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Mrs. Cingcade Mrs. Horn Mrs. Miller Copy 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: Two shiny green cars were parked outside the two story, red house. Take a few minutes to illustrate this picture. So let’s answer the question above? Which sentence was easier to create a more accurate picture? What words helped you illustrate the second sentence? 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 the video and see if you can listen for: The definition of adjectives Examples of words that are adjectives http://youtu.be/Mum1-Nyu4Ps • Adjectives describe: • • • • PEOPLE PLACES and THINGS An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun. • • Adjectives describe, or modify, nouns in three ways. They answer the questions: • What kind? • • How many? • • We studied ancient history. I read three chapters over Thanksgiving Break! Which one? • That invention changed the world. • Most adjectives come before the nouns the modify (describe). • But….. • Sometimes they will come after the linking verb. This is called the predicate adjective. • Remember this term from our verbs unit? Example: These examples are important. Linking verb are Predicate adjective important - important describes the noun examples Proper 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. 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. The words: 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. Use A- before word beginning with a consonant Use An- before word beginning with a vowel or a vowel sound EXAMPLES: Mr. Fromwiller is the head of the 8th Grade D.C. trip. Getting a good grade on your report card is an accomplishment to be proud of! The words: This, that, these and those are called demonstrative adjectives. They are used to point out something. Examples: Take this pencil to class. Take these glasses to read your book. That book was fantastic! Those snowflakes are lovely. THIS and THAT Use with SINGULAR nouns (only one) THESE and THOSE Use with plural nouns (more than one) --------------------------------------------------------- THIS and THESE Point out something that is close to you THAT and THOSE Point out something that is far from you A 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 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 _____________________ 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 1 syllable adjective add –er to end 2 or more syllabes add the word more before adjective EXAMPLES: Adjective: Large – How many syllables? _____ Is Auburn ___________ than Bainbridge? Adjective: Beautiful – How many syllables? _____ 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 Examples: Adjective: Rich – How many syllables? ____ Is Bill Gates the ________ man in America? Adjective: Successful – How many syllables? ____ Bill Gates is one of the _______ ____________ men in American today! 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 Activity Complete the following sentences with the correct form of good. Sarah had a ______ vacation at her granmother’s house. Who Of do you this is the _______ singer of all? the two IR books, which do you this is the ______? Let’s see how we did! Sarah had a good vacation at her granmother’s house. Who do you this is the best singer of all? Of the two IR books, which do you this is the better? OH NO!! Adjectives like GOOD do not follow the rules we talked about yesterday for comparative and superlative forms. 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). Harriet Tubman believed in a good cause. She knew that freedom was better than slavery. The Underground Railroad was the best route to freedom. In 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!