15 JAN 2016
If you did not submit yesterday’s group vocabulary assignment do so NOW.
BELL ACTIVITY: JOURNAL: DESCRIBE IN DETAIL an experience or
period of time when you had to adjust to changes. What was the
change and how did you have to adjust? What problems or
challenges came with the change? Was the change a good thing?
DID YOU FOLLOW THE LAW OF ADAPTABILITY?
TODAY WE WILL LEARN …
who Buck’s new owner will be
how language and grammar developed
of 8 JOBS that a word might do in a sentence.
which job is filled by the word “job” in this sentence?
Working on Vocab list 2
You will need
your glossary
a pen
the new definitions list
your copy of the novel
DEVELOPMENTAL LEARNING STAGES:
0-2
2-7
7-11
11 +
BEST GRAMMAR JOKE
How and why we developed the
different parts of speech.
PARTS OF SPEECH
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
NOUN,
PRONOUN,
VERB,
PREPOSITION,
ADJECTIVE,
ADVERB,
CONJUNCTION,
INTERJECTION
JOBS
THESE ARE THE
THAT
WORDS PERFORM IN A PHRASE.
SOME WORDS DO MOSTLY
ONE JOB,
ALL THE TIME
I, ME, YOU, HE, SHE, THEY, IT,
IS, AM, ARE, WAS, WERE,
OF, TO, FOR, FROM,
CAT, DOG, FREEDOM
…..ETC.
That is why at an elementary level you learned to
identify certain words as certain parts of speech.
CAT = NOUN
BOOK = NOUN
That is also why there are a few
WORD LISTS
which we will memorize.
I, YOU, HE, SHE, IT, THEY, WE
The memorized words act as
KEYS
to figuring out the rest of the sentence.
ARTICLE
ADJECTIVES
ARTICLE ADJECTIVES
WE ARE THE ARTICLE
ADJECTIVES:
A, AN, THE
A, AN, THE
TEENY, TINY ARTICLE
ADJECTIVES:
A, AN, THE
A, AN, THE
HOWEVER,
YOUR BRAINS ARE NOW DEVELOPED ENOUGH TO
RECOGNIZE THAT
MOST WORDS CAN DO
MORE THAN
ONE JOB.
jump
JUMP as a verb = Johnny jumps over the puddle
JUMP as a noun = Jonny’s 10 foot jump advanced him
to the state track meet.
JUMP as an adjective = Johnny kept a jump box in his
garage to build jumping muscles.
JUMP as an adverb…….
WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHETHER A WORD IS A
Noun
Pronoun
Preposition
Adjective
Verb
Adverb
Conjunction
or interjection
YOU NEED TO DETERMINE
It’s JOB,
how it is related to other words in the
sentence or phrase..
How do you determine
A WORD’S JOB ?
The other words in the
sentence will give
you the
clues needed.
How do you determine
A WORD’S JOB ?
Understanding the
job descriptions
for all 8 jobs helps also.
a. Identifies an action or state of being
b. Modifies a noun or pronoun only.
c. Modifies a verb, adverb, or adjective
d. Connects nouns, phrases and/or clauses, may be coordinating or
subordinating.
e. Identifies a person, a place, a thing or an idea.
f. A specific list of generic words which replace a noun or noun
phrase, and act just like a noun.
g. A word with no grammatical value other than to show emotion or
as a space filler
h. always the first word in a prepositional phrase.
A noun is a word used
to identify something: a
person, place, thing or
idea.
THE BASIC CATAGORIES
OF NOUNS…..
ALL NOUNS
ARE EITHER
PROPER OR
COMMON
&
ALL NOUNS
ARE EITHER
CONCRETE
OR ABSTRACT
Proper Noun
A proper noun is the name of a
SPECIFIC person, place, thing, or idea.
Proper nouns are always
CAPITALIZED.
Brett Favre, Maniac McGee, Lowell
Scott Middle School, Sunday,
September, English, Brazil, Boise,
Idaho, George Washington, Judaism,
Common Noun
A common noun is any noun that
does NOT name a specific person, place,
thing, or idea.
Common nouns are
NOT CAPITALIZED.
child, country, rainbow, winter, tree,
chair, school, state, city, religion,
blockhead, happiness, north
Concrete Noun
A concrete noun names a thing that
has atomic structure or pattern.
Concrete Nouns can be SENSED
(SEEN, HEARD, TOUCHED,
SMELLED, TASTED).
Concrete nouns can be either proper
or common.
Abraham Lincoln, mountain,
Boise River, oxygen,
cement, smell of roses, a
rock, dirt,
Abstract Noun
An abstract noun names something
you think about or feel (such as ideas,
beliefs, philosophies and emotions) but
cannot sense. An abstract noun has
no physical structure. Abstract
nouns can be either common or
proper.
Christianity, Judaism, poverty,
love, time, distance
Singular Noun
One noun.
A singular NOUN must be paired with a
_____________ VERB.
A SINGULAR NOUN ______ ____ end in “S”
SINGULAR VERBS ______ end in “S”.
The boy runs home.
Collective No
A collective noun names A COLLECTION or A GROUP of individual
nouns.
It has many members of the group
but is ONE, SINGULAR GROUP & must be matched
with a SINGULAR verb.
People ……………. a tribe, a congregation, a class, a team
Animals…………… a herd, a flock, a clutch, a litter, a murder
Places………………the United States, the Rocky Mountains, a neighborhood
Things………………a batch, a cluster, a bunch
A Collection of Collective Nouns
A catch of fish.
An army of ants.
A flight of birds.
A flock of birds.
A ostentation of peacocks
A flock of sheep.
A herd of deer/cattle...
A hive of bees.
A litter of cubs.
A smack of jellyfish
A rhumba of rattle snakes
A cackle of hyenas
A charm of hummingbirds
A congress of baboons
A crew of sailors
A class of students
An illusion of painters
A memory of elephants
A huddle of penguins
A class of students.
An army of soldiers.
A choir of singers.
A crew of sailors.
A band of musicians.
A bunch of crooks.
A crowd of people
A gang of thieves.
A group of dancers.
A team of players.
A troupe of dancers.
A pack of thieves.
A staff of employees.
A tribe of natives.
An audience of listeners.
A panel of experts.
A gang of laborers.
A flock of tourists.
A board of directors.
A host of sparrows.
A team of horses.
A parliament of owls
A zoo of wild animals.
A pack of wolves.
A litter of puppies/kittens.
A swarm of ants/flies.
A team of horses.
A murder of crows.
A kennel of dogs.
A pack of hounds
An army of soldiers
A sentence of judges
A superfluity of nuns
A rascal of boys
A mob of kangaroos
A worship of writers
An exaltation of larks
A mischief of mice