Syntax Surgery Assessment

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Syntax Surgery Rubric

3

Identifying
the Parts of Speech
All words are correctly
identified.

Assembling
the Sentence
Words are correctly
placed to create an
accurate sentence.

1-2 words are

identified as the
incorrect part of
speech.
Multiple words are
identified as the
incorrect part of
speech.
Clear
misunderstanding of
the parts of speech.

2-3 words are

incorrectly placed.
Several words are
misplaced.
The sentence does
not make sense.

Manipulating
the Sentence
Three accurate
sentences are created
with explanations of
the shuffles based on
syntax and parts of
speech.
One-two accurate
sentences with some
explanation of syntax
and parts of speech.
Zero accurate
sentences and/or no
explanation of syntax
or parts of speech.

Word Bank

Adjectives

Nouns

Pronouns

Verbs

Adverbs

Prepositions

Conjunctions

Interjections

Using your knowledge of English word order, create a sentence with

all the words from the word bank.
Sentence:

Using the sentence you created, change the sentence three (3)
times using different verb tenses, sentence forms, or other English
word order rules.
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Briefly explain what you changed. Why does English syntax allow this
change?
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2.
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Briefly explain what you changed. Why does English syntax allow this
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Briefly explain what you changed. Why does English syntax allow this
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