Group 1: Verbs
You are to make definition placards with markers and poster board or with a computer word art program. Your job is to help everyone with the difficult verbs. You should make placards for the following verbs: form, establish, insure, provide,
promote, secure, ordain. When you present your word(s), you should teach the words to the class and leave the placards out for reference.

Group 2: Nouns
You are to make definition placards using poster board and markers or a computer word art program. Your job is to help everyone with the difficult nouns. You should make placards for the following nouns and their modifiers: union, justice, domestic tranquility, common defense, general welfare, blessing of liberty, posterity, constitution. When you make your presentation to the class, you should teach the words and leave the placards in view for reference.

Group 3: Graphic Organizer
Your task is to make a graphic organizer of the preamble using the grammatical “puzzle pieces” found on the Preamble Worksheet.

1. Select the segments that make up the preamble’s core sentence. Be able to explain what those three pieces mean.

2. Find the two defining phrases, determine their meanings and put them in their correct places.

3. Find the piece that describes why the constitution was written. Then find the supporting six statements.

4. Using the chalkboard, the magnets and any necessary drawn arrows or organizers, practice presenting the preamble puzzle so that the difficult syntax of the sentence will make sense to the class. This graphic organizer should be left on display for reference purposes.

Group 4: What’s Missing
Your task is to appreciate how thorough and clear the framers were in their work. What did the framers forget? If you come up with any answers, you are to present your conclusions to the class.

Group Assignments (PDF File)