Thursday, September 12, 2013• 5th period ONLY – Finish Helping Verbs• Linking Verbs • Poetry Vocabulary• Homework: Read for AR for at least 30

minutes

VerbsJust Do It

Verb DefinedA verb is a word that expresses…

AN ACTION - Joey punched Sal in the face.

A CONDITION - I feel pretty awful right now.

A STATE OF BEING - I am thrilled at your news!

Action Verbs Action verbs tell what

action someone or something is doing The action can be physical or mental.

Action Verbs MENTAL

“Mr. Johnson thinks most of us are ready to take this test.”

PHYSICAL “We worked hard on the grammar

homework.”

Helping Verbs A helping verb is a

verb that comes before the main verb and adds to its meaning.

Verb Phrases

Action and linking verbs are sometimes combined with one or more auxiliary

verbs -- also called helping verbs -- to form a verb phrase.

“We are going on vacation.”

Now get this straight! I’m going to say it once….

Verb phrases are VERBS!You got it?!!

Helping Verbs

“Mrs. Felipe’s students should understand nouns and pronouns by now.”

“Cam has been questioned hot a lot today.”

Auxiliary verbs

Main verbs

Helping Verbs The most common auxiliary

verbs are forms of… be (am, is, are, was, were, be, been, being)

have (have, has, had)

do (do, does, did)

Helping Verbs Other common auxiliaries…

can shallcould willshould maywould might

must

Verb PhrasesVerb phrases are formed by the

combination of one or more helping verbs and a main verb

The coach was shouting at Nate all day long.

NateCoach

Verb PhrasesHelping Verb Main Verb Verb Phrase

had been had been

have had have had

was doing was doing

could have helped could have helped

might have been seen might have been seen

is being repaired is being repaired

Verb Phrases

Be careful!!

Helping verb(s) and the main verb may be separated by one or more words that are not part of the verb phrase.

Verb Phrases-Separated“Jenna could not believe her brother would not let her borrow his ipod.”

“Your parents will never forgive you when I call home to tell them what you did in class.”

“Our coach might not have been kidding when he hinted at a tough workout tomorrow.”

The underlined words are NOT verbs and are not part of these verb phrases

Verb Phrases-Contractions

BE CAREFUL - Contractions like “couldn’t” and

“shouldn’t” and “can’t” frequently HIDE

helping verbs and make verb phrases hard to

find

Verb Phrases-Contractions

Sentence with contractions“You shouldn’t come to practice today if you’re feeling that badly.”Same sentence with contractions written out“You should not come to practice today if you are feeling that badly.”Same sentence with verb phrases underlined“You should not come to practice today if you are feeling that badly.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F2JWKY63K0

Verb Packet Take out chapter 16 verb packet from your

“My Grammar” section and the yellow verb handout from the “Reference” section of your binder.

We will complete Linking Verbs Practice 1 together.

We will circle the linking verbs, and then underline the words that are linked by the verb.

Poetry Vocabulary Get out your Interactive Notebook and turn to

the Table of Contents. Write the date and Poetry Vocabulary page

13. Turn to page 13. We will be cutting this paper the same way

we cut the Figurative Language Vocabulary. Watch as I demonstrate.

Poetry Vocabulary Stanza- under the tab write this example of a

stanza

Another new year:

Another new start. Repetition- under the tab write this example

of repetition

Twinkle, Twinkle little star

Poetry Vocabulary Rhyme-under the tab write this example of a

rhyme. First week here: it’s like a show.

Lots of kids that I don’t know.

Where am I suppose to go?

Poetry Vocabulary Rhythm-under the tab write this example of a

rhythm.

One, two,Buckle my shoe;Three, four,Shut the door.

Poetry Vocabulary Meter-under the tab write this example of a

meter.

Hickory, Dickory, Dock

The mouse ran up the clock.

Poetry Vocabulary Refrain-under the tab write this example of a

refrain. This is a like a chorus in a song

Baby You’re a Firework.

Poetry VocabularyTheme- under the tab write these common themes

Friendship Love Courage Faith Anger Compassion Honesty Responsibility Acceptance

Cooperation Perserverance

Poetry Vocabulary Tone- He moves like a black cloud over the lawn

and - stops.

Poetry Vocabulary Mood- The river seems to slumber quiet in its bed