1. 13 April 2015 Bell activity: reread “The Invasion of the Drones” TODAY’S AGENDA: Finish analysis of “The Invasion of the Drones” INTRODUCTION TO ADJECTIVES Reviewing Friday’s quiz

2. An adjective is a word that MODIFIES (describes) a noun or pronoun.

3. An ADJECTIVE’s only job is to modify a noun or pronoun. A NOUN or pronoun will only allow itself to be modified by an ADJECTIVE.

4. An adjective answers 4 questions: Which one? What kind? How many/much? Whose?

5. fourth page (Which page?) red car ( What kind of car?) 58 ducks (How many ducks?) excessive enthusiasm (How much enthusiasm?) Bob’s sister (Whose sister?)

7. Positive adjectives describes without comparing examples: good job red shirt smart bunny fun times

8. Comparitive adjectives : compares 2 nouns or pronouns examples: Better job Redder shirt Smarter bunny more fun times

9. Superlative adjectives: compares 3 or more nouns or pronouns Examples: Best job Reddest shirt Smartest bunny most fun times

10. DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNSADJECTIVES This This book That That book These These books ThoseThose books

11. We are the ARTICLE ADJECTIVES: A AN THE! Teeny, Tiny, ARTICLE ADJECTIVES: A AN THE!

12. You cannot have an adjective without a noun. If you have an adjective in the sentence there must be a noun that is being modified.

13. Complete the list of 4 ADJECTIVE questions on the back side of your notes WHICH ONE? WHAT KIND? HOW MANY/MUCH? WHOSE?

14. Please pick up the phone. Which phone? The phone. He had five ripe bananas for his lunch. How many bananas? Five bananas. What kind of bananas? Ripe bananas. Whose lunch? His lunch. He put his math book on the table by that open window. Whose book? His book. What kind of book? A math book. Which table? The table. Which window? That window. What kind of window? An open window.

15. He spent the day practicing for tuesday’s show. He spent the day practicing for Tuesday’s show. Identify the parts of speech job that each word is doing in the following sentences.

16. She wondered if Victor’s four antique carvings of couples laughing would impress the countess.

17. It’s broken so Twila’s car squeals like a chipmunk each time she pushes on its gas pedal.

18. We ate our popcorn. He ate our popcorn. They ate our popcorn. I ate our popcorn.

19. A person should mind __________ manners in public. People should mind ______ manners in public. Crowley should mind _______ manners in public. Sam and Dean should mind _____ manners in public.

20. Amy needs to bring ____________ own notes to class. Amy and Rory need to bring __________ own notes to class. Everyone needs to bring __________ own notes to class. Neither Amy or Rory need to bring ____________ own notes to class.

21. The audience clapped ________ hands. The people in the audience clapped ____________ hands. Napoleon clapped __________ hands. Churchill and Roosevelt clapped ________ hands.

22. The school releases _______ students daily at 3:30. The teachers release _______ students daily at 3:30.

23. Either Mr. Whitmarsh or Mr. Hubler must give _______ permission before Bob may clone Napoleon for his class project.

24. On Saturday Frank and Bobby remembered their homework assignment and spent the evening building a hoverboard from heavy duty garbage bags, plywood, and a leaf blower in Bobby’s garage.

25. During science in Mr. Hubler’s room, the class discovered a new species of bright purple fungus growing inside Judy’s tank.