1. Interpersonal Communication 2
Objective: Students will identify acts of appreciation by using past tense verbs and prepositional phrases.
Vocabulary word: grateful

2. Predictions for the word grateful

3. Grateful is
An adjective. It means to be thankful or to have gratitude.

4. Grammatical forms we will use
prepositional
phrases
past tense
verbs

5. Reminders about Prepositional Phrases
T=Time (around six o’clock) O=Ownership (to the office; at her house) L=Location (by the park; inside it) D=Direction (toward our class)

6. Patterns for Prompts
What is something you appreciated about ______(description or name of character in movie clip)?

7. Patterns for Responses
I like the way _____(character name or description) _____ (past tense verbal phrase/student generated compliment) ______(prepositional phrase).

8. Sample Responses I like the way Joseph shared his pencil with Riley.
I liked the way Shannon gave Lydia some of food while they were sitting on the grass.