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Dropped Inflectional Endings

Dropped Inflectional Endings. Ms. Brooks March 27, 2013. Part I: DO NOW (5 min) . Close laptops / Put away phones No more than 5 students per table group ! Pick up Handout on the front table Complete Pt. I on Handout . Inflectional Endings (& Music!).

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Dropped Inflectional Endings

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  1. Dropped Inflectional Endings Ms. Brooks March 27, 2013

  2. Part I: DO NOW (5 min) • Close laptops / Put away phones • No more than 5 students per table group! • Pick up Handout on the front table • Complete Pt. I on Handout

  3. Inflectional Endings (& Music!) • READ each of the quotes below. IDENTIFY the words that you think have inflectional endings. EXPLAIN why you decided on the word. • One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain ~ Bob Marley • Music doesn’t lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music ~ Jimi Hendrix • I don’t make music for my eyes, I make music for my ears ~ Adele • Music in the soul can be heard by the universe ~ Lao Tzu

  4. Inflectional Endings (& Music!) • One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain ~ Bob Marley • Music doesn’t lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music ~ Jimi Hendrix • I don’t make music for my eyes, I make music for my ears ~ Adele • Music in the soul can be heard by the universe ~ Lao Tzu

  5. Part II: So, what? Definitions & Examples • DEFINITION: Inflectional endings are suffixes that indicate tense, plurality, comparison or part of speech. • Dropping an inflectional ending essentially drops the verb tense.

  6. Examples: (7 min) • Hazel use to tuck her tail between her legs when she hear loud noises. • Hazel used to tuck her tail between her legs when she heard loud noises. • Ellen Degeneres ask her audience members, “Is everyone ready to do the Harlem Shake?” One member say he brought his gorilla mask just in case. • Ellen Degeneresaskedher audience members, “Is everyone ready to do the Harlem Shake?” One member saidhe brought his gorilla mask just in case.

  7. Examples II • Loud, the woman from Atlanta ask why it was snowed here. It’s suppose to be Spring! • Loudly, the woman from Atlanta asked why it was snowing here. It’s supposed to be Spring! • Despite his legion of fan, Justin Beiber will never be as amazingly talent as Justin Timberlake. • Despite his legion of fans, Justin Beiber will never be as amazingly talentedas Justin Timberlake.

  8. Examples III • Cole is real passionate about art, so his mother enroll him in classes at the DIA. • Cole is really passionate about art, so his mother enrolls / enrolled him in classes at the DIA. • “No one appreciate good music anymore!” the grandfather yell grumpily. • “No one appreciates good music anymore!” the grandfather yells / yelled grumpily.

  9. Part III: Lyric Activity (10 min) • DIRECTIONS: Each table group has a sheet of song lyrics with 10 words blacked out. You also have a bag of words with inflectional endings. • Using context clues from the song and what you have learned about inflectional endings, decide which word fits in the lyric. Tape the words on top of or beside the blacked out lyric. • Report out! As a group, share lyrics with two different inflectional endings from the chart. Prepare to explain why your reasoning for choosing the words.

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