1. Daily Oral Language (DOL)
“Translate” the following into formal English.
hey babe whazup. i’m sitting around doing nothing. just finished math homework miss fishmans gonna be psyched. its the first time i’ve done work for her class in like two weeks. Anyway if you want 2 get together and go too the movies later i think I’m going with Bill Rachel and Missy. later.

2. Parts of Speech

3. 1) Pronoun Definition: A word that replaces a proper noun
Ex: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, us, somebody, anyone, either, both, few
You and I vs. You and me
“You” test: take away “you” from the sentence, if it makes sense to have “I”, then use “I”, if not, change the word to “me”
Alex and me played basketball in the driveway while we were waiting for dinner to be prepared.
My family loves my brothers and me so much.

4. 2. Prepositions
Definition: Garbage words that show a relationship (often a spatial relationship).
Prepositional Phrases
EX: My shoe was hiding under my bed when it should have been in my closet.
Write seven prepositions to put in the blank space.
Rover walked ____________ the stream.

5. 3. Conjunctions
Definition: These are words that hook up other words, clauses, and phrases.
For
And
Nor
But Or
Yet So

6. 4. Nouns Definition: the name of a person, place, thing, or idea
Noun Search

7. 5. Verb Definition: Action words Show me a verb!
Run, shop, jump, play, hug, kiss, drive, help
Show me a verb!

8. 6. Adjectives (adj) Definition: a word that describes a noun
On a piece of paper, fill in the blanks.
The ________ tree fell close to the __________ car, startling the lady. Without pausing, the ___________ cat jumped from the ____________ tree, terrifying his ____________ owner. Twenty ____________ children ran across the _____________ playground, screaming.

9. Adjectives Cont.
Adjectives can look like a verb, don’t let this confuse you.
EX: Screaming, Violet threw her hands in the air when the roller coaster zoomed down the hill.
EX: Tennis played with one person is much more of a workout than when it is played with two people.

10. 7. Adverb (adv)
Definition: these are words that describe adjectives, verbs, and OTHER adverbs.
90% end in ‘ly’
EX: Koda is extremely tall like a horse, but super cute.
Adverbs answer when, where, how, and how often.
EX: Tony “The Shoe” Mandretti jumped high on the outside, spun twice, feinted left, and then suddenly the ball was soaring effortlessly to the hoop.

11. 8. Interjections
Definition: Filler noises, or a word that is designed to carry emotion.
EX: OW! Charlie, that really hurt.

12. Practice
Smell (noun, adj)
Okay (interjection, adj)