WEEK 20

WEEK 20

EEL

REVIEW: Prepositions (Pr) Chart J

On the student boards, they added as many modifiers as they could to the sentence: Mrs. Strickland wrote a sentence. Then they wrote out as many prepositions they could think of!

REMEMBER:

1.A preposition relates a noun or pronoun to another word.

The preposition, its object, and the modifiers between them create a “prepositional phrase”.

Prepositions are always followed by a noun, which is called the “object of the preposition”. (OP)

2. Prepositional phrases either act as adverbs or adjectives.

If it modifies a verb- then the Prep. Phrase is adverbial, meaning it acts as a verb. (How? When? Where? Why? How often? How much? To what extent? Under what condition?)

If it modifies a noun-then the Prep.Phrase is adjectival, the phrase acts as an adjective. (what kind, how many, which? Whose?) 

1. She sat between her friends. (((Sat where? between her friends – adverbial)))

2. I bought the dress with the blue stripes. (((Which dress?- adjectival)))

3. See how the prepositional phrase is added on a diagram?

Lets TACO bout modifyers:

***Since much of this lesson is the same as last week, I am taking the advice on page 313 (in class section) and spending some time on modifyers.

We spent some time on SUBJECT modifiers.  

Emmett seemed happy. S-Vl-PA

The spunky and optimistic Emmett seemed happy. This is the same pattern, but we’ve added some modifiers.  What are they?  What part of speech are they? (adjectives)

Emmett in The Lego Movie seemed happy.  What modifier do we have here?  Prepositional phrase. What part of speech is this acting as? (adjectives)

Emmett, who often sang, seemed happy.  Here we have a clause.  Is it adjectival or adverbial?

Emmett’s character seemed happy.  This one may be a little tricky.  What is the modifier in this sentence?  This is a noun modifying another noun.  How do you think this would be diagrammed? (as an adjective)

Emmett, the main character, seemed happy.  This isn’t considered a true modifier.  It’s renaming the noun (or pronoun) right beside it.  Can anyone remember what this is called?  An appositive.  This would be diagrammed in parenthesis right beside the subject.

NEW GRAMMAR: COMBO OF 3

CX, Interrogative, S-Vt-Do-OCA sentence.  

Who made their tutor happy when they read their FOH paper during class?

We walked through Tasks 1-6

MATH

We played a good ol fashioned game of boardslam. I used LUCKY CHARMS as an incentive to push themselves and work hard. :) 

IEW

REVIEW: We took time to look over everyone’s KWOs. It was fun to see/hear about all the information that had been gathered. We even identified the dress ups present and shared some tips. 

We moved on to INTRO and CONCLUSION. The class learned this is a simple task. 
You can find opener ideas on page 138 of the Student Resource Packet. Remember that the I & C reflect eachother.