After a lesson on the different types of sentence (simple, compound, complex) and an explanation of the way clauses can be joined, we distributed a short news article and asked the class to identify each sentence's "type," as well as which clause-connecting rule (if any) was being employed.
(Grumble, grumble.)
Solipsist: All right, how about we raise the stakes?
(Grumble, grumble. . . mmmm?)
Solipsist: You can work alone or in groups, and anyone who does this perfectly--correctly identifies each sentence and rule--will be exempt from next week's grammar quiz.
(Oh! Yeah! OK! Let's do this.)
The class went to work for the remainder of the period, at the end of which we collected their efforts.
Solipsist: OK, so for homework, make sure you study for the quiz.
Student: But we may not have to TAKE the quiz.
Sol: You'll have to take the quiz.
Student: But some of us may have gotten everything right!
Sol: Not likely.
Student: But you don't know.
Sol: True, but do you think we would have made that offer if we thought there was the slightest chance someone would actually get 100%.
Student: You don't believe in us!
Sol: We believe in you.
Student: (As if reading off a billboard) You don't have "faith in our abilities."
Sol: We have ABSOLUTE faith in your abilities! We just don't think your abilities are very good.
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Would anyone in Solipsist Nation like to be an apple-taster?
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