English 51Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Parts of Speech Review

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

A Little Bit of Business: Vocab and Reading Journals

Six parts of speech

Noun Adjective Adverb Verb Pronoun Preposition

Nouns

A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing

It can function as a subject, an object or a possessive in a sentence.

A proper noun is the name of something specific, like a person’s name, or a place, like a town.

For example, Melissa or Roseville.

How many nouns can you find? 1 was Johnny who lived by himself

2 was a rat who jumped on his shelf3 was a cat who chased the rat4 was a dog who came in and sat5 was a turtle who bit the dog's tail6 was a monkey who brought in the mail7 a blackbird pecked poor Johnny's nose

(One was Johnny)

8 was a tiger out selling old clothes9 was a robber who took an old shoe10 was a puzzle - what should Johnny do

(One was Johnny)

He stood on a chair and said,Here's what I'll do - I'll start toCount backwardsAnd when I am throughIf this house isn't empty, I'll eatAll of you!

9 was the robber who left looking pale8 was the tiger who chased him to jail7 was the blackbird flew off to Havana6 was the monkey who stole the banana5 was the turtle who crawled off to bed4 was the dog who slid home on a sled

(One was Johnny)

3 was the cat who pounced on the rat2 was the rat who left with the cat

(One was Johnny, one was Johnny,One was Johnny)

1 was Johnny who lived by himselfAnd liked it like that!

(One was Johnny, one was Johnny)

Pronouns

A pronoun is a word that can take a place of a noun.

It can be a subject or object in a sentence.

It can also be used to show possession.

Young Melissa liked to

(noun)

read when she was (pronoun)

young.

She still likes to read.

Her books are always dog-eared.

Adjectives

Adjectives are words that modify (describe or limit) nouns or pronouns.

They can be found before a noun or later in a sentence and refer back to the noun or pronoun.

Young Melissa loved to

read. Melissa loved to

read

when she was young.

Count the Adjectives Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky

It had the one long horn, one big eyeI commenced to shakin' and I said "ooh-eee"It looks like a purple eater to me

It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater(One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater)A one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eaterSure looks strange to me (One eye?)

Well he came down to earth and he lit in a treeI said Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat meI heard him say in a voice so gruffI wouldn't eat you cuz you're so tough

It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eaterOne-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eaterOne-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eaterSure looks strange to me (One horn?)

I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your lineHe said it's eatin' purple people and it sure is fineBut that's not the reason that I came to landI wanna get a job in a rock and roll band

Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eaterPigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater(We wear short shorts)Flyin' purple people eaterSure looks strange to me

And then he swung from the tree and he lit on the groundHe started to rock, really rockin' aroundIt was a crazy ditty with a swingin' tuneSing a boop boop aboopa lopa lum bam boom

Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eaterPigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eaterI like short shortsFlyin' little people eaterSure looks strange to me (Purple People?)

And then he went on his way, and then what do ya knowI saw him last night on a TV showHe was blowing it out, a'really knockin' em deadPlayin' rock and roll music through the horn in his head

Verbs

Verbs tell time Verbs also give action to a sentence Verbs fall into three categories

› Action verbs: what is happening and when› Linking verbs: connect subject to a

description or identifier› Helping verbs: combine with another verb

to make a verb phrase

What are they doing?

Adverbs

Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

Some adverbs are easy to recognize because they end in –ly.

Common adverbs: › Manner (how)

Very Quite quickly really

› Frequency (how often) Always Usually sometimes

› Place: Here There everywhere

› Time: Yesterday Today Tomorrow

How are they doing it?

Prepositions

Prepositions usually indicate place.

Some common prepositions: › On› In› Off› At› Under› within

Prepositional phrases are groups of words that contain a preposition and an object of the preposition.

He was on the train.

Using the picture below, come up with as many prepositional phrases as you can

Diagnostic Writing Activity

You have the rest of the class to complete the assignment. Take your time. I will not be grading these, but we will use them for self evaluation at the end of the semester. I will also be using them to get an idea of what skills we may or may not need to work on this semester.

Homework

Read: Chapter 1: Ender’s Game•There is a copy on reserve in the library. It will probably also be available at any public library. •You may also find this text electronically ($6.99 at Amazon, $6.99 at Barnes & Noble, and I couldn’t access iBooks)•If you spend a lot of time in a car or otherwise connected to headphones, you could also check out an audiobook through Audible.com.

Complete the vocabulary handoutComplete the reading journal

NO CLASS ON MONDAY!!