1. Prepositional Phrases

2. Use each prepositional phrase in a sentence:  in the house  with the family  behind the bookshelf  toward the water

3. What do you notice about the location, length, and function of each prepositional phrase in your sentences? What did you notice about the words in the prepositional phrases?

4. STAIRS PREPOSITIONS ARE WORDS THAT SHOW POSITION, DIRECTION, OR HOW TWO WORDS OR IDEAS ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER. SPECIFICALLY, A PREPOSITION SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ITS OBJECT AND SOME OTHER WORD IN A SENTENCE. THE CAT HID UNDER THE STAIRS. (UNDER SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HID AND STAIRS. STAIRS IS THE OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION) What is a preposition?

5. AboardAlongAtBut AboutAlong withBeforeBy AboveAmidBelowDown According toAmongBeneathDown AcrossAroundBesideDuring AfterAside fromBesidesExcept AgainstAs ofBetweenFor FromNearOverUntil InNext toPastUnto In addition toOfSinceUp In front ofOffThroughUpon InsideOnThroughoutWith In spite ofOn account ofToWithin Instead ofTowardWithoutOut IntoOut ofUnderUnderneath

6. What is a prepositional phrase? A preposition never appears alone; it is always part of a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase includes the preposition, the object of the preposition, and the modifiers of the object. ontrampoline The girls jumped on the trampoline. downstreet The boy ran down the street. The words in blue are the prepositions. The words in green are the objects of the prepositions – nouns that follow the prep & finish out the prep phrase.

7. NOT Sentence expansion: On the next panel, add prepositional phrases to each of these sentences. Challenge…put the prepositional phrases in a different location in each sentence and do NOT use the same preposition more than once. Hint – For a list of prepositions, see page 112-113 in your book. The soldiers were marching. The soldiers were shouting. The soldiers were searching.

9. Share responses: Which prepositions did you use? Which objects did you use?

10. Sentence Creation: Create three sentences using a prepositional phrase in each. I will provide you with a blank panel. You can use your stylus pen, full panel text, or insert a text box to write your sentences. Submit the panel to me when you’re finished!

11. moving the location Now, rewrite your sentences moving the location of the prepositional phrase.

12. Just for Fun! http://youtu.be/byszemY8Pl8

13. Grammar Book: Pg. 743 There are two different exercises on page 743. You are going to complete both of them. Don’t begin yet! Let’s read the directions together. I need you to write neatly because you’ll be turning this into the blue file organizer in the back of the room. Please make sure you NAME is on the top & you highlight your name! When you’re done, get a piece of computer paper off of the front table.

14. Preposition Illustration (Daily Classwork: 15 points) You are going to come up with a sentence that contains a prepositional phrase. Then, you’re going to illustrate it. Here’s what you’ll do: – Write your sentence at the top of the page and underline your prepositional phrase. – At the bottom of the page, indicate which word is the preposition and which word is the object. – Illustrate & Color a picture portraying your sentence in the middle of your paper. *Let’s look at my example on the next panel! (Warning…I’m not the most artistic person )