Teacher Resource Unit
This Power Point contains information and links to lesson plans on the
Parts of Speech, following the objectives of the Arkansas Frameworks.
This unit was developed during the July, 2007, AETN Arkansas
Technology Institute by Team C the
Team members included:
Terri Hoglund
James Jordan
Judie Krile
Mary Riggins
Dannis Veasley
Tricia Young
Hope School District
Springdale School District
NLR-St. Patrick School
Texarkana School District
Augusta School District
DeWitt School District-Gillett
Arkansas Language Arts Frameworks:
Strand: Writing
Standard 6: Conventions
Students shall apply knowledge of Standard English conventions in
written work.
W.6.6.6 – Use of knowledge of the parts of speech to construct effective
sentences:
Common and proper nouns
Pronouns to avoid repetition
Active and linking verbs
Adjectives to modify nouns and pronouns
Adverbs to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
Coordinate conjunctions to join
Interjections for excitement
Prepositions to indicate relationships
W.6.6.7 – Apply conventions of grammar with emphasis on the following:
Subject-verb agreement
Parts of speech
Parts of a sentence
Conjugation in perfect verb tenses
Possessive nominative, and objective pronouns
Review: Parts of Speech
Part One:
Article
the, a , or an
Noun
A word that names something, such as a person, place, thing, quality, or idea.
Hint:
Noun = Name
The word that answers the question "What?" after an article is a noun.
Common Noun
A word that names just any member of a group or class.
man, city, school, relative
Proper Noun
A word that refers to a particular individual in a group or class.
Albert Lawson, Toledo, Central Cambria High School, Aunt Theresa
Review: Parts of Speech
Part Two:
Pronoun
A word that substitutes for a noun.
Personal Pronouns
Substitute for definite persons or things.
I, you, he, she, it, we, they
Demonstrative Pronouns
Substitute for things being pointed out.
this, that, these, those
Indefinite Pronouns
Substitute for unknown or unspecified things.
each, either, neither, one, anyone, somebody, everything, all, few, many, and so on
Possessive Pronouns
Substitute for things that are possessed.
mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs
Intensive Pronoun
Used to add emphasis.
You yourself made the decision.
Reflexive Pronoun
Names the receiver of an action when the doer is the same as the receiver; renames the doer.
The boy fell and hurt himself.
Review: Parts of Speech
Part Three:
Verb
A word that expresses action, existence, or occurrence by combining with a subject to make a
statement, to ask a question, or to give a command.
Let's paint the car.
Hint:
Any word that will function in this position to complete the command is a verb. Only works with
the present form of the verb. Let's painted the car would not work.
Let's ____________.
(action word)
Review: Parts of Speech
Part Four:
Adjective
A word that describes or limits a noun.
The small child left. The child is small. Mary looked unhappy.
The hostess, calm and serene, entered the hall.
Adverb
A word that modifies anything except a noun or a pronoun.
Manner: John performed well.
Time: I must leave now.
Frequency: We often go on picnics.
Place: There he sat, alone and quiet.
Direction: The police officer turned away.
Degree: I could barely hear the speaker.
Hint:
Answers the questions: How? When? Where?
Review: Parts of Speech
Part : Five
Conjunction
A conjunction is a joiner, a word that connects parts of a sentence.
And
but
or nor for yet so
Interjections
Interjections are words or phrases used to exclaim or protest or command.
They sometimes stand by themselves, but they are often contained within larger structures.
Wow! I won the lottery!
Oh, I don't know about that.
I don't know what the heck you're talking about.
No, you shouldn't have done that.
Review: Parts of Speech
Part : Six
Preposition
Prepositions are used before nouns to give additional information in
a sentence. Usually, prepositions are used to show where
something is located or when something happened.
above
between
next to
in
before
onto
among
below
beside
with
at
into
for
over
in front of
in the middle of
by
from
off
under
behind
on
from
since
during
Links to Lesson Plans
The following lesson plans were found on-line .
1. From the Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan website
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml came the following:
Mad Lib- Screams!!! by Peri Sandifer
More Grammar Review Using “Jabberwocky” by Kim Wilson
Create Your Own Grammar Exercise by J. Cummings
2. From TeAchnology website- a variety of lesson plans and free activity sheets
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/language_arts/adjectives/
3. From the LessonPlansPage website http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ came the following:
Parts of Speech Integrated with Computers by Jill Dembsky
Kinetic Parts of Speech by Penny Casey
Personification by Debbie Aubert
Tongue Twisters by Ryan Pollan
Pop Pronouns by Laurie Frazier
Adjective/Adverb “Taboo” by Steve Garcia
4. From the Read·Write·Think website
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=6
Sentence Quest: Using Parts of Speech to Write Descriptive Sentences by Renee
Goularte
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