(set: $money_left = 20000)
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WELCOME TO THE GAME OF LIFE - Grammar Edition!
You've graduated high school. You have 20,000 dollars saved from work. Now it is time to decide... Are you going to college or starting your career?
[[College]]
[[Career]](set: $money_left -= 60000)
College costs money! Time to pay up! You currently have $money_left.
[[Continue]]You can choose from the following careers:
[[Electrician]]
[[Athlete]]
[[Farmer]]
[[Musician]]
You work to build your list of skills to apply to different companies. Which word is spelled incorrectly?
Electrical [[Installation]]
Laying Out [[Circuits]]
Wire Repair
Maintaining [[Equiptment]]As a starter athlete, it's time to communicate with teams to get you on a roster!
You write some emails to coaches, sending them an introduction and your highlight video. What do you need to fix?
hello! i've played five different sports for my entire life. i'd really like to play for your team. please watch my highlight tape and contact me if you'd like to see my skills in person.
[[it needs more punctuation]]
[[the first letter of each sentence needs to be capitalized]]
[[all of the words need to be capitalized]]
[[nothing! it's perfect!]]You purchase a rundown farm from a family friend. (set: $money_left -= 10000) You now have $money_left. Time to get this place cleaned up!
You hire a farm hand and he leaves you a note with some updates on the farm:
Hello! All is well here at the farm. I moved their old hay over [[their]] by the barn. I also made sure [[there]] is enough food for the animals, because [[they're]] hungry!
Click on the their, there, or they're that is incorrect.
It's time to write your first college essay! You're doing great, except for this part.
In the story, the hills were lush and green and the people rolled gracefully down them while the sun burnt their skin.
That's a lot of ands! What could you do to make it better?
[[Make it two separate sentences after green and remove the and]]
[[Make it two sentences after them]]
[[Add a semi-colon after green and remove the and]]
[[Leave it! It's a masterpiece!]]Nice work! You've made the sentences into two sentences!
[[Next Class: History]] Let's look at this:
This is the original sentence. In the story, the hills were lush and green and the people rolled gracefully down them while the sun burnt their skin.
Here is what you chose:
In the story, the hills were lush and green and the people rolled gracefully down them. While the sun burnt their skin.
Unfortunately, that second part is not a complete sentence!
[[Try Again->Continue]] (set: $money_left += 2000)
Way to use creative punctuation! Nice work! The professor is impressed with your creativity and they submit your essay to a writing contest that comes with a $2000 cash prize! You now have $money_left!
[[Next Class: History]]You turn in the essay and get it back from the professor with a bunch of red marks. The professor agrees to let you revise it.
[[Try Again->Continue]] <img src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/05/14/USAT/6717a231-f65a-48f9-ba0d-4486a3785a71-gradpic.jpg" alt="Image" height="300" width="600"/>
ConGRADulations! You did it! Many family and friends send you cards, some of which include money! (set: $money_left += 2500) You currently have $money_left! Time to get to work to make more money and get out of debt!
Choose your career:
[[Scientist]]
[[Nurse]]
[[Teacher]]You've been hired by science lab. The first two weeks are all about lab training and safety.
Here are the lab rules:
Workers should walk.
Workers should wear proper attire.
Workers should not eat in the lab.
Workers should be careful around dangerous chemicals.
Are these rules written in active or passive voice?
[[Active]]
[[Passive]]
To become a nurse, you must take the TEAS test, or the Test of Essential Academic Skills. You go to take the test. Answer this practice question:
Our training helps you find a job in a wide range of industries, including information technology nursing, and criminal justice.
[[insert a comma after information]]
[[insert a comma after job]]
[[insert a comma after technology]]
[[it doesn't need any changes]]
In your first week of teaching, you are grading students' writing.
One student wrote:
[[This summer, I went to camp.]] [[We went canoeing.]] [[Which was fun.]] [[It was hot.]]
Click on which sentence is a fragment (not complete).You're doing research on the computer and find this website that doesn't seem so credible... what's wrong with it?
some examples of biotic factors are parasites competition relationships and disease
[[A. That sentence needs to start with a capital letter.]]
[[B. Oh my, the commas! It needs commas!]]
[[C. Almost all the words are spelled wrong.]]
[[D. The sentence needs a period at the end.]]
[[E. All of the above.]]
[[F. All of the above except B]]
[[G. All of the above except C]]
You are taking notes during the history lecture. What did you mess up?
The War of 1812 ended with a piece treaty.
[[It was the War of 1818, right?]]
[[That's a piece like of pie, not like no conflict.]]
[[That word treaty looks like it is spelled wrong...]]<img src= https://tce-live2.s3.amazonaws.com/media/media/56567521-2ca2-4ae0-bceb-b259db0aca8e.jpg />
Nope! It was the War of 1812!
[[Next Class: History<-Try Again]]Correct! Great work!
[[Next Class: Biology]] Nope! It's spelled correctly!
[[Next Class: History<-Try Again]] Yes, it does! But it needs more than just that!
[[Next Class: Biology<-Try Again]] Yes, it does! But it needs more than just that!
[[Next Class: Biology<-Try Again]] Sorry! No! Actually, all those words are spelled correctly!
[[Next Class: Biology<-Try Again]] Yes, it does! But it needs more than just that!
[[Next Class: Biology<-Try Again]] ...ehhhh not quite!
[[Next Class: Biology<-Try Again]] Close!
[[Next Class: Biology<-Try Again]] YOU GOT IT! Time to apply for graduation!
[[Onto Graduation!]] Correct! These rules are written in active voice! You've passed the training portion. Here is your $3100 paycheck! (set: $money_left += 3100) You now have $money_left! Keep working!
Back to [[Start!]] (for now)Nice try! Unfortunately, that's incorrect. Looks like you'll have to do another two weeks of training!
[[Scientist<-Try Again]] It does need a comma, just not in this spot!
[[Nurse<-Try Again]] It does need a comma, just not in this spot!
[[Nurse<-Try Again]] Yes! Correct!
You pass the test and get hired as a nurse at a local hospital. You complete a couple weeks of training under the lead nurse and earn your first paycheck of $2100. (set: $money_left += 2100) You now have $money_left. Keep working!
Back to [[Start!]] (for now)It does need a comma!
[[Nurse<-Try Again]] That's a complete sentence!
[[Teacher<-Try Again]] That's a complete sentence!
[[Teacher<-Try Again]] Way to go! You earned your first paycheck of $2100. (set: $money_left += 2100) You now have $money_left. Keep working!
Back to [[Start!]] (for now)That's a complete sentence!
[[Teacher<-Try Again]] Not quite! It has all the punctuation it needs!
[[Athlete<-Try Again]] Yes! Perfect! You send some emails and one team shows interest! They offer you a spot on the team along with your paycheck of $2200! (set: $money_left += 2200) You now have $money_left! Keep working!
Back to [[Start!]] (for now)Not Quite! We Wouldn't Want All The Words To Be Capitalized! See It Looks Weird!
[[Athlete<-Try Again]] Not quite! It definitely needs to look more professional!
[[Athlete<-Try Again]] Nope! That's spelled correctly!
[[Electrician<-Try Again]] Nope! That's spelled correctly!
[[Electrician<-Try Again]] Correct! It should be equipment, not equipTment.
An electric company hired you. After two weeks of intensive training, it's PAYDAY!
(set: $money_left += 1900)
You now have $money_left in the bank! Keep working!
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Many songwriters and musicians use figurative language in their work. What type of figurative language is in the video?
[[Metaphor]]
[[Alliteration]]
[[Onomatopoeia]]Correct! You and the farm hand have worked hard and made some serious profit! Here is your first paycheck of $2500. (set: $money_left += 2500) You have $money_left. Keep working!
Back to [[Start!]] (for now)Not the right one!
[[Farmer<-Try Again]] Not the right one!
[[Farmer<-Try Again]] Nope! That's not it!
[[Musician<-Try Again]] Not quite! There are a lot of "B" sounds, but it might match another choice better!
[[Musician<-Try Again]] Yes! Congratulations! Onomatopoeia are sound noises as words! Great work! You are inspired by this idea and write your first hit song! Here is your first paycheck of $2000 (set: $money_left += 2000) You now have $money_left! Keep working!
Back to [[Start!]] (for now)