Teacher Resource Unit

This Power Point contains information and links to lesson plans on the Parts of Speech, following the objectives of the Arkansas Frameworks. This unit was developed during the July, 2007, AETN Arkansas Technology Institute by Team C the Team members included: Terri Hoglund James Jordan Judie Krile Mary Riggins Dannis Veasley Tricia Young Hope School District Springdale School District NLR-St. Patrick School Texarkana School District Augusta School District DeWitt School District-Gillett

Arkansas Language Arts Frameworks: Strand: Writing Standard 6: Conventions Students shall apply knowledge of Standard English conventions in written work

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W.6.6.6 – Use of knowledge of the parts of speech to construct effective sentences: Common and proper nouns Pronouns to avoid repetition Active and linking verbs Adjectives to modify nouns and pronouns Adverbs to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs Coordinate conjunctions to join Interjections for excitement Prepositions to indicate relationships W.6.6.7 – Apply conventions of grammar with emphasis on the following: Subject-verb agreement Parts of speech Parts of a sentence Conjugation in perfect verb tenses Possessive nominative, and objective pronouns

Review: Parts of Speech

Part One: Article

the, a , or an

Noun

A word that names something, such as a person, place, thing, quality, or idea.

Hint: Noun = Name The word that answers the question "What?" after an article is a noun

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Common Noun

A word that names just any member of a group or class.

man, city, school, relative

Proper Noun

A word that refers to a particular individual in a group or class.

Albert Lawson, Toledo, Central Cambria High School, Aunt Theresa

Review: Parts of Speech

Part Two: Pronoun

A word that substitutes for a noun.

Personal Pronouns

Substitute for definite persons or things.

I, you, he, she, it, we, they

Demonstrative Pronouns

Substitute for things being pointed out.

this, that, these, those

Indefinite Pronouns

Substitute for unknown or unspecified things.

each, either, neither, one, anyone, somebody, everything, all, few, many, and so on

Possessive Pronouns

Substitute for things that are possessed.

mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs

Intensive Pronoun

Used to add emphasis.

You yourself made the decision

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Reflexive Pronoun

Names the receiver of an action when the doer is the same as the receiver; renames the doer.

The boy fell and hurt himself.

Review: Parts of Speech

Part Three: Verb

A word that expresses action, existence, or occurrence by combining with a subject to make a statement, to ask a question, or to give a command.

Let's paint the car.

Hint: Any word that will function in this position to complete the command is a verb. Only works with the present form of the verb. Let's painted the car would not work.

Let's ____________. (action word)

Review: Parts of Speech

Part Four: Adjective

A word that describes or limits a noun.

The small child left. The child is small. Mary looked unhappy. The hostess, calm and serene, entered the hall

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Adverb

A word that modifies anything except a noun or a pronoun.

Manner: John performed well. Time: I must leave now. Frequency: We often go on picnics. Place: There he sat, alone and quiet. Direction: The police officer turned away. Degree: I could barely hear the speaker.

Hint: Answers the questions: How? When? Where?

Review: Parts of Speech

Part : Five Conjunction

A conjunction is a joiner, a word that connects parts of a sentence.

And but or nor for yet so

Interjections

Interjections are words or phrases used to exclaim or protest or command. They sometimes stand by themselves, but they are often contained within larger structures.

Wow! I won the lottery! Oh, I don't know about that. I don't know what the heck you're talking about. No, you shouldn't have done that.

Review: Parts of Speech Part : Six Preposition

above between next to in before onto among

Prepositions are used before nouns to give additional information in a sentence. Usually, prepositions are used to show where something is located or when something happened

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below beside with at into for over in front of by from off under behind in the middle of on from since during

Links to Lesson Plans

The following lesson plans were found on-line .

1. From the Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan website http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml

came the following:

Mad Lib- Screams!!!

by Peri Sandifer

More Grammar Review Using “Jabberwocky”

by Kim Wilson

Create Your Own Grammar Exercise

by J. Cummings 2. From TeAchnology website- a variety of lesson plans and free activity sheets http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/language_arts/adjectives/ 3. From the LessonPlansPage website http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ came the following:

Parts of Speech Integrated with Computers

by Jill Dembsky

Kinetic Parts of Speech

by Penny Casey

Personification

by Debbie Aubert

Tongue Twisters

by Ryan Pollan

Pop Pronouns

by Laurie Frazier

Adjective/Adverb “Taboo”

by Steve Garcia 4. From the Read·Write·Think website http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=6

Sentence Quest: Using Parts of Speech to Write Descriptive Sentences

by Renee Goularte Return to home