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Transcript
Follow these directions:
 Get
your literary notebook and
respond:
Type 2
date
Copy three sentences from the pages
you read last night of your PCR book
that contain vivid verbs. Underline the
verbs.
Today’s Agenda:
Review HW
 Mini Lesson: Adjectives
 Practice with Schooled
 Homework: worksheet and study for
quiz

What are Adjectives?
Picture a car in your mind.
Do you have an
image in your head?
Now make it red.
What is an Adjective?
Now make it fast.
What is an Adjective?
Now make it old-fashioned.
What is an Adjective?
Now make it broken.
Pick a secret object
(person or thing)
in the room.
Write a list of words that describes this
object.
Use your five senses!
An adjective describes Example:
a noun or a pronoun.
happy dog
An adjective answers:
What kind?
that boy
Which one?
How many?
seven girls
How much?
enough money
Can you find the
adjectives?
First find the nouns and/or pronouns…
We saw the gray elephant at the zoo.
Then ask, “What words describe?”
WHAT KIND?
WHICH ONE?
HOW MANY?
HOW MUCH?
Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns and/or pronouns…
He found two pennies on the ground.
Then ask, “What words describe?”
WHAT KIND?
WHICH ONE?
HOW MANY?
HOW MUCH?
Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns and/or pronouns…
Those children heard the bell.
Then ask, “What words describe?”
WHAT KIND?
WHICH ONE?
HOW MANY?
HOW MUCH?
Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns and/or pronouns…
I loaned my Uggs to my younger sister.
Then ask, “What words describe?”
WHAT KIND?
WHICH ONE?
HOW MANY?
HOW MUCH?
Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns and/or pronouns…
I wish I had more money!
Then ask, “What words describe?”
WHAT KIND?
WHICH ONE?
HOW MANY?
HOW MUCH?
Location of Adjectives
Adjectives can be located in three places in a
sentence.
1.
Most common location is directly in front of the
noun it is modifying.
Ex. the big dog, the new toy
2.
Location #2 is after a linking verb or verb.
Ex. The game was interesting.
3. Location #3 occurs after a noun when it is set off by
commas.
Ex. The book, well-written and suspenseful, kept my
interest.
Articles = Adjectives
Articles:

a - refers to any noun
– Example: Please hand me a cup of flour.

an – refers to any noun that begins
with a vowel
– Example: Please hand me an egg.

the – refers to a specific noun
– Example: Please hand me the cup of flour
and the egg.
Proper Adjectives
An adjective that is formed from a proper
noun.
 Proper adjectives, like proper nouns, are
capitalized.
 Proper adjectives, like proper nouns, are
specific.
 Examples:

– I enjoy Italian cuisine.

Italian (proper adjective)  Italy (proper noun)
– Capricorn Anderson worshiped at a Buddhist shrine.

Buddhist (proper adjective)  Buddha (proper noun)
Announcement:
Grammar
Quiz
Tuesday
15 pts.

What to Study:
– Common noun
– Proper noun
– Pronoun
– Antecedent
– Action verb
– Linking verb
– Adjective
– Article
– Proper Adjective
Homework:
Adjective worksheet (2-sided)
 Study for grammar quiz (Tuesday)

Follow these directions:
1.
Type 2
Lesson Closure – 6 points date
Copy this famous quotation into your journal
and identify: ADJECTIVE, ARTICLE,
VERB, NOUNS, and PRONOUN:
“The only thing to fear is fear itself.”