Participial Phrases

Mitchell Faulkner, Zach Klan, James Garner

Lesson 1! Definition

• A phrase consisting of a participle and its related words, such as modifiers, and compliments, all of which act together as an adjective.

Lesson 2! Indicators

• The participle: a verb form (past or present participle, usually ending in –ed or –ing) that is used as an adjective.

Lesson 3! Examples

• The running water is healthy!

• The falling snow is beautiful!

• Working around the clock, the men helped the old people.

• The pond was frozen over since early December, is now safe for ice skating.

GAME TIME!!!

The Rules

• This game, in some countries, is considered around the world… but it is completely original.

• You stand up and move to the person next to you. Then you proceed to answer the question that you are asked, to move on.

• If you are wrong you have to sit down in the person’s seat, and they move on.

Taste the rainbow

• The boy ran!

• The play, begun sharply at eight, ended in two hours.

Next Level

• The water boiled over the pot.

• The whispering breeze scattered seeds.

Your moving on!

• Holding the torch steadily, Merdine approached the monster.

• After the storm I stepped in a puddle.

Doing good

• Merdine waved the torch over her head, making a great ring of white light.

• After running a mile the boy was tired.

Keep going!

• The boy got a weekly allowance of ten dollars.

• Discouraged by the long hours and low pay, my sister finally quit her job.

Level 6!

• Curling my toes and squinting, I waited for the doctor to puncture my arm with a needle.

• The boy hates getting shots, and will do anything to get out of doing them.

Level 7

• My father’s hair, is streaked with gray and receding on both sides.

• My father is old.

Wish we were you…..

• Refusing to surrender and functioning with limited supplies, General Anderson waited for reinforcements at Fort Sumter.

• Most people find history lame and boring, but not history teachers!

…..Not

• The Battle of Gettysburg, a significant turning point in the war lasting on three days, was won by the Union Army.

• Who doesn’t love learning about American History?

You’re getting the hang of this

• Soon to win the game, the boy was excited.

• General Sherman blazing his way through the South led the campaign famously called The March to the Sea.

You’re doing swimmingly

• We will learn about the civil war in American Studies this year.

• Surrendering at Appomattox Courthouse to Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee acquiesced to ending the bloodiest four years in American History

Cow tipping, fun had by all!

• The boy wanted to know why his classmates PowerPoint was chalk full of Civil war sentences.

• Colonel Chamberlain, credited with saving the left flank of the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg used a textbook maneuver to defeat the Confederate forces.

Love makes the world go round

• Capturing the city of Vicksburg, Ulysses S. Grant spilt the Confederacy in two.

• The boys friends explained to him that they liked the Civil war.

Who says your to old to……

• General Pickett, humiliated by the defeat of his division at Gettysburg, never forgave General Lee.

• The boy said he would be humiliated as well if he had lost like that.

TRICK OR TREAT!

• The boy was thankful when his classmates ran out of civil war sentences.

• Using his loudest voice, the actor recited the famous speech.

Horrible Jokes and Grammar…

• The class found their peers jokes to be very funny and laughed.

• Forgetting her lines, the actress tried to regain her poise.

…..the best way to learn

• The boy thought his dog sounded a bit like a puppy.

• Taken by surprise the audience jumped when the gun sounded.

“Leggo my Eggo”

• The boy enjoyed waffles and ate them every morning.

• The woman crying quietly, was deeply moved by the performance.

Grammar is important kids…

• The boy wondered why he was constantly being brought up.

• Made by the famous designer, the costumes were gorgeous.

…so stay in school, its cool.

• The girl liked it when her boyfriend got her flowers.

• The roses thrown onto the stage were a sign of appreciation.

Level 21!

• The girl now failing trigonometry went to go find herself a tutor.

• The funny actress, entering the stage backwards, caused the people to laugh

Oooooooo its Level 22!

• Turning the lights to blue, the stage manager made the scene appear like night.

• The boy liked poetry because he could rhyme on a dime.

Omg! level 23!

• The student’s teacher was very proud of their hard work.

• The audience delighted with the performance, began to clap wildly.

“Green eggs and ham Sam I am.”

• The father read Green Eggs and Ham to his child.

• General P.T. Beauregard, faced with possible surrender, fired the first shot against the North, which began the American Civil War.

Almost there now…

• General Stonewall Jacks, the most famous Confederate general and wounded by his men, died at the of Chancellorsville.

• The boy cried when he saw the Civil War sentences yet again.

Last one!

• Gone with the Wind and Uncle Tom’s Cabin became popular novels depicting fictional events and characters from this tumultuous period in history.

• The class applauded their peers on their hard efforts to help them learn.

Good Job!You win.