Complete the Do Now about nouns on your desk. We will go over it together in five minutes.

 You are receiving guided notes.  On the first page, fill in as many terms as you can on your own.  You have 3 minutes.  GO!

 A noun is a person, place, or thing.  There are two types:  A proper noun  A common noun  A pronoun takes place of a noun.  A verb describes an action.  There are three types:  An action verb  A helping verb  A linking verb

 An adjective describes a noun.  An adverb describes how, when, or where an action is done.  A preposition shows the relationship between two words by showing the location relative to each.  A conjunction joins two words or two sentences together.  FANBOYS – For And Nor But Or Yet So  An article points out or refers to a noun.  A subject is the part of the sentence that performs an action.  A predicate is the verb or verb phrase.

 Use a comma when you list more than two things.  Example: I like to eat apples, bananas, and oranges.  Use an apostrophe to determine possession.  Example: The toy is Hannah’s.  Use quotation marks to signify dialogue.  Example: Harold shouted, “You can’t take that away from me!”  Use a period to signify the end of a complete sentence.  Example: I saw a man get hit by a car when he was playing Pokémon Go.

 A declarative sentence makes a statement and ends with a period.  Example: I am going to the store tomorrow.  An imperative sentence gives a command and ends with a period or exclamation point.  Example: You need to clean your room now! or Go to bed.  An interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark.  Example: Where is the strawberry jam?  An exclamatory sentence shows excitement and ends with an exclamation point.  Example: We are going to Grandfather Mountain in Boone, North Carolina this weekend!

 You have one minute to find two people who have the same favorite color as you do.  Once you find those people, sit on the floor in a group.  GO!

 Around the room, you will find different stations.  With your partners, it is your job to determine the correct answer to each question.  You will have 3 minutes at each center.  When the timer goes off, you will rotate clockwise.

1. He will visit his grandparents for two weeks this summer. d. pronoun 2. The postman will deliver it to your house. b. pronoun 3. Please join us for the birthday party this afternoon. a. pronoun

1. Many students are excited about the class field trip. c. linking verb 2. My doctor speaks in a calm voice. a. action verb 3. The winning team will receive a blue ribbon. c. helping verb 4. Create a sentence that contains an action verb and a linking verb.

1. The music concert was loud and entertaining. a. adjective 2. Jason is an intelligent student. b. adjective 3. Last night’s audience seemed to be excited about the performance. d. adjective 4. Construct a simple sentence. 5. Use the simple sentence from above and make it more detailed.

1. I gently put the baby down for a nap. a. adverb 2. Silently put your books away. c. adverb 3. I can’t wait to find out what I made on my English test tomorrow! b. adverb

1. Place the books against the wall. b. preposition 2. Carelessness caused the boy to fall down the stairs. d. preposition 3. Neighborhood children are gathering outside to play. b. preposition

1. I must clean my room before going to the park. c. noun 2. Liam brought his notebook to class. c. noun 3. French onion soup is on the lunch menu today. d. noun 4. Identify two a proper nouns. 5. Identify two common nouns.

1. Construct a complete sentence which contains a proper noun, a common noun, and a conjunction. 2. Construct a complete sentence which contains three adjectives. 3. Construct a complete sentence which contains a helping verb, a pronoun, and an adverb.

 You have 10 minutes to construct five sentences that have multiple capitalization and punctuation errors.  Write your sentence in the blank space provided.  Once time is up, you will switch papers with your elbow partner in order to correctly edit them and determine what type of sentence each are.  Once your partner is finished editing, they will rewrite the sentence correctly on the lines provided.  Once you have switched, you will have 10 minutes to edit each other’s sentences.  Don’t hold back! Make your sentences tricky!

How do you feel about what you learned today?  Circle the smiley face that reflects how you feel after today’s lesson.  Use complete sentences to explain why you feel that way.

 What new material did you learn today?  Was it helpful? How?  How will you use it in your future writing?  How will knowing different parts of speech make you a better Communicator?