Dropped
Inflectional
Endings
Ms. Brooks
March 27, 2013
Part I: DO NOW (5 min)
 Close
 No
laptops / Put away phones
more than 5 students per table group!
 Pick
up Handout on the front table
 Complete
Pt. I on Handout
Inflectional Endings (& Music!)

READ each of the quotes below. IDENTIFY the words
that you think have inflectional endings. EXPLAIN why
you decided on the word.
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One good thing about music, when it hits you,
you feel no pain ~ Bob Marley

Music doesn’t lie. If there is something to be
changed in this world, then it can only happen
through music ~ Jimi Hendrix
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I don’t make music for my eyes, I make music
for my ears ~ Adele
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe ~
Lao Tzu
Inflectional Endings (& Music!)

One good thing about music, when it
hits you, you feel no pain ~ Bob Marley

Music doesn’t lie. If there is something to
be changed in this world, then it can only
happen through music ~ Jimi Hendrix

I don’t make music for my eyes, I
make music for my ears ~ Adele

Music in the soul can be heard by
the universe ~ Lao Tzu
Part II: So, what? Definitions &
Examples
 DEFINITION:
Inflectional endings are
suffixes that indicate tense, plurality,
comparison or part of speech.
 Dropping
an inflectional ending
essentially drops the verb tense.
Examples: (7 min)
 Hazel
use to tuck her tail between her legs
when she hear loud noises.
 Hazel
used to tuck her tail between her
legs when she heard loud noises.

Ellen Degeneres ask her audience members, “Is
everyone ready to do the Harlem Shake?” One
member say he brought his gorilla mask just in
case.

Ellen Degeneres asked her audience members,
“Is everyone ready to do the Harlem Shake?”
One member said he brought his gorilla mask
just in case.
Examples II
 Loud,
the woman from Atlanta ask why it
was snowed here. It’s suppose to be
Spring!
 Loudly,
the woman from Atlanta asked
why it was snowing here. It’s supposed to
be Spring!
 Despite
his legion of fan, Justin Beiber will
never be as amazingly talent as Justin
Timberlake.
 Despite his legion of fans, Justin Beiber will
never be as amazingly talented as Justin
Timberlake.
Examples III
 Cole
is real passionate about art, so his
mother enroll him in classes at the DIA.

Cole is really passionate about art, so his mother
enrolls / enrolled him in classes at the DIA.
 “No
one appreciate good music
anymore!” the grandfather yell grumpily.

“No one appreciates good music anymore!”
the grandfather yells / yelled grumpily.
Part III: Lyric Activity (10 min)

DIRECTIONS: Each table group has a sheet of song
lyrics with 10 words blacked out. You also have a
bag of words with inflectional endings.

Using context clues from the song and what you
have learned about inflectional endings, decide
which word fits in the lyric. Tape the words on top
of or beside the blacked out lyric.

Report out! As a group, share lyrics with two
different inflectional endings from the chart.
Prepare to explain why your reasoning for
choosing the words.