Transcript Adjectives

Monday, January 10
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Agenda:
Journal
Adjective Notes
Objective vs.
Subjective Writing
• Irony Notes
• Homework:
• Grammar WS due
Thursday
• Defined vocab words
due TOMORROW!
• Vocabulary Quiz &
Grammar Quiz Friday
– Adjectives, adverbs,
nouns, and pronouns
Journal: January 10, 2011
• Think of a time when you experienced a
“disaster” (personal, natural, etc.)
• Write half a page SHOWING (not telling)
this story.
– What happened?
– How did you react?
– What did you see? Hear? Smell? Taste? Etc.
– What did you learn from this experience?
Adjectives
Stupid, dumb,
boring, useless,
ugly GRAMMAR!
Adjective’s Purpose
• An adjective modifies a noun or
pronoun.
• They give more specific or more
detailed information
• An adjective tells: what kind, which
one, how many or how much
Examples
• The dog sat outside the store.
(No adjectives--- very boring)
• The matted and dirty dog sat outside
the white and green store.
We see a better picture of the dog and the
location with the use of adjectives.
Adjectives are tricky:
Indefinite Articles
• Articles are the most common adjectives
– Indefinite articles (a and an) refers to
unspecified members of groups of
people, places, things, or ideas.
• Example 1: Sarah is a ballerina. (the a
modifies ballerina, because it makes it
specific to a group/ type of dancer)
• Example 2: My brother Jack is an
undergrad at UNT. (a specific group of
people “undergrad” freshman and
sophomores at college)
Adjectives are tricky:
Definite Articles
• Definite article (the) refers to a
specific person, place, thing,
or idea.
– Example 1: Ginger went to the store.
(shows a specific place)
– Example 2: Michael went to the Sadie
Hawkins dance with Rachel. (not the
prom or winter formal, or a random
dance)
Notice the difference:
• Do you want to go to a park?
– Specifies one park over many
• Do you want to go to the park?
– this shows there is a specific park
Adverbs
Like verbs only you
ADD to them…GET
IT?!?!
Adjectives vs. Adverbs
• Adjectives describe nouns. Adverbs describe
verbs.
• The yellow basket was full of toys.
– The word yellow describes the basket.
– Since basket is a noun, the word yellow is an
adjective.
• She quickly typed an e-mail.
– The word quickly describes how she typed.
– Since typed is a verb, the word quickly is an adverb.
Adverb’s function
• Modify verbs, adjectives, or
other adverbs.
• They answer the questions:
where? when? how? and to
what extent?
–Often formed by adding -ly to an
adjective.
Adverb’s function
An adverb can describe how an action happens.
example: Jason quickly read the book.
How did Jason read? Quickly.
An adverb can describe when an action happens.
example: We went to the store yesterday.
When did we go? Yesterday.
An adverb can describe where an action happens.
example: He put the paper here.
Where did he put the paper? Here.
Adverbs can be tricky too…Jerks
Intensifier- an adverb that defines the
degree of an adjective or another
adverb.
Intensifiers ALWAYS go BEFORE the
adjectives or adverbs they modify
Example:
• The students were quite rude.
• The ice-cream was very cold.
Examples:
• People have always watched the sky
attentively.
• One element people anxiously look
for is a storm.
• There are people who are drawn
irresistibly to storms.
• Some people act very foolishly by
refusing to take shelter.
Answers
• People have always watched the sky
attentively.
• One element people anxiously look
for is a storm.
• There are people who are drawn
irresistibly to storms.
• Some people act very foolishly by
refusing to take shelter.
Tuesday, January 11
Agenda:
• Check Vocabulary
• Go over definitions
• Adj and Adv Practice
• Titanic FUN FACTS! 
• Begin reading “RMS
Titanic”
Homework:
• Grammar WS due
Thursday
• Vocabulary Quiz &
Grammar Quiz Friday
– Adjectives, adverbs,
nouns, and pronouns
Vocabulary Defined
• Dramatic Irony- the reader knows something
important that the characters do not know.
• Situational Irony- what happens is the opposite
of what is expected to happen or should have
happened
• Stevedores- persons who load and unload
ships
• Poised- balanced; in position
Vocabulary Defined
• Quorum- the number of people required
for a particular activity
• Farcical- absurd; ridiculous
• Foundered- filled with water, so that it
sank; generally, collapsed or failed
• Quelled- quieted; subdued
Vocabulary Defined
• Ascertain- find out with certainty; determine
• Leviathan- Biblical sea monster; perhaps a
whale
• Pertinent- having some connection with the
subject
• Garbled- confused; mixed up
Vocabulary Defined
• Perfunctory- not exerting much effort;
unconcerned
• Strakes- single lines of metal plating extending
the whole length of the ship
• Recriminations- accusations against an
accuser; countercharges
• Bollards- strong posts on a pier or wharf for
holding a ship’s mooring ropes
Vocabulary Defined
• Superlative- supreme; better than all
others
• Vainly- without success; fruitlessly
• Corroborated- supported; upheld the truth
of
Adjective or Adverb?
1. The lonely scientist turned a lowly insect into a
radioactive terror.
2. Some stories about real people are really
strange.
3. A weird tale may appear in the daily
newspaper.
4. I read the newspaper daily.
5. Animals eat well in the zoo.
Adjective or Adverb?
1. Some people say that if you accidentally
step on a spider, rain will come.
2. If this idea were true, it would be raining
everywhere, all the time.
3. South Sea islanders say that if you see a
spider drop down in front of you, you will
receive a present.