Week 9 Monday, October 12, 2015 Due Dates: Exercises 1­8 from 16.1 are due tomorrow for a completion grade. SSR Book Friday. Learning Objective: Students will define and apply various types of adjectives. Motivation Think­Pair­Shair View the flamingo on the smart board and in two minutes write down as many adjectives as you can to describe it. Then take three minutes to compare answers with you table mate. Some of you will be called on to share your answers. Instruction/Learning: An adjective is used to describe or modify a noun. Adjectives can answer the following questions about a noun: which one, what kind, how many, and how much. Go to mrscaple.com and click on tab "Adjectives and Adverbs." Adjectives usually come directly before a noun, but sometimes come after the noun. Example: The talkative student made friends easily. The student is talkative and made friends easily. Review page 336. The following adjectives are called articles and always come before the noun: a, an, the. A​
dog played in ​
the ​
yard. The​
is a ​
definite ​
article, which refers to something specific. A ​
and ​
An ​
are indefinite articles, which refer to nonspecific. Use A with consonant sounds and An with words that start with vowel sounds. Proper adjectives are capitalized. Review page 341. Compound Adjectives are made up of more than one word: well­known, featherweight. Review page 342. Possessive Adjectives show ownership: his dog. Review page 344 Demonstrative Adjectives are demonstrative pronouns used as adjectives: this, that, these, and those. Review page 345. Interrogative adjectives use interrogative pronouns as adjectives: which, what, and whose. Guided and Independent Practice: Works the examples and first question of Exercises 1­8. Independent Practice / Homework: Students finish Exercises 1­8. Assessment: Exercises 1­8 are due tomorrow for a completion grade. Closing: Regardless of what kind of adjective it is, what questions do they answer? Week 9 Tuesday, October 13, 2015 Due Dates: Diagrams are due tomorrow for a completion grade. SSR Book Friday. Review Exercises 1­8 for a completion grade. Learning Objective: Students will practice diagramming adjectives. Instruction/Learning Review the correct answers to exercises 1­8. Students will diagram sentences. Students need to recognize subject, verb, direct object, indirect object, predicate compliment, and adjectives. Guided and Independent Practice: Diagram #2 and #3 of Exercise 1. Independent Practice / Homework: Students finish Diagramming the following: Exercise 1: #7 Exercise 3: #8 Exercise 4: #1, #3 Exercise 5: #10 Assessment: Diagrams Closing: Regardless of what kind of adjective it is, what questions do they answer? Week 9 Wednesday, October 14, 2015 Due Dates: Exercises 16­20 for a completion grade. SSR Book Friday. Review Diagrams for a completion grade. Learning Objective: Students will define and apply adverbs. Motivation: Two Minute Talk You have 5 minutes to look at the following sentences and discuss with your table mate what words the underline words modify and what is the part of speech of the word modified. She sings ​
beautifully​
. They ​
very​
quietly whispered. Those shoes are ​
really​
dirty. Some of you will be called on to present your answers to the class. Instruction/Learning Adverbs describe or modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. They are the following questions: where, when, how, and to what extent. Review page 348. Guided and Independent Practice: As a class we will answer the #1 of Exercises 16­20. Independent Practice Students will diagram the rest of Exercises 16­20 on their own. Assessment: Exercises 16­20 for a completion daily grade. Closing: What questions to adverbs answer? What do they modify? Week 9 Thursday, October 15, 2015 Due Dates: Diagrams due Monday for a completion grade. Quiz over Adjectives and Adverbs Monday. SSR Book Friday. Review 16­20 for a completion grade. Learning Objective: Students will practice diagramming. Motivation: Hot Seat! Four of you are sitting in a hot seat, meaning there is a sticky note under you chair. Be prepared to answer the following: What do adjectives modify? What questions do adjectives answer? What do adverbs modify? What questions do adverbs answer? Instruction/Learning Review correct answers for exercises 16­20. Guided and Independent Practice: As a class we will diagram Exercise 16 #3. Independent Practice Students will diagram the following on their own: Exercise 17 #1, #5 Exercise 18 #1, #4 Exercise 19 #3. Assessment: Exercise 17 #1, #5 Exercise 18 #1, #4 Exercise 19 #3. Closing: What questions to adverbs answer? What do they modify? Week 9 Friday, October 16, 2015 Due Dates: Diagrams are due Monday. Quiz over Adjectives and Adverbs is Monday. Book Talk due Monday, December 7, 2015. Individually evaluate each thesis statement for a completion grade by calling each student to my desk while the others read at their own desks. Learning Objective: Students will read their books for their book talks. Assessment: Book Talk