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.

1. Ms. Massella was standing in the front hall.

2. The classroom door was open.

3. He was late for school today.

Underline all the nouns, circle all the verbs, and list all the adjectives in the sentences.

What is left?

ObjectivesSWBAT:• identify and evaluate elements that

contribute to a positive learning environment.

• identify parts of speech.

• use purposeful word choice to create more descriptive sentences.

Housekeeping

HomeworkBring Classroom Supplies

Pride Pact

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

Eight Parts of Speech

1)Nouns2)Adjectives 3)Verbs 4)Conjunctions 5)Interjections

6)Pronouns 7)Adverbs8)Preposition

Why Learn the Parts of Speech?Pronoun

Verb

Interjection

A great sentence

ConjunctionAdverb

Noun

Adjective

Preposition

To Prove How Much You Already Know…

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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.

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.

3. Verbs

1. Action verbs – jump, kiss, swim

2. Linking verbs (state of being) –

is, was, feel, taste

3. Helping verbs –

was eating, can work, must walk

4. Adjectives

• Describe nouns

Ex. The small, tiny, brown mouse ate the sugar coated donut crumb.

5. Adverbs

• Describe: verbsadjectivesother adverbs

Ex. An unusually large crowd quickly gathered.

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.

7. Conjunctions

- Join words, phrases, or clauses

ForAndNorButOrYetSo

FANBOYS

8. Interjections

• A word or cry expressing sudden or strong feelings and usually lacking grammatical connection.

Ex. “Oh no!”, “Yikes”, “Ouch”

Closure

Which part of speech do you

understand the most? Give 5 examples.

Which part of speech gives you the most difficulty?

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.