Do Now take out a pen or pencil

Do Now: take out a pen or pencil & your notes.

September 13, 2018 Objective: to continue grammar unit 1. Prayer 2. Review 3. Parts of speech

Homework Finish POS packet if you do not do so in class Grammar quiz on Monday!!! ● Misused words ● Commas/apostrophes ● Colons/semicolons ● Parts of speech ● Verb/noun agreement

Prayer

In your notes. . . Correct each comma error: ● I took Angie, the one with the freckles, to the movies last night. ● You are, I am sure, telling the truth ● If I am correct, then she won’t enjoy dinner or the movie. Correct each apostrophe error: ● The Mc. Donalds live in the upstairs apartment. ● All of my pens’ ink ran out. ● I wouldn’t do that if I were you.

Noun: person, place, thing, or idea. ● Proper noun: labels names, titles, cities/states/countries ○ To Kill a Mockingbird, New York, Ms. Fierst ● Collective noun: labels a group ○ Family, crew, team ● Concrete noun: can be identified using one of the five senses (taste, smell, touch, sight, hearing) ○ Flowers, sunset, cookies, phone ● Abstract noun: labels an idea, quality, or state of mind ○ Peace, culture, relaxation

Pronoun: used in place of a noun to avoid repetition ● I, me, mine, myself, she, hers, his, us, ours, etc. ○ Ava had soccer practice after school. Ava had to get Ava’s homework done before Ava’s mom allowed Ava to go to practice. Ava got it done without a problem because Ava is a good student. ○ Ava had soccer practice after school. She had to get her homework done before her mom allowed her to go to practice. Ava got it done without a problem because she is a good student.

Verb: word used to describe an action or state. ● Thinking, dancing, shopping, hit, ran, drives ● “Is” is a verb!! ○ Can be a verb (She is lovely. ) ○ Can be a helping verb (He is running to the ball. )

Adverb: describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb. ● Answers a question: ○ How? ○ How much? ○ How often? ○ When? ● Often ends with “ly” ○ Quickly, quietly, secretly

Adjective: describes, modifies, or gives more information about a noun or pronoun. ● Answers a question: ○ Which one? ○ What kind? ○ How many? ● Large, purple, cute, ugly, heavy, happy

Prepositions: shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word. ● Usually indicates the position of something Picture a box! ○ I looked for my keys in my purse. ○ My dog ran along the track with me. ● Avoid ending sentences with prepositions! ○ WRONG: Where did you get that bag from? ○ CORRECT: From where did you get that bag?

Conjunction: used to connect clauses or sentences ● Coordinating conjunction: FANBOYS ● Subordinating conjunction: describe the relationship between a dependent clause and an independent clause ○ As, because, before, since, if, than, that, though, unless, until, whenever, whereas, while, why ○ Ex: We looked on top of the refrigerator, where Jenny often keeps a secret stash of candy.