Grammar Rocks Script Announcer 1 : Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, readers of all ages welcome to the newest rage in reality edutainment! Announcer 2: That s education and entertainment combined to make edutainment. Get it? Announcer 3 : Tonight we present the greatest musical groups ever assembled, who promise to amaze and astound you with their mastery of the English language. Announcer 4: And all of the trickiest parts that easily trip up even the wisest of intellectuals! Announcer 5: (doubtfully) Wow, an entire show about Grammar. (Then he reconsiders and gets very excited.) Let s get ready to Rrrrrrumble! Announcer 6: Accompanied by the finest house band in town, The Punctuation Marks, ladies and gentlemen Grammar Rocks! Song: Grammar Rocks! 1
Announcer 7: Ladies and gentlemen, do you know nouns? Okay, perhaps you do, but do you know the difference between proper nouns, pronouns and plural nouns? Announcer 8: Do you know how to spell the plural when the word ends in an x, ch or s, or when to put a capital letter on the name of a person, place and thing? Announcer 9: Well, to help you out, please welcome to the Grammar Rocks stage, the one, the only Sha Na Na Na Nouns! Song: Sha Na Na Na Nouns 2
Announcer 10: If I were to introduce the next group as being merry, you would say I was using an adjective to describe them. Announcer 11: They might also be described as wonderful, marvelous, sensational or Announcer 12: Goofy, silly, rowdy and odd. Announcer 13: None-the-less, to explain the role of the adjective in our daily lives, please give a WARM Announcer 14: That s and adjective. Announcer 13: ROUND Announcer 14: That s an adjective. Announcer 13: of applause (turns and looks at Announcer 14) Announcer 14: (interrupting) That s a noun! Announcer 13: (Rolls eyes) to The Merry Adjectives! Song: A Merry Adjective 3
Announcer 15: (very seriously) Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our regularly schedule program of Grammar Rocks to alert you of a very serious invasion. Student 1: What is it, aliens from outer space? Announcer 15: No, no aliens! Student 2: Ninth graders running around unsupervised? Announcer 15: No, nothing as bad as that. Student 3: What is it? Who or what could be invading us that would be so important as to interrupt Grammar Rocks? Announcer 16: Ladies and gentlemen, you better, jump, run, skip, jog, hop or dance to a safe place, because we have a serious invasion of Student 4: No! No! Don t say it! Announcer 16: Yes! It s true! It s The Attack of the Killer Verbs! Song: Attack of the Killer Verbs 4
Student 5: Student 6: Wow! That was the most frightening thing I ve ever seen. Same here. Those Killer Verbs were were well, I can t even find words to describe them. Announcer 17: (enthusiastically) What? Did I hear that you were trying to find words to describe a verb? Students 5 & 6: (looking at each other in a confused way) Well Announcer 18: I thought so! But that s another show for another day! (announcers shrug) Announcer 19: And now for a commercial announcement from one of our most useful and dependable sponsors, please welcome The Apostrophe! Apostrophe: (like a commercial) Folks, do you often find yourself with two words that you think, if I could just combine them, I could say all of this a lot quicker? Why do I have to say could not when couldn t means the same thing, or would not instead of wouldn t, or I ve for I have? (All nod to each other with ad lib comments like Yes! Yes! I ve thought that! ) Apostrophe: Well, you ve come to the right place, my friends. What you are talking about is a contraction, and to get a contraction, you really need only one thing. All: What s that! Apostrophe: Me! Hit it, Maestro! Announcer 19: Ladies and gentlemen, it s Apostrophe and the Incredible Crazy Contractions! Song: Crazy Contractions 5
Student 7: Student 8: Student 7: Student 8: Student 7: Student 9: Student 10: Student 9: Wow! I can t get over that. Nice contraction! But, I have to tell you, I m worried. What are you worried about? Well, there are just some words in English language I can t keep straight. I know what you mean, like the difference between to, too and two! Yeah, or there, their, and they re! Folks! We ve got trouble! Announcer 20: Again, that s for another show! Well, folks, we are almost out of time here at Grammar Rocks and there is one more area we simply have not yet covered. Students 10: What s that? Announcer 20: Capitalization. All: Argh!!! Announcer 20: I know! I know! Capitalization can be a sticky wicket, but it doesn t have to be that hard. Student 11: Oh, yeah? Well, how are we ever going to keep it all straight! Announcer 21: To help us out, I brought in a group right from Washington D.C., our nation s capital, to help us figure it all out. Student 12: Capital? The place or those big letters at the front of sentences? Announcer 22: Well, you re right! Capital and capital are two words that sound the same, but mean completely different things and sometimes are spelled differently too. Announcer 23: That s called a homophone. Ladies and gentlemen, to help us with those sneaky capitals, The Spellcheckers! Song: Celebrate Capitals 6
Announcer 24: Well, folks, that wraps up this edition of our show, and we hope you ve been taking notes! All: There WILL be a test! Announcer 25: But there nothing to fear, because all of our friends are here to help us sing and learn. So, lets have one more hand for (as they are introduced, each group waves, shows bravo hands, blows kiss, or takes a bow.) The Sha Na Na Na Nouns (applause) The Merry Adjectives (applause) The Killer Verbs (applause) Announcer 26: Apostrophe and the Incredible Crazy Contractions (applause) The Spellcheckers (applause) And last but not least, The Punctuation Marks (applause) Thanks for listening and learning with us! We hope to see you all again soon on the next episode of Grrrrrrammar Rocks! 7