The Shurley Method
“English Made Easy”
A PowerPoint Resource for Teachers
by Deborah Van Slyke
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The Sentence Jingle
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A sentence, sentence, sentence,
Is complete, complete, complete,
When 5 simple rules
it meets, meets, meets
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It has a subject, subject, subject
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And a verb, verb, verb
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It makes sense, sense, sense
With every word, word, word.
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Add a
apital letter, letter
And an end mark, mark
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Now we’re finished
and aren’t we smart!
Now our sentence
has all its parts!
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REMEMBER!
Subject, Verb, Complete Sense,
Capital Letter, and an End Mark,
too.
That’s what a sentence
is all about!
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The subject of the sentence is what
the sentence is about. Sometimes the
subject is a noun. Nouns can be…
A Person
A Place
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A Thing
Which ones are people?
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Which ones are places?
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Which ones are things?
• cat
• ball
• hop
• do
• sit
• house
• school
• look
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Which ones are nouns?
(People, Place, Thing)
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Cats run.
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Dogs bark.
SN
Cars raced!
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The Noun Jingle
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This little noun
Floating around,
Names a person, place or thing.
With a knick-knack paddy wack,
These are English rules.
Isn’t language fun and cool?
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A verb shows
It tells what the subject does.
The man walks.
The girl runs.
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Which ones are verbs?
(show action)
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Which ones are verbs?
(show action)
• run
• walk
• cat
• not
• my
• get
• look
• go
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Which ones are verbs?
(show action)
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You went to bed.
V
I run away.
V
We all walk to school.
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The Verb Jingle
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A verb shows action,
There’s no doubt.
It tells what the subject does
like sing and shout.
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Action verbs are fun to do.
Now, it's time to name a few.
So, clap your hands and join our
rhyme;
Say those verbs in record time!
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Wiggle, jiggle, turn around,
Raise your arms and stomp the
ground.
Shake your finger and wink your eye;
Wave those action verbs good-bye.
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Verb Jingle
(action and linking verbs)
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A verb, a verb. What is a verb?
Haven’t you heard?
There are two kinds of verbs:
The action verb and
the linking verb.
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The action verb shows a state
of action, like stand and sit
and smile. The action verb is
always doing because it tells
what the subject does. We
stand! We sit! We smile!
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The linking verb is a state of
being, like am, is, are, was,
and were,
look, becomes, grows, and
feels.
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A linking verb shows no
action because it tells
what the subject is.
He is a clown.
He looks funny.
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Name the subject noun and verb.
V
SN
Kittens played.
SN V
Girls ran.
V
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Firemen worked.
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SN
V
Dogs jumped.
Who jumped?
What is being
said about dogs?
Dogs -SN
Dogs jumped - V
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To make sure your sentence is
complete, read it to see if it
sounds right.
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Which sentences make sense?
Cats jump and play.
You and at, cats!
Cats do not like dogs.
I see come cats.
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Use Capital Letters
• At the beginning of a sentence
• For names of things
• People
• Places
• Months of the Year
• Days of the Week
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Which ones use capitals correctly?
I like to go to school.
tom is in my class.
Jan is happy.
she is nice.
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End Marks
A period ends a statement
A question mark ends a question.
An exclamation mark shows feeling.
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Where does the end mark go?
• I sit down
• The cat runs
• Can you see me
• Do you have a dog
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Which have the correct end marks?
Are you in my class?
Yes, I am in your class?
We learn to read.
It is fun?
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An adverb modifies a verb,
adjective, or another adverb.
An adverb asks
• How?
•When?
•Where?
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To find an adverb:
GO!
ASK!
GET!
Where do I go?
To a verb, adjective or
another adverb.
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What do I ask?
• How?
•When?
•Where?
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What do I get?
An ADVERB!
That’s what!
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Name the parts of speech.
SN
V
Adv
Kittens played happily.
SN
V Adv
Girls ran away!
SN
V
Adv
Firemen worked yesterday.
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Boys walked quickly.
Who walked?
Boys -SN
What is being
said about boys? Boys walked - V
Walked how?
Quickly -Adv
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The Adjective Jingle
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An adjective modifies a
noun or pronoun.
An adjective asks
•What kind?
•Which one?
•How many?
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To find an adjective:
GO!
ASK!
GET!
Where do I go?
To a noun or pronoun
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What do I ask?
•What kind?
•Which one?
•How many?
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What do I get?
An ADJECTIVE!
That’s what!
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Name the parts of speech.
Adj SN
Adv
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Small kittens played happily.
Adj
SN V
Adv
Frightened girls ran away!
Adv
Adj SN
V
Two firemen worked yesterday.
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The small bug flew away.
Who flew?
Bug -SN
What is being
said about bug?
Bug flew - V
Flew where?
What kind of bug?
Away -Adv
Small -Adj
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The Article
Adjective Jingle
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We are the article
adjectives,
Teeny, tiny adjectives
A, AN, THE
A, AN, THE
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We are called article
adjectives and noun markers.
We are memorized and used
every day.
So if you spot us, you can mark
us with the label A.
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We are the article
adjectives,
Teeny, tiny adjectives
A, AN, THE
A, AN, THE
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Name the article adjective.
A
The small kittens played happily.
A
The frightened girls ran away!
A
The two firemen worked yesterday.
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The tired kids sat down.
Who sat?
Kids -SN
What is being
said about kids?
Kids sat - V
Sat where?
Down -Adv
What kind of kids?
Tired -Adj
The
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The Preposition
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A PREP PREP preposition
Is a special group of words
That connects a noun, noun,
noun, or a pro pro pronoun
To the rest of the sentence.
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Name the parts of speech.
SN V P
The cats sat in the sun.
V P
SN
The kittens ran to the tree.
SN
V P
The boys ran to the house.
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Children played on the swings.
Who played?
Children -SN
What is being
said about children?
Children played - V
On
P
On what?
Swings - OP
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Dum De Dum Dum!
An O-P is a N-O-U-N
or a P-R-O after the P-R-E-P
In a S-E-N-T-E-N-C-E
Dum De Dum Dum - Done!
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Name the parts of speech.
P
SN
OP
The cats sat in the sun.
SN
P
OP
The kittens ran to the tree.
SN
P
OP
The boys ran to the house.
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Five frogs jumped in the pond.
What jumped?
Frogs -SN
What is being
said about frogs?
Frogs jumped - V
In
P
In what?
Pond - OP
How many frogs?
Five - Adj
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Preposition, Preposition,
starting with an A.
Aboard, about, above,
across, after, against,
along, among, around, at
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Preposition, Preposition,
starting with an B.
Before, behind, below,
beneath, beside, between,
beyond, but, by
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Preposition, Preposition,
starting with an D.
down, during
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Preposition, Preposition,
don’t go away. Go to the
middle and see what we
say E-F-I and L-N-O
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except, for, from,
in, inside, into
like,
near, of, off,
on, out, outside, over
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Preposition, Preposition,
almost through, Start
with a P and end with W.
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Past, since, through,
throughout, to, toward,
under, underneath, until,
up, upon, with, within,
without
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Preposition, Preposition,
easy as can be. We’re all
finished, and aren’t you
pleased. We just recited
all 49 of these.
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Pronoun
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This little pronoun,
floating around takes the place
of a little old noun,
With a knick knack paddy wack
These are English rules.
Isn’t language fun and cool?
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Subject Pronoun
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There are seven subject pronouns
that are easy as can be.
I and we,
He and she
It and they and you.
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We went to the movies.
Who went?
We -SP
What is being
said about we?
We went - V
To
P
To what?
The movies
The
A
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Name the parts of speech.
SP
V
Adv
We played happily.
SP V Adv
He ran away!
Adv
SP
V
She worked yesterday.
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Finding one part of speech.
SP
She sent me a letter.
SP
He will not be here today.
SP
They are going to be late.
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Possessive Pronoun
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There are seven possessive
pronouns that are easy as can be.
My and our,
His and her
Its and their and your.
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Our parents talk.
Who talks?
Parents -SN
What is being
said about parents?
Parents talk - V
Whose parents?
Ours - PP
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Name the parts of speech.
SP
V
Adv
We played happily.
SP V Adv
He ran away!
Adv
SP
V
She worked yesterday.
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Name the parts of speech.
PP
SN
We laughed at his joke.
PP
SN
She worked in her garden.
SN
PP
We waved from our window.
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Deborah Van Slyke
Deborah Van Slyke has been teaching
elementary students for the past nine
years. She currently works as a Title I
Reading Teacher for the Merrillville
Community School Corporation, located
in Merrillville, Indiana. As a reading
teacher, Ms. Van Slyke specializes in
helping struggling students improve
their reading and language skills.
While working on her Master’s Degree in Instructional Design
and Technology at Purdue University Calumet, Ms. Van Slyke
developed this presentation as a way to make learning about
English grammar fun. Ms. Van Slyke’s work can be seen in
Microsoft Office XP/2001 for Teachers.For more information
about the Shurley* Method for teaching English grammar or
about Microsoft Office XP/2001 for Teachers, please contact
Deborah Van Slyke at debbievs@yahoo.com or visit the Shurley
web site at www.shurley.com
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