Another person has the proper noun name cards. Play a matching game called Concentration. Each child cuts a number of words from the newspapers. Members collaborate to arrange parts into a meaningful sentence, a paragraph, or a story. Group then analyzes to see if it makes sense.
Teacher gives students guidelines for changing the word until it makes sense.
Don't glue too soon. Categorize words found in the newspaper. Each child must find one or more words for each category. Organizer, recorder, checker, facilitator, reporter. Read a basal story.