Language Arts. and. Minifigs

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1 Language Arts and Minifigs Created by Mary Prather homegrownlearners.com 2013

2 This printable is designed to provide fun language arts time for your children. The target age is 6-12, but of course that depends on your child. It is designed to reinforce language arts skills and inspire creative writing. Skills include: parts of speech (verbs and adjectives) synonyms and antonyms proofreading creative writing alphabetical order Please don't feel restricted to use just the minifigs I have included in this printable. Let your children create their own minifigs and use some of the activities in this packet with them. (You might also be interested in the original Minifig Printable, as well as Minifigs for Boys and Girls.) This is meant to be fun, and not drudgery. Create a Language Arts and Minifigs Notebook (use page 1 of this download as the notebook cover) and get creative. The sheets in this download can just be a part of a larger notebook your child creates themselves. The sky is the limit! I hope you have as much fun with Minifigs as we do! ~ Homegrown Learners homegrownlearners.com mary.prather@homegrownlearners.com

3 Color this Alien Minifigure:

4 An adjective is a word that describes a noun. Write 10 adjectives that describe your alien. Then, give your alien a name My alien's name is: (Don't forget to capitalize the name!)

5 A verb expresses ACTION. What are some things your alien can do? My alien can... My alien can... My alien can... My alien can... My alien can... Draw a picture of your alien doing one of the things above!

6 Can you write a short story about your alien? (Don't worry about spelling or punctuation... just write! This is supposed to be FUN. Did your alien do something really STRANGE? )

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8 An antonym is a word that means the OPPOSITE of something else. (For example, hot and cold are antonyms.) Write the antonyms for these minifig words: Happy Young Mean Interesting Big *Did you know that if minifigs had their own country, it would have the world's largest population today at 4 billion?

9 A synonym is a word that means the SAME thing as another word. (For example joyful and happy are SYNONYMS.) Write synonyms for these words: scary joyful obnoxious funny shy *Did you know that LEGO employees have their own personalized minifigs as business cards?

10 Color this Superhero Minifigure:

11 An adjective is a word that describes a noun. Write 10 adjectives that describe your superhero Then, give your superhero a name My superhero's name is: (Don't forget to capitalize the name!)

12 A verb expresses ACTION. What are some things your superhero can do? My superhero can... My superhero can... My superhero can... My superhero can... My superhero can... Draw a picture of your superhero doing one of the things above!

13 Can you write a story about your superhero? (Again, remember to write for fun. Don't worry about spelling or punctuation. Write about a time your superhero saved the day! You can do it!)

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15 Proofreading: Find 10 total mistakes in the three paragraphs about minifigures. Circle each mistake you find. The very frist minifigure was a police oficer, followed by a fireman, a nurse, astronauts, medieval knights, a gas station attendant and a construction worker. the first ones were carved from LEGO bricks and their later cousins were cast in tin. At the time the companie was in crisis and the minifigures literally breathed life into the bricks? What are the most expenisve LEGO minifigures! 14K Gold Star Wars 30th Anniversary C3P0s were randomly inserted into LEGO sets in 2007 and each is worth abowt $200. There have been nearly 4,000 unique minifigure desins. There are more than 8 quadrillion (8,181,068,395,500,000) possible combinations of minifigures that can be made using all of the unique parts over the last last 30 years.

16 Put these Minifig Words in Alphabetical Order: yellow series imagination play build head arms torso accessories hands _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _

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