s name) screamed so loud and
high. I couldn’t help it; I just started laughing. I said, “_____________!(interjection) I didn’t
know you could scream that high.” Of course, ____________(pronoun) did not find the
situation – nor my comment - ______________(adjective), but chuckled anyway.
Unfortunately, all the commotion scared the ______________(animal) away and we were not
able to catch it.
The moral of this story is never try to catch a/an ______________(animal) when you scream
like a/an __________(noun).
Comments
I got it Evangelina. Go to the top part and where it asks you for an animal choose something like zebra, camel or maybe cockroach.
Then for proper Noun put a friend's name. Then put in a pronoun, a common noun, a plural noun and so on. After you have a ford for each choice, use those words to fill in the blank spots in the story. It will be funny, no matter which choices you made.