Learning Resources LER 0341 User Manual

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LER 0341

Introduction

How to Start

1. Separate the cards by color
and place them face up next
to the department that
it matches.

2. Each player chooses a game
piece and places it on
one of the start spaces on
the game board.

3. Each player rolls the die.
The player with the highest
number goes first. Play
continues to the right.

Object of the Game: Collect one headline card from

each of the five departments and return to the boss’s office.

A Grammar Game

Alternate Activities

• Play the game again. This time say the letter you think
is correct and the grammar rule. Move forward, only if you get
both the error and the rule correct.

• After finishing the game, take the five headline cards and
write an article for each. Make sure to use the headline
in the article.

You just got a fun and
exciting job as an editor
at your local newspaper!
Your duties are to correct
the errors found in each
department’s headlines. You
will be looking for errors in

punctuation, capitalization,
grammar, spelling, and verb
tense. Impress your boss, by
being the first to correctly edit
all the errors, make your
very own newspaper edition,
and Go to Press!

™

1. Roll the die.

2. From your space, move the

amount of spaces the die
shows. You can only move to
spaces that are touching
each other on at least
one side. You can’t move
diagonally. You will want to
enter each department.

• If you land on a square
outside an entrance, you
may enter the department
on that roll.

• If you roll a higher
number than you need to
enter the department, you
can go in.

Ex: If you roll a 4 and you

only need to move 1
space, you may enter.

• If you land on a space
with the name of a
department, go to that
department immediately.
(See rules about the Copy
Room.)

• If you land on a space
that says, “Boss’s Office,”
then go to the center
office. You will start from
there on your next turn.

• If you do not make it to a
department, try again on
your next turn. It is now
the next player’s turn.

3. Once you are inside a
department, choose a
headline card from the top
of the pile.

4. Read the card to yourself
or aloud.

5. Choose the letter that you
think is right and say it
out loud.

6. Flip the card over and see
if you were correct. The
errors made on the front
side of the card will be
corrected and highlighted so
corrections can be seen. You
are looking at a perfectly
edited sentence!

7. If you were right, keep
the card and start your
newspaper. Your turn is now
over. It is now the next
player’s turn.

• Some cards might have

two errors. You need to
correct all the errors in
order to keep the card.

8. If you were wrong, put the
card at the end of the pile.
Stay in the department
until you answer a card
correctly on your next turn.
Your turn is now over. It is
now the next player’s turn.

How to Play The Copy Room-Free for all!

1. Once you are in the Copy
Room, take a headline card
from any department that
you need. This will take the
place of going to one of the
departments.

2. Read the card.

3. Choose the letter that you
think is right and say it
out loud.

4. Flip the card over and see
if you were correct. The
errors made on the front
side of the card will be
corrected and highlighted so
corrections can be seen. You
are looking at a perfectly
edited sentence!

5. If you were right, keep the
card to continue making

your newspaper. Your turn is
now over. It is now the next
player’s turn.

• Some cards might have
two errors. You need to
correct all the errors in
order to keep the card.

6. If you were wrong, put the
card at the end of the pile.
Your turn is now over.
You will need to stay in
the department until you
answer a card correctly. It is
now the next player’s turn.

7. Players can only answer
one headline card from the
Copy Room.

How to Win

1. Continue playing until
someone has collected a
headline card from each
of the five departments.
(Entertainment, Sports,
Weather, Business, and
Local News)

2. Make your way back to the
boss’s office by rolling the
die on each turn.

3. If you are lucky and land
on a “Boss’s Office” square,
you can go directly to the
boss’s office.

4. If you land on a square
outside an entrance to the
boss’s office, you can go in.

5. The first person to enter
the boss’s office with a
complete newspaper yells,
“Go to Press!” and wins.