1. Appositives
Grade 6 | Appositives

2. What do you Notice?
“Catherine the Great, my Russian Grandma, is already awake.”
- Cari Best, Three Cheers for Catherine the Great
Grade 6 | Appositives

3. Invitation to Imitate
Denver, the Mile High City, is the home of the Broncos.
- Anonymous Classroom Teacher
The campground, our favorite vacation spot, is beautiful in July.
Mr. Johnson, our coach, is great at running defensive drills.
Grade 6 | Appositives

4. Invitation to Imitate Your turn…
Use the frame below to write a sentence with an appositive.
________________________, _______________________________,
(noun) (appositive)
is ________________________________________________.
(verb phrase)
Grade 6 | Appositives

5. Invitation to Revise Rewrite the sentences below adding commas to show
the appositive.
Avon a rather small snail read a book every day.
Clementine a funny third grader lives in New York.
Captain Hale a 21 year-old marine accepted a dangerous mission.
Grade 6 | Appositives

6. Invitation to Edit What’s wrong?
Catherine the Great, my Russian Grandma, is already awake.
Catherine the Great my Russian Grandma is already awake.
Catherine the great, my russian grandma, is already awake.
Catherine the Great, my Russian Grandma, are already awake.
Catherine the Great, my Russian Grandma, is already awake
Grade 6 | Appositives

7. Invitation to Write
Write a short passage about someone you know, using two appositives correctly.
Grade 6 | Appositives