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Drill#3 08/29/11

Drill#3 08/29/11. Label your drill sheet from yesterday with the date and drill #. (you can use the same paper for multiple drills) Copy the following sentences. Ms. Massella was standing in the front hall. The classroom door was open. He was late for school today.

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Drill#3 08/29/11

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  1. Drill#3 08/29/11 Label your drill sheet from yesterday with the date and drill #. (you can use the same paper for multiple drills) Copy the following sentences. Ms. Massella was standing in the front hall. The classroom door was open. He was late for school today. Underline all the nouns, circle all the verbs, andlistall the adjectives in the sentences. What is left?

  2. Objectives SWBAT: • identify and evaluate elements that contribute to a positive learning environment. • identify parts of speech. • use purposeful word choice to create more descriptive sentences.

  3. Housekeeping

  4. Homework Bring Classroom Supplies

  5. Pride Pact Next, we will draft our Pride Pact, deciding on the wording that makes the most sense to us as a class.

  6. Eight Parts of Speech • Nouns • Adjectives • Verbs • Conjunctions • Interjections • Pronouns • Adverbs • Preposition

  7. Why Learn the Parts of Speech? Preposition Pronoun A great sentence Interjection Adjective Noun Verb Adverb Conjunction

  8. To Prove How Much You Already Know… The mordssloblybordled a slomdond in the nox.

  9. 1. Nouns • Persons • Places • Things • Ideas (love, honesty, truth) • Proper Nouns are CAPITALIZED! Mr. Stump, Mexico, Maine, Thanksgiving • Can function as the subject in a sentence.

  10. 2. Pronouns • Take the place of nouns I, me, he, she, it, we, they, you • Can function as the subject in a sentence. Ex. She went to the store. Commands: the Implied You Ex. Take out the trash. Translation: (You) take out the trash.

  11. 3. Verbs • Action verbs – jump, kiss, swim • Linking verbs (state of being) – is, was, feel, taste • Helping verbs – was eating, can work, must walk

  12. 4. Adjectives • Describe nouns Ex. Thesmall, tiny, brown mouse ate thesugarcoateddonut crumb.

  13. 5. Adverbs • Describe: verbs adjectives other adverbs Ex. An unusually large crowd quickly gathered.

  14. 6. PREPOSITIONS • Relates a noun or pronoun to some other part of a sentence. • Always travels with a noun or pronoun. • Often provides direction or position. Ex. I gave the gift to him. Sally put the dinner on the table.

  15. 7. Conjunctions - Join words, phrases, or clauses For And Nor But Or Yet So FANBOYS

  16. 8. Interjections • A word or cry expressing sudden or strong feelings and usually lacking grammatical connection. Ex. “Oh no!”, “Yikes”, “Ouch”

  17. Closure Which part of speech do you understand the most? Give 5 examples. Which part of speech gives you the most difficulty?

  18. Revisit the Objectives SWBAT: • identify and evaluate elements that contribute to a positive learning environment. • identify parts of speech. • use purposeful word choice to create more descriptive sentences.

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