1. Prepositions
Prepositions are words that show a relationship between a noun and another word.

2. Prepositions relationship between a noun and another word.
They can indicate:
location: at Mimi’s house
time: at noon
OR direction: above the TV
ALL prepositions provide extra details: from my parents, by myself
relationship between a noun and another word.

3. Prepositional phrases
PREPOSITION + Sometimes a helping word (the, a or an) NOUN (person, place, or thing)

4. For Example: on is the preposition the is helping word
The puppy is (on the floor).
on is the preposition
the is helping word
(also called an article)
floor is the noun

5. Identify the Prepositional phrases
Maura’s cat pushed the toy under the table in the kitchen.
In New York, we walked across a bridge with interesting statues.
The leaves changed from green to red.

6. On a 1/2-sheet of paper, write the phrases you identified.
Write just the prepositional phrase. (example: on the floor)
Make sure all team names are at the top of the page.
Talk: Without the prepositional phrase, do you still have a complete sentence?

7. notes

8. Prepositions
______________ are words that show a relationship between a ________ and another word.

9. Prepositions relationship between a noun and another word.
They can indicate:
________: at Mimi’s house
_______: at noon
OR _______: above the TV
ALL prepositions provide ______________: from my parents, by myself
relationship between a noun and another word.

10. Prepositional phrases
PREPOSITION + Sometimes a ______________ (the, a or an) _____________ (person, place, or thing)

11. Commonly used prepositions:
aboard around beyond from
onto about as but
in out under toward
above at by underneath
Inside outside across before
into over until unto
after behind despite like
past up against below
down near since upon
along beneath during of to
through with amid beside
except off for throughout
among between on within

12. debriefs

13. Debrief: Quick Quiz
On your index card, write the date and number 1 to 3.
Identify the prepositions in the following sentence:
Fifi jumped into the air to get her treat.
A into C to
B the D her
2. What is the function of the prepositional phrase without his keys?
Mark left home without his keys.
A to show time C to add detail
B to show location D there is no purpose
How many prepositions in the following sentence?
After school, Sheila and Jen went to soccer practice.
A one C three
B two D zero

14. Reflection Next to the shapes on your WU card, write
What things you are “square” on…
What things are still “circling” in your head…
And three new things that you learned OR three ways you will use your learning.

15. Grammar in Context

16. Side 1
The Austrian horses glinted in the moonlight, their riders standing tall in the saddle, swords raised.
Scott Westerfeld,
Leviathan

17. Side 2
The Austrian horses glinted in the moonlight, their riders standing tall, swords raised.
Scott Westerfeld,
Leviathan

18. Side 1
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
Roald Dahl, The Minpins

19. Side 2
And above all, watch the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.
Roald Dahl, The Minpins

20. I heard my mom calling me into the kitchen
I heard my mom calling me into the kitchen. As I headed down the stairs, I heard a whisper from the closet, saying, “Don’t go down there, honey. I heard it too.”

21. I heard my mom calling me into the kitchen
I heard my mom calling me into the kitchen. As I headed down the stairs, I heard a whisper from the closet, saying, “Don’t go down there, honey. I heard it too.”

22. Enrichment Activities

23. Describe the picture using Prepositions
Describe the picture using Prepositions! (The Peaceable Kingdom, Edward Hicks)

24. Prepositions Narrative
1. Choose a holiday or family event. 2. On a piece of notebook paper, write two to four paragraphs telling about the event or holiday and what your family does each on this special occasion. 3. [Bracket] each prepositional phrase, underline each preposition and tell its function. (You may do this on the back, at the bottom or in the margins using arrows to point to the phrase.)

25. Prepositions treasure map
Draw a treasure map.
Write directions to the treasure using prepositions.
Underline the prepositions and enclose prepositional phrases in parentheses.
Be creative!!

26. Enrichment Treasure Map Rubric One to three paragraphs
Eight directional sentences with prepositional phrases [bracketed] and prepositions underlined (40 points)
Title (5 points)
Compass Rose (10 points)
Map Key (10 points)
Landform (10 points)
Water Element (10 points)
Neatness (5 points)
Creativity (5 points)
Name, Date, Period (5 points)