October 31, 2011

1. October 31, 2011 Homework Do Now Journal Entry How did the Catholic High School Entrance Exam go? Was it all you expected it to be? Easy? Hard? Enough time? • Spelling Unit 9 three times each • Grammar pg 103-104 Review A and B

2. Chapter 3The Verb Used to express action or state of being. Verbs are classified in three ways- Helping or main verbs Action or linking verbs Transitive or intransitive verbs

3. Helping Verb and Main Verbs • A helping verb helps the main verb express action or a state of being. • Together, a main verb and at least one helping verb make up a verb phrase.

4. Commonly used Helping Verbs

5. **Note** • Sometimes a verb phrase is interrupted by another part of speech. In most cases, interrupter is an adverb. In a question, however, the subject often interrupts a verb phrase. • NOT, N’T, and NEVER, are examples of adverbs and is never part of a verb phrase

6. Identify the verb phrase. Underline once the helping verb and twice the main verb. • Mahendra will conduct many outstanding orchestras. • She has been praised for her fine conducting. • Her recordings should be heard by anyone interested in classical music. • She will be leading the orchestra tonight. • The newspaper has finally arrived. • We did not have a clear view of the mountains. • Will the boy in the blue jacket write his report?

7. Action Verb Express either physical or mental activity. Physical ActivityMental Action laugh -understand paint -wish Leap -trust sneeze -realize play -dream

8. Linking Verbs Connects the subject to a word or word group that identifies or describes the subject.

9. Homework Spelling 73 Grammar pg 106 exercise 6 Do Now Grammar pg 99 exercise 1 and pg 100 exercise 2 November 2, 2011

10. Commonly used Linking Verbs appear grow seem stay become look smell taste feel remain sound turn

11. Most Common Linking Verb: To BE Be, Am, Is, Are, Was, Were, Been Beamis R. Wuzwere-Been

12. Transitive or Intransitive Transitive Verb A verb that expresses an action directed towards a person, a place, a thing, or an idea. With a transitive verb, the action passes from the “doer” (the subject) to the “receiver” of the action. The words that receives the action of a transitive verb are called OBJECTS

13. Examples • Joel held the baby. • Action verb • held • Object (held who/ what?) • baby • Our scout troop made a quilt. • Action verb • made • Object (made what?) • quilt

14. Intransitive Verb - expresses action (or tells something about the subject) without the action passing to a receiver, or object.

15. Homework Spelling pg 74 Grammar text pg 108-111 exercise. 8, exercise 9 and exercise. 11 Do Now Grammar text pg 102 exercise 4 and pg 103 exercise 5 November 3, 2011

16. Examples • The Evans twins played quietly indoors all day. • Action Verb • Played • Played WHAT? • NO Answer • Last night we ate on the patio • Action Verb • Ate • Ate WHAT? • NO Answer

17. *A verb may be transitive in one sentence and intransitive in another. Ex: Janet swam ten laps. (transitive) Janet swam well. (intransitive)

18. ~Because linking verbs do not have objects, they are intransitive.

19. The Adverb modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

20. Just as an adjective makes meaning of a noun or pronoun more specific. • An adverb makes the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb more specific. • Adverbs answer the following questions: -Where? -How often? Or How long? -When? -To what extent? Or How much? -How?

22. Homework Grammar text page 113-114 exercise 12 and 13 Chapter 3 and Medicine Bag Test Thursday Spelling page 75 Quiz Tomorrow Do Now Journal What have you learned from the story “Medicine Bag” November 7, 2011

23. Position of Adverbs • Adverbs may appear in different places in a sentence. • Adverbs may come before, after or between the words they modify. • Examples: • Slowly the man crawled down • Adverbs • Slowly and down • The adverb slowly tells HOW the man crawled and the adverb down tells WHERE he crawled.

24. When an adverb modifies a verb phrase, it frequently comes in the middle of the phrase. • Example • Keisha has already completed her part of the project • An adverb that introduces a question, however, appears at the beginning of a sentence. • Examples • When does your school start? • How did you spend your vacation?

25. Adverbs Modifying Verbs Where? We lived there. Please step up. How? She quickly fled. The rain fell softly. When? We will go tomorrow? Water that plant weekly. To What Extent? Fill the tank completely. I was very cold.

26. Adverbs Modifying Adjectives An unusually fast starter, Karen won the race. Our committee is especially busy at this time.

27. Adverbs Modifying Adverbs Elena finished the problem more quickly than I did. Our guest left quite abruptly.

28. Adjective or Adverb? Remember: Adverbs modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb by telling where, when, how or to what extent, or how long. Adjectives modify a noun or a pronoun by telling what kind, which one, how many, or how much.

29. Examples Melissa writes daily in her journal. • Adjective or Adverb? Her journal is a daily record of events in her life. • Adjective or Adverb?

30. Answers Melissa writes daily in her journal. {the adverb daily modifies the verb writes, telling when} Her journal is a daily record of events in her life. {the adjective daily modifies the noun record, telling what kind}

31. The Preposition - a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun, called the object of the preposition, to another word.

32. November 8, 2011 Homework • Grammar text pg 116-117 exercise 15 and pg118 exercise 16 • Test Thursday! • NEXT WEEK WE ARE STARTING “WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS!” Do Now Exercise 14 pg 115

33. Copy Chart on page 112-113

34. Note • Prepositions that consist of more than one word are called compound prepositions. • As a general rule, the object of the preposition follows the preposition. • Melissa is writing about her stay in the hospital. • Sometimes, however, the object of the preposition comes before the preposition. • What I’m most concerned about is your safety. • What is the object of the preposition about.

35. The Prepositional Phrase • All together, the preposition, the object of the preposition, and any modifiers of the object are called a prepositional phrase. • A prepositional phrase has a noun or a pronoun as an object.

36. Adverbs or Preposition? Welcome aboard. Welcome (aboard my vessel). The runner fell behind. The runner fell (behind the rock). ** Remember: Prepositions take objects!

37. A. ADVERB B. PREPOSITION • 24. The poison ivy climbed around the trunk of the tree. • 25. I looked up but didn’t see the source of the noise. • 26. The ship slowly sailed away. • 27. Do not put the bread bag near the hot burner on the stove. • 28. I could go to your house instead. • 29. Once upon a time, there was a very hungry dragon.

38. The Conjunction - a word that joins words or word groups.

39. There are 2 types of conjunctions: 1. Coordinating- joins words or word groups that are used in the same way. KEY: FAN BOYS For But And Or Nor Yet So

40. Note When for is used as a conjunction, it connects clauses. On all other occasions, for is used as a preposition Conjunction We wrote to the tourist bureau, for we wanted information on places to visit. Preposition We waited patiently for a reply.

41. 2. Correlative - pairs of conjunctions that join words or word groups. Examples: both…and not only…but also either…or neither…nor whether…or

42. The Interjection - a word that expresses emotion. It has no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence.

43. Common Interjections Ah hurrah uh-oh wow Aha oh well yahoo oops Whew hey yikes ouch Whoa yippee boy-oh-boy

44. Examples Hey! Wait, I’ve got a new complaint. Interjection Hey! Well, that’s my momma. Interjection Well, Oops! I did it again. Interjection Oops!