1. Prepositional Phrase
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2. What do you notice?
“My mom says that I didn’t sleep through the night until I was eight years old.” -Angela Johnson, The first Part Last "In the shade of the house, in the sunshine on the river bank by the boats, in the shade of the sallow wood and the fig tree, Siddhartha, the handsome Brahmin's son, grew up with his friend Govinda." -Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
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3. Invitation to Imitate Example:
Between the rocks, below the water, sits a beautiful jewel.
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4. Invitation to Imitate Your Turn…
Rewrite the sentence after filling in the blanks. _____________ _____________________________, Preposition Object of the preposition _____________ _____________________________, Preposition Object of the preposition ______ ___________ _______. Verb Adjective Noun
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5. Invitation to Revise
Select a preposition in the parentheses to create a sentence from the phrases below. (During Despite Underneath) the winter the wet snow deepens. ________________________________________________________ Frozen ice cream eaten (concerning except through) a straw becomes a tasty treat.
We went to the game, but it started to rain as soon as we arrived.
We went to the game, but as soon as we arrived it started to rain.
We’ll go camping, or if the weather is bad we might stay in a hotel.
We’ll go camping, or we might stay in a hotel if the weather is bad.
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6. Invitation to Edit
My mom says that I didn't sleep through the night until I was eight years old.
My mom says that I didn't sleep threw the night until I was eight years old.
My Mom says that I didn't sleep through the night until I was eight years old.
My mom says that I didn't sleep through the night. Until I was eight years old.
My mom says that I didn't sleep through the night until I were eight years old.
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7. Invitation to Write Think about this phrase: Why me?
Now write a short passage about whatever comes into your mind using are least four prepositional phrases that begin with the prepositions we used in days 1 through 4. By
Between
Below
During In
Through
Underneath
Until
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