Transcript Pig Lesson

Jennifer Downey
Instructional Coach - LCPS
“The Pig
Lesson”
Teaches: The Parts of Speech
Sentence Formation
Word Choice
Vivid Verbs! No Naked Nouns!
Where Phrases (place)
Time Phrases (when)
Other Names (who)
in the mud
before breakfast
pig
oinker
under the bard
during the night
hog
piglet
behind the fence
throughout the day
sow
boar
Conjunctions (glue words)
and but
or
$ words Use them once
Verbs (what)
Name:
runs
rolls
waddles oinks
eats
grunts
Articles (helpers)
a
after that they cost $1 
an
* really
* very
Adverbs (how)
loudly
lazily
Adjectives (clothes)
Why Words
because… he is
hungry
happily
so…
he can sleep
big
fat
pink
smelly
muddy
lazy
stinky
sloppy
the
WHO
a fat, dirty hog
WHAT
rolls and grunts
HOW
very loudly
WHERE
in the mud
WHEN
WHY
throughout the day
because he is hungry
A fat, dirty hog rolls and grunts very
loudly in the mud throughout the
day because he is hungry.
Throughout the day, a fat, dirty hog
rolls and grunts very loudly in the
mud because he is hungry.
Now come up with Four Fabulous Sentence of your own! 
Pig Paragraphs!
Now that you have mastered Four Fabulous
Sentences…write a pig paragraph!
Pick your favorite sentence
and use it in a paragraph.
Remember….
Crack the Code!!!
N 2 S B WSW
No Two Sentences Begin With the Same Word
No Naked Nouns!
Naked
With “Clothes”
student
super star student
school
brand new school
teacher
energetic teacher
fieldtrip
long fieldtrip
field
muddy football field
band room
organized band room
Vivid Verbs
Verbs
Vivid Verbs
…runs for the trees
…sprints for the trees
…hits a homerun
…smacks a homerun
…kills a pig
…slaughters a pig
…jumps over a mud puddle
…hurdles over a mud puddle.
Pig Printables
Student printable worksheets to follow
• Blank Pig
• Pig Paragraph (final draft)
Where Phrases (place)
Conjunctions: (glue words)
Time Phrases (when)
Verbs (what)
Other Names (who)
Name:
Articles: (helpers)
$ words Use them once
after that they cost $1 
* really
* very
Adverbs (how)
Adjectives (clothes)
Why Words
Printable worksheet
J. Downey 2007
My Pig Paragraph
Name: _______________________
Teacher: _____________ Date: ____________
Directions: Write the final copy of your pig paragraph
here and decorate your pig!
Describe WHERe
Describe WHAT
Favorite Fabulous Sentence Here
Describe WHY
Power Sentence
Describe WHO
Describe WHAT
My hog’s name is Pops and he
loves to roll around in the mud.
The mud on our farm is cool and
wet from the rain last night.
Favorite Fabulous Sentence Here
Describe WHY
Throughout the day, a fat, dirty hog
rolls and grunts very loudly in the
mud because he is hungry.
Whenever Pops grunts loudly I
know he is hungry.
Power Sentence
After I feed Pops he stops
grunting but he still loves rolling
in the mud!
Remember: No Naked Nouns, Vivid Verbs, N2SBWSW!
NO
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