1. Participles and Participial Phrases
Grade 8 | Participles and Participial Phrases

2. What do you Notice?
“Kira, trembling, hurried into the clearing where Anabella’s house stood.” -Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue “He sat by the windows, hunched down in a rocking chair, scowling, waiting.” -Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
Grade 8 | Participles and Participial Phrases

3. Invitation to Imitate Your turn…
Choose one of the sentences from day one and write your own imitation. Identify the particles you use as “past” or “present.”
Grade 8 | Participles and Participial Phrases

4. Invitation to Revise
Add a participle or participle phrase to the sentences where the blank indicates a participle is necessary.
Mother insisted we go, _________________________ (present participial phrase)
____________________, I stepped from the church. (past participial phrase)
Grade 8 | Participles and Participial Phrases

5. Invitation to Edit
Kira, trembling, hurried into the clearing where Anabella’s house stood.
Kira trembling hurried into the clearing where Anabella’s house stood.
Kira, trembling, hurry into the clearing where Anabella’s house stood.
Kira, trembling, hurried into the clearing where Anabellas hosue stood.
Grade 8 | Participles and Participial Phrases

6. Invitation to Write
Write a paragraph making sure to ass past or present particles or participle phrases where they would make sense.
Grade 8 | Participles and Participial Phrases