2. FFW  Take out homework: Essays; textbook questions  Begin to fill out Summary Worksheet for Act III

3. Homework Review  Go over and discuss textbook questions

4. Linking Verbs  A linking verb connects the subject to a word or word group that renames or describes the subject.

5. Linking Verbs  To find out if a verb is an action or linking verb substitute a form of be in for the verb. If the sentence still makes sense, it is usually a linking verb. If the sentence doesn ’ t make sense, it is usually an action verb.  Example: The ice cream tastes delicious.  Substitute a form of be: The ice cream is delicious.  Example: She tasted the ice cream.  Substitute a form of be: She is the ice cream. * {Forms of be and seem are always linking verbs.}

6. Commonly Used Linking Verbs  Forms of Be:  Other Linking Verbs: ambebeingwas arebeeniswere appeargrowseemstaybecomelooksmelltaste feelremainsoundturn

7. Action vs. Linking Verb Examples  Joe plays baseball. Joe is baseball. (the sentence does not make sense …plays is an action verb )  The roses look pretty.  The roses are pretty. (the sentence makes sense, so it is a linking verb)  When a verb is a linking verb, you can tell because the predicate noun or predicate adjective that follows it renames or describes the subject.

8. Examples  The apple looks rotten.  “ Looks ” links the subject (apple) to the adjective (rotten): rotten = apple  John is one of the great scientists in our area.  “ Is ” links the subject (John) to the adjective (one): John = one  The flowers smell good.  “ Smell ” links the subject (flowers) to the adjective (good): flowers = good

9. Practice What are the linking verbs in the following sentences and what do they connect?  The spectacular ocean appears calm today.  The Wright Brothers are famous for inventing the plane.

10. predicate nominative  A predicate nominative is a noun or a pronoun that renames the subject. (The pronouns that can be predicate nominatives are “I, we, you, she, he, it, and they.”) predicate adjective  A predicate adjective is an adjective that describes the subject. be made plural  Hint: Remember that a predicate nominative can be made plural, but a predicate adjective cannot. Predicate Nominative/Adjective

11. IF your sentence has a LINKING VERB, see if it contains PREDICATE NOMINATIVE or a PREDICATE ADJECTIVE. Predicate Nominative A noun that follows a linking verb and renames the subject of the sentence. Predicate Adjective An adjective that follows the linking verb and describes the subject of the sentence.

12. Example: The children seemed sad after the movie. prepositional phrase prepositional phrase -after the movie linking verb- linking verb- seemed Subject- Subject- children predicate adjective- predicate adjective- sad, because is describes the subject. It cannot be plural.

13. Practice  Predicate Nominative and Predicate Adjective Worksheet (1- 5)

14. Romeo and Juliet  Finish watching Act III

15. Closure  Are there any differences in the movie from what we read in the play from this Act?

16. Homework 1.Act III Journals due Thursday 2.Finish Act III summary worksheet 3.Finish predicate/adjective nominative worksheet