1. GRAMMAR MONDAY!!!!!!
9/19

2. Agenda Review Parts of Speech by taking notes
Practice identifying sentences
Reflect on the skill
END GOAL – Increase familiarity with parts of speech, so that we can move on to new skills… (subject-verb agreement is coming…)

3. Parts of Speech Articles Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions
Interjections
Prepositions
Pronouns

4. Articles
a/an
The
I like THE movie.
I want AN ice cream

5. Nouns Person, place, thing, idea Teacher, school, love, table, city
Proper nouns – specific
Common Nouns - generic
Teacher, school, love, table, city
Ms. Christensen, Amundsen, Chicago

6. Verb
Run
Walk
Jump
Dance
Laugh
Cry
TO BE (are, is)
The action word

7. Adjectives Yellow 10,000 Old Young Pretty funny
a word that describes a noun
Yellow
10,000
Old
Young
Pretty
funny

8. Adverbs Words that describe adjectives, verbs, or other adverbs
VERY dirty
REALLY funny
Sings BEAUTIFULLY

9. Conjunctions And Or Nor But However Linking words
Coordinating conjunctions – used with semicolons
And Or
Nor
But
However

10. Interjections A break in the sentence Wow! Ouch! Usually shows emotion
Hello,

11. Preposition A word that links NOUNS Under Above Below Think Beneath
The dog is _____ the table
Under
Above
Below
Beneath
Between

12. Pronouns
Words that replace nouns
Them
Their
Her
She
Him He

13. Practice
For each sentence, identify the part of speech for each word.

14. Sentence 1
Margot and Anna are very funny.

15. Sentence 1
Margot and Anna are very funny. Margot – Proper Noun And – conjunction Anna – Proper Noun Are – Verb Very – Adverb Funny - Adjective

16. Sentence 2
Hello, my name is Aaron.

17. Sentence 2
Hello, my name is Aaron. Hello – interjection My – Pronoun Name – common noun Is – Verb Aaron – Proper Noun

18. Sentence 3
I prefer Chipotle over McDonalds. Their tortilla chips are delicious!

19. Sentence 3
I prefer Chipotle over McDonalds. Their tortilla chips are delicious!
I – pronoun are - verb
Prefer – verb delicious - adj
Chipotle – Proper Noun
Over – preposition
McDonalds –Proper Noun
Their – Pronoun
Tortilla chips – common noun (tortilla – adj chips –c noun)

20. Sentence 4
Eric and Peter thought science class was very difficult.

21. Sentence 4
Eric and Peter thought Environmental Science was very difficult. Eric – Proper Noun very - adverb And – Conjunction difficult - adjective Peter – Proper Noun Thought- verb Environmental Science – proper noun Was – verb

22. Reflection
On a scale of 1-10, how do you rate yourself on this skill? Explain
What other skills would you like to focus on? Explain
Overall, is grammar a strength or a weakness for you? Explain.