Verbals Notes: Participles

What is a verbal? A verbal is a word that looks like a verb, but does not act like a verb. A verbal is a part of speech other than a verb (noun, adjective, adverb)

Types of Verbals Participles Infinitives Gerunds

Today’s Verbal: Participles Look like verbs in the past or present tense, but are actually adjectives. Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns, so participles modify nouns and pronouns.

Participle Examples: The hunted deer The peeking kid

Types of Participles Past Present Past participles end in –ed or –en. Example: The forgotten boy cried until his parents came back. Forgotten describes boy. Present participles always end in –ing. The running jaguar captured its prey. Running describes jaguar.

Participle phrases Participles may have multiple words attached to them to help modify a noun. Strolling slowly, the couple enjoyed their walk in the park. Hunted for its tusks, elephants are killed with most of their bodies left to rot by poachers.

Day 1 – Underline the participles or participial phrases in each sentence Hurriedly fastening his backpack, Joe rushed off to school. The frozen fish was an easy meal for Jim to cook. Staring at the items on the sales rack, Jill could not make a quick decision. The car, damaged by the hailstorm, was taken to the body shop. The woman wearing the blue sweater is Jack’s mother.

2-17-2016 Homework: Continue Reading Anthem, read through Chapter 8 and complete your CHAPTER ANALYSIS worksheet as you read! QUIZ – Chapters 1-8 TOMORROW! 

Day 2 – Circle the participle in the sentence below Day 2 – Circle the participle in the sentence below. Write the word it modifies. The burning building collapsed into the street. We loved the laughing baby. The boring speech put the audience to sleep. Kind Mrs. Carter helped the shaken victim to a chair. The excited fan screamed when she saw the singer.

2-18-2016 Due = MONDAY! Homework: Continue Reading Anthem and complete your CHAPTER ASSIGNMENTS QUIZ = Chapters 1-8 switched to Tomorrow! QUIZ = Chapters 9-12 on Monday! Chapter Analysis & Questions Due = MONDAY!

Day 3 – Underline the participle phrase in each of the following sentence. Staring out the window at the rain, Bob became more and more impatient. Having been hurt in the first game, Al sat on the bench for the rest of the season. The plates, bought from Denmark by my grandmother, are on display in the dining room. The cookies, baked this morning, were all gone by five o’clock. Having come out in the cool night air, Mr. Troy looked up at the sky.

Chapter 1: Rules of Society 1.It is forbidden to think or write anything that nobody else thinks 2. Men may not write unless the Council of Vocations gives permission. 3. No men may be alone, ever. 4. The penalty for stealing is to serve ten years in the Palace of Corrective Detention. 5. All men wear an iron bracelet on their left wrist with their name on it. 6. Anyone who is too tall (six feet) is full of evil.

Chapter 1: Rules of Society 7. No one can speak of the Unmentionable Times or they are punished with three years in the Palace of Corrective Detention. 8. All men are one and there is no will save the will of all men together. 9. No one is allowed to fight. 10. All infants live in the Home of Infants for five years. 11. At the age of five, all children go to the Home of the Students until they are fifteen. 12. Children are not allowed to be more superior than other children in any way.

Chapter 1: Places and People The Council of Vocations—assigns professions to 15 year olds Palace of Corrective Detention—prison Home of the Street Sweepers—Equality’s home Palace of the World Council—where the Council rules from The Great Rebirth—the beginning of time as this society knows it Old Ones—people over forty Home of the Useless—where the Old and Ancient Ones live Unmentionable Times—forbidden time before the Great Rebirth

Chapter 1: Places and People The Great Truth—All men are one and there is no will save the will of all men together The Home of the Infants—where all children live for the first five years of their life The Home of the Students—where all children study for ten years Teachers—those in authority in the Home of the Students Councils—the voice of all justice and the voice of all men Council of Scholars—know all things; no questions forbidden The Science of Things—the knowledge of the earth

Chapter 1: Places and People Home of the Scholars—where Equality wants to go Life Mandates—what work men do for all of their lives The Social Meeting—City Council members speak and they all sing hymns Social Recreation—watching a play about how wonderful work is City Cesspool—dump Home of the Artists—permitted to draw pictures City Theatre—where the Social Recreation takes place Unchartered Forest—men are not allowed to think of it

Chapter 2: Rules of Society 22. Men and women are forbidden to take notice of each other. 23. You cannot speak to men of other trades. 24. You cannot give names that distinguish you from other men. 25. Men may not think of women, save at the time of mating. 26. Women never see their children and children never know their parents. 27. It is not proper to sing without reason. 28. It is forbidden not to be happy. 29. It is not good to feel too much joy or be glad that your body lives. 30. No man may speak or hear the Unmentionable Word. The penalty for this is death.

Chapter 2: Places and People Home of the Peasants—where the women work the soil Time of Mating—once in the spring when men over 20 and women over 18 mate City Palace of Mating—where the breeding takes place Council of Eugenics—those who choose who mates with whom Council of the Home—people in charge of each vocational home Evil Ones—those who helped destroy the world and lost the world war Unspeakable Word—one forbidden word

Chapter 2: Places and People Saint of the Pyre—the transgressor who was burned for speaking the Unmentionable Word

Chapter 3: Rules of Society 31. We know all things which exist and therefore the things which are not known do not exist. 32. No single one can possess greater wisdom than the many Scholars who are elected by all men for their wisdom.

Chapter 3: Places and People none

Chapter 4: Rules of Society none

Chapter 4: Places and People none

Chapter 5: Rules of Society 33. You cannot be re-assigned to another vocation. 34. No men may know what they look like.

Chapter 5: Places and People World Council of Scholars: all of the world’s most famous scholars meet once a year.

Chapter 6: Rules of Society 35. There are no guards in the Palace of Corrective Detention.

Chapter 6: Places and People Stone Room—place of torture in the Palace of Corrective Detention Judges—the men who question prisoners

Chapter 7: Rules of Society 37. Only scholars can walk in upon the Council of the Scholars. 38. Without the Plans of the World Council, the sun cannot rise. 39. Men have no cause to exist save in toiling for other men. 40. You will die if you go into the Uncharted Forest.

Chapter 7: Places and People Department of the Candles—the place that they produce all of the candles

Anthem Power of NAMES Names Name after they meet Name at End Equality 7-2521 The Unconquered Prometheus Liberty 5-3000 The Golden One Gaea

One-Pager (Independent or +1) Equality 7-2521 chooses a name for The Golden One (Liberty) and she chooses a name for him at the END OF THE BOOK. You are critically analyzing why they may have chosen these names. Prometheus (himself) Gaea (Liberty, “the Golden One”) Include in your One-Pager (10 pts) Explain the meaning/history of the names (research) Works cited (where did you find the meaning) Explain WHY you think the names were chosen by them (give details about the characters) How do these names connect to an overall theme of the novel Illustrations or symbols for the 2 names

Day 4 – Underline the participle in each sentence and draw an arrow from participle to the noun. Identify the participle if it is past or present. When I heard about the singing competition, I thought that participating would be fun. Now I was shaking as I clenched a wrinkled sheet of music in my hand. I peeked through the curtain saw the five seated judges. I realized that this was going to be challenging experience. I was trying to hold on to my shrinking confidence.