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South Dakota Standards . . . . . . . . . . . Writin g. Standard 3.W.2.4: 3 rd Grade. Interjections. What are we going to do?. We are going to identify and incorporate interjections in the writing process. But FIRST … W hat IS an interjection?.
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Standard 3.W.2.4: 3rd Grade Interjections
What are we going to do? • We are going to identify and incorporate interjections in the writing process
-An interjection is a word used to express strong or sudden feelings. -Emotions such as fear, surprise, anger, love, and joy can all be expressed with an interjection.-Interjections often end with an exclamation point.
Examples include words such as: Hi! Wow! Hurry! Stop! Ouch! Ah! …and many, many more.
With a partner, go to this site and play the Interjection Game!http://www.quia.com/cb/56972.html -Enter Player 1 Name and Player 2 Name -Pick a category and a box 100-500 -answer the question and earn points -you will be tested on your interjection and conjunction knowledge
As a class, we are going to look at 5 EXAMPLES and see if we can identify the interjection in each of these following sentences…
Example 1:Goodness! He listened to the man's story and reported it to the police immediately!
Answer 1:Goodness! He listened to the man's story and reported it to the police immediately!
Example 2: Oh, I haven't seen my brother since he left for college!
Answer 2:Oh,I haven't seen my brother since he left for college!