Transcript Grammar Made Easier by Harriett Stoker and Tammy Crouch

by Harriett Stoker and Tammy Crouch
What can we do to help them
understand?
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Adapted from Robbie’s presentation
Aug. 7, 2012
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start with nouns, verbs, noun markers—articles (K-2)
(students don’t have to know it to be introduced to it.)
“When I see an article, I know a noun is coming.”
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start with prepositions (3rd)
article, adjective, noun (3-8th)
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Skills become progressively complex
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Words that are ALWAYS verbs
 Words that are ALWAYS adverbs- too, quite, very, always,
never, not, almost)
(a quote they use “not is not a verb, never is never a verb…they
are both adverbs!”)
 Questions that only adverbs answer
(Harriett starts this with, “When I say adverb, you say…” students quote-”how, when,
where, why, and to what extent.”
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Questions that only adjectives answer-Harriett starts this with, “What
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6 functions of a noun or pronoun- subject, direct object, indirect object,
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Harriett gives students list of pronouns
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Common/proper nouns (be able to list these)
are the questions that only an adjective answers?” and students quote, “What kind,
which one and how many?”
object of preposition, predicate nominative, appositive
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Prepositions-
(use Preposition Bingo-first day of school, monthly, and give
students a list of prepositions that they are quizzed on and
allowed to use any other time throughout the year)
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“When I see an article, I know a noun is coming.”
“article, adjective, noun” is another article/noun pattern
Every preposition must have an object (quote it often)
“I know that the object of the preposition is either a
____ or a ____.” **students say noun/pronoun and
identify it… I ask “How did you know?”
“The peace sign”( 98% of the time the verb phrase splits
with the subject in the middle)
lots of adverbs end in –ly
functions (what are things noun/pronoun can do?)
**create your own schedule to address your needs
Why do we put prepositional phrases in jail?
•Because they give us trouble, may cause us to
pick the wrong subject
Say hello to linking verbs:
(they have to LINK)
For vivid writing, Harriett uses a triangle type of writing:
flowers
The flowers
The dancing flowers
The dancing field of flowers
The boy ran.
The cute boy ran quickly.
The cute little boy ran quickly.
The cute little boy ran quickly down the road.
Harriett gives students a “Pronoun Study Sheet” that contains the information from
the next 3 slides:
•What is a pronoun?
o A pronoun is a word used in the place of a noun.
 The word the pronoun refers to is called the antecedent
 I, he, she, we, they, it, you, me, him, her, us, them are
commonly used pronouns
Types of pronouns:
• Personal Pronouns
o A personal pronoun refers to:
 First Person (the one speaking) I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours
 Second Person (the one spoken to) you, your, yours
 Third Person (the one spoken about) he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs
•Reflexive Pronouns
o A reflexive pronoun refers to the subject and functions as a
complement or an object of a preposition
 First Person myself, ourselves
 Second Person yourself, yourselves
 Third Person himself, herself, itself, themselves
•Intensive Pronouns
o An intensive pronoun emphasize a noun or another pronoun
 First Person myself, ourselves
 Second Person yourself, yourselves
 Third Person himself, herself, itself, themselves
• Demonstrative Pronouns
o A demonstrative pronoun points out a person, a place, a
thing, or an idea.
 this, that, these, those
• Interrogative Pronouns
o An interrogative pronoun introduces a question
 what, which, who, whom, whose
• Relative Pronouns
o A relative pronoun introduces a subordinate clause
 that, which, who, whom, whose
• Indefinite Pronouns
o An indefinite pronoun refers to a person, a place, or an idea
that may or may not be specifically named
all
both
everything neither
other
another
each
few
nobody
several
any
each other
many
none
some
anybody
either
more
no other
somebody
anyone
everybody
most
nothing
someone
anything
everyone
much
one
something
Why put prepositional phrases in jail?
Follow-up workshop is possible– just email [email protected]