Independent & Dependent Clauses Digital Grammar Activity, Google Slides, & Quiz
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This digital independent and dependent clauses grammar escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of independent and dependent clauses! The detailed Google Slides presentation introduces independent and dependent clauses with clear examples, ensuring student understanding from the start, and a pre or post-assessment self-grading Google Forms quiz allows you to assess student understanding effectively. The highlight of the resource is the engaging digital escape room-style challenge, where students read an original narrative back story where they must shut down the nuclear reactor. Then, they must collaborate in groups to crack an independent and dependent clauses-related challenge to unveil a passphrase to stabilize the reactor.
This is a Google-compatible resource and students complete all the work on the computer. This works well with distance learning, 1:1 classrooms, remote teaching, Google Classroom, Google Drive or for online education.
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This is included in our full-year grammar program:
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Included in This Digital Independent and Dependent Clauses Escape Room Challenge Grammar Activity:
➡️ Independent and Dependent Clauses Pre-Assessment Google Forms Quiz: Start by assigning this quick 10-question self-grading multiple-choice quiz to assess student understanding of independent and dependent clauses. A detailed answer key is included for class review or grading. This can also be used as a post-assessment after the lesson if you prefer.
➡️ Independent and Dependent Clauses Grammar Google Slides: Use these Google Slides presentation slides to guide the independent and dependent clauses lesson and activity with instructional slides, activity prompts, the narrative story text, story conclusion slides, and answer keys for review.
➡️ Shut Down the Nuclear Reaction Mystery Narrative Back Story: Next, students are ready to put what they have learned into action! They will begin the challenge by reading a short backstory that sets up the escape room challenge. Students play the role of a new employee at a nuclear reactor facility that has just had a radiation leak and partial collapse. Heading to the control room, they attempt to shut down the reactors but need to first decipher clues to a passphrase to stabilize the facility before it's too late.
➡️ Independent and Dependent Clauses Nuclear Reactor Digital Escape Room Style Challenge: In this interactive escape-room style independent and dependent clauses challenge, students must place strips of paper with clauses into their correct location to unveil a passphrase to stabilize the reactor.
How This Digital Independent and Dependent Clauses Escape Room Challenge Grammar Activity Works:
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Start by assigning the self-grading quiz to check your students’ understanding of independent and dependent clauses before you begin the lesson.
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Use the Google Slides presentation to guide you through each element of the lesson and activity. The slides will help you teach the grammar concept, introduce the story and challenge, and review the answers.
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Read the narrative story as a class to hook students and introduce the independent and dependent clauses activity challenge.
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Once you have completed the quiz, taught the grammar concept, and read the story, students are ready to try the digital grammar challenge!
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Within the digital challenge, a link is included to a password-protected answer document where students can check their answer. If they are correct, the conclusion slides will appear to complete the story! These slides are also found in your presentation for you to read as a class when the challenge is over.
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Want to check to see if your students’ understanding of the concept has improved? Assign the pre-assessment quiz again after they have completed the challenge to see if they have improved.
What Teachers Are Saying About This Independent and Dependent Clauses Escape Room Challenge Grammar Activity:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My students need as much practice with clauses as they can get, and this is really fun and effective. Thank you!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ These escape challenges are detailed and engaging. The students enjoyed working on them while also reviewing/learning grammar. I own several products from this seller now and am happy with them all!