Transcript Adjectives and Adverbs - Kenston Local Schools

Mrs. Cingcade
Mrs. Horn
Mrs. Miller
 Copy
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down this sentence on your handout:
The car was parked by the house.
 Now
take a few minutes to draw a picture of
this sentence.
 Now,
copy this sentence down in your
handout:
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Two shiny green cars were parked outside the
two story, red house.
 Take
a few minutes to illustrate this picture.
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So let’s answer the question above?
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Which sentence was easier to create a more accurate
picture?
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What words helped you illustrate the second sentence?
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WHY?
Shiny
Green
Two
Two story
Red
Adjectives help make our writing more descriptive, which
can help readers get a better understand of what you are
writing.
 Watch
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the video and see if you can listen for:
The definition of adjectives
Examples of words that are adjectives
http://youtu.be/Mum1-Nyu4Ps
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Adjectives describe:
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PEOPLE
PLACES and
THINGS
An adjective is a word that describes a noun
or a pronoun.
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Adjectives describe, or modify, nouns in
three ways.
They answer the questions:
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What kind?
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How many?
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We studied ancient history.
I read three chapters over Thanksgiving Break!
Which one?
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That invention changed the world.
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Most adjectives come before the nouns the
modify (describe).
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But…..
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Sometimes they will come after the linking verb.
This is called the predicate adjective.
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Remember this term from our verbs unit? 
Example:
These examples are important.
Linking verb  are
Predicate adjective important
- important describes the
noun examples
 Proper
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Adjectives
Proper Adjectives are adjectives formed from
proper nouns (specific people, places, and
things).
Proper Adjectives are capitalized just like we
capitalize our proper nouns.
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The first example is done for you. Try the second
and third on your own.
Forming Proper Adjectives
Proper Noun
Proper Adjective
Oranges from Florida
Florida Oranges
A symphony by Mozart
Food from Italy
 Now
let’s apply all that we have talked about
today!
 Activity
Day 1
Listen to the song and watch the video below. Think about all
we talked about yesterday and complete the worksheet that
goes along with this video.
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The words:
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A, an, and the
They fall under the adjective category, but are called
articles.
The points to a specific item or items.
 A and an refer to any one item of a group.
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Use A- before word beginning with a consonant
Use An- before word beginning with a vowel or a vowel sound
EXAMPLES:
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Mr. Fromwiller is the head of the 8th Grade D.C. trip.
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Getting a good grade on your report card is an accomplishment
to be proud of!
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words:
This, that, these and those are called
demonstrative adjectives.
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They are used to point out something.
 Examples:
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Take this pencil to class.
Take these glasses to read your book.
That book was fantastic!
Those snowflakes are lovely.
 THIS
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and THAT
Use with SINGULAR nouns (only one)
 THESE
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and THOSE
Use with plural nouns (more than one)
--------------------------------------------------------- THIS and THESE
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Point out something that is close to you
 THAT
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and THOSE
Point out something that is far from you
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chart to help you remember!
Demonstratives
SINGULAR
PLURAL
NEAR
This
These
FAR
That
those
Demonstratives:
Can be use WITH or WITHOUT nouns. When they are
use ALONE (without a noun), they are called demonstrative
pronouns.
EXAMPLES (Demonstrative Pronouns):
This is mine.
These are for you.
 Articles
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and Demonstratives
Let’s put to use all that we learned today and try
some activities along with our lesson!
 Intro
Activity
 Read
the sentences below. Find the errors
and see if you can correct them.
 It
was the interestingest art show I have
seen. The gallery was more smaller than the
other one I visited. I think Mrs. Seitz’s
paintings were beautifuller than any of the
others.
 It
was the interestingest art show I have
seen. The gallery was more smaller than the
other one I visited. I think Mrs. Seitz’s
paintings were beautifuller than any of the
others.
 Interestingest
 More
 ____________________
smaller  ____________________
 Beautifuller
 _____________________
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We use adjectives to compare different things.
Dependending on what we are comparing, our
adjectives will change form.
1st type of Adjective that compares
 Comparitive form  an adjective that compares
two things or people
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1 syllable adjective  add –er to end
2 or more syllabes  add the word more before
adjective
EXAMPLES:
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Adjective: Large – How many syllables? _____
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Is Auburn ___________ than Bainbridge?
Adjective: Beautiful – How many syllables? _____
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Is United States _______ ___________ than Canada?
2nd type of Adjective that compares
 Superlative Form  an adjective compares more
than two things or people
1 syllable  add –est to end of word
 2 or more syllables  add the word most before
adjective
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Examples:
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Adjective: Rich – How many syllables? ____
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Is Bill Gates the ________ man in America?
Adjective: Successful – How many syllables? ____
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Bill Gates is one of the _______ ____________ men in
American today!
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Do not use more or most before adjectives that
already are in comparative or superlative form.
A few examples are done for you. Try
completing the rest chart on your own.
Comparative and Superlative Forms
Adjective
Comparitive
Superlative
Small
Smaller
Smallest
More active
Most active
Dark
Active
Intelligent
 Let’s
put all that we learned to day to use.
 Activity Day 3
 Beginning
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Activity
Complete the following sentences with the
correct form of good.
 Sarah
had a ______ vacation at her
granmother’s house.
 Who
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do you this is the _______ singer of all?
the two IR books, which do you this is the
______?
Let’s see how we did!
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Sarah had a good vacation at her granmother’s
house.
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Who do you this is the best singer of all?
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Of the two IR books, which do you this is the better?
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OH NO!! Adjectives like GOOD do not follow the rules
we talked about yesterday for comparative and
superlative forms.
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We are going to take a look today at special adjectives
that compare!
 The
comparative and superlative forms of
some adjectives are not formed in the
regular manner (as we just saw from our
example).
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Harriet Tubman believed in a good cause.
She knew that freedom was better than slavery.
The Underground Railroad was the best route to
freedom.
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these sentences:
better is the comparative form of the adjective
good
Best is the superlative form of good.
Irregular Comparative and Superlative Forms
Adjective
Comparative
Superlative
Good
Better
Best
Bad
Worse
Worst
Much, many
More
Most
Little
Less
Least
REMEMBER: Do not use more or most before irregular adjectives that
are already in the comparative or superlateive form.
Example:
Tubman felt better at the end of the day. (not more better)
 Day
4 Activity!