NOUN A person, place or thing: cat, homework, state, pencil, man If you have it, it’s a noun.

1. NOUN A person, place or thing: cat, homework, state, pencil, man If you have it, it’s a noun. A propernoun is a specific noun. It is always capitalized: Garfield, English, Texas, Mr. Biggs

2. NOUN ACTIVITY Adjectives: Students at this table will each create an Acrostic Poem for their name, using adjectives to  describe themselves. For example: adjectives for THEODORE may be Texan, Happy, Energetic,  Open to new ideas, Daring, Orderly, Red-haired, and an Excellent speller.  Adverbs: 1. Adverb Search: Students will look through old magazines to find examples of adverbs. They  will create a list of adverbs, trying to find as many examples as they can of adverbs that modify  adjectives, verbs and other adverbs).   2. "How Do You Walk?" charades. Students will come up with a list of ways that a person can walk  (slowly, curiously, strangely, carefully, etc.) They will then act out their charades for the class.  Pronouns: 1. Students will take turns reading children's books to the rest of the group. Whenever the  students hear a pronoun used in the place of a noun, they will raise their hands.   2. "What did you do this weekend?" Students will write a short account of what they did this  weekend. They will then take turns reading one another's stories, but without any pronouns.  Prepositions: "Treasure Map" Students will hide two to three items somewhere in the classroom. Using  prepositions, they will give directions using prepositions to help another student find each of the  items that is hidden.  On the first page of your Notes section (in your journal), write the definition and examples of nouns. Look through old magazines for pictures of nouns. (At least THREE will need to be proper nouns.) Glue your pictures onto a piece of construction paper to make a collage. You may add titles, doodle or write captions to show “dialogue” between the nouns. If you have time, make another! Points given for creativity. Make your collages as funny, interesting or unique as you like. 4. Write all your team members’ names on the back of the collage. Pre-AP Enrichment/On-Level Extra Credit: Make up your own game or activity to teach one of the parts of speech.

3. VERB An action word: swim, finish, shout, take, smile, bat If you do it, it’s a verb. Some verbs are helpers: I can finish my homework.

4. VERB ACTIVITY • On the first page of your Notes section (in your journal), write the definition and examples of verbs. • Choose a letter of the alphabet by randomly opening to a page in the dictionary. On a student’s phone, set the timer for 4 minutes. • Flip through your dictionaries or use your memory to write down all the verbs you can find or think of starting with that letter. • After the timer goes off, compare lists. Decide who has the most verbs beginning with that letter. They MUST ALL be verbs… use your dictionaries to check. (The winner gets a sticker!) • Make sure to write your name on your list. Staple all to turn in. • If there is still time, do it again with another letter. • Pre-AP Enrichment/On-Level Extra Credit: Make up your own game or activity to teach one of the parts of speech.

5. ADJECTIVE Describes people, places & things: small baby open door second period If you are it, it’s an adjective.

6. ADJECTIVE ACTIVITY Each student will create an acrostic poem, using adjectives to describe themselves or another person. Pre-AP Enrichment/On-Level Extra Credit: Make up your own game or activity to teach one of the parts of speech.

7. ADVERB Describes adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs. Max drives slowly (verb = shows action) Slowly is how Max drives. dark brown (adjective = describes) Veronica’s hair is brown, and dark tells us how brownher hair is. AD VERB

8. ADVERB ACTIVITY Adverb Search: Look through old magazines to find examples of adverbs. Create a group list of adverbs. Try to find as many examples as you can of adverbs that modify adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs. Write all team members’ names on the list! Walking Charades: Come up with a list of ways that a person can walk (quietly, clumsily, calmly, sadly, sleepily, nervously, quickly, timidly, etc.) Practice how you will act out your charades for the class, so that you can play charades with the class when it’s time to present. Pre-AP Enrichment/On-Level Extra Credit: Make up your own game or activity to teach one of the parts of speech.

9. PRONOUN Takes the place of a noun: Mr. Duncan wrote on his board when he would see students for tutorials at the end of their day. Mr. Duncan and students are nouns, and his, he and their are pronouns.

10. PRONOUN ACTIVITY Take turns reading books to the other members of your team. Pick one person each turn to be the “checker.” Whenever you hear a pronoun, raise your hand. If you don’t raise your hand when a pronoun is read, put your hand on your head. Two hands on your head means that you’re out! The checker will use the list of pronouns to catch people who raise their hand/don’t raise their hand at the right times. Now… write a paragraph about what you did this weekend. Take turns reading one another’s stories out loud… but every time you read a pronoun, add in the person’s name instead. Try to do this without laughing! Pre-AP Enrichment/On-Level Extra Credit: Make up your own game or activity to teach one of the parts of speech.

11. COMMON PRONOUNS he she you they them him her his hers your We us ours their theirs I me mine myself It its itself ourselves nobody anybody everybody himself herself yourself

12. PREPOSITION Shows position, adds detail, or relates a noun to another word: The necklace is in the box, on topof the desk near the TV. Prepositions help us connect the necklace to box, box to top, top to desk, and desk to TV.

13. PREPOSITION ACTIVITY Decide on an object in the classroom. It could be a poster on the wall, an object on a shelf, a dictionary under a certain desk, etc. Write directions for a classmate to find the object, using prepositions. You must write at least FOUR sentences, using each preposition only once. Underline the prepositions. 3. When your classmate has found the object, try it with another one! You can do this individually or as a team. If you do it as a team, you must create a set of directions for at least THREE objects! You can then do this with the class tomorrow. Pre-AP Enrichment/On-Level Extra Credit: Make up your own game or activity to teach one of the parts of speech.

14. COMMON PREPOSITIONS to by of in on up off from toward away under over beside around behind underneath through within without past upon near into down at across after along against above below about between along outside