Day 2 Communication (Parts of Speech)

Grammar: Parts of Speech


Motivational Set: The instructor will draw a picture on the white board and have the students make a sentence, then write that sentence on the board.

The monkey is giving the rabbit a flower.

The instructor will pose the question, "Which words in this sentence can be grouped together into categories of similar words?"

The instructor will then lead the students into placing the words into the following groups:

monkey, rabbit, flower

giving, is

the, the, a

The students will take a piece of paper and divide it into quarters. They will draw a picture in one quarter and pass it to the next student. That student will write a sentence describing that picture. They will then draw a new picture and pass it on to the next student. Continue until the page is full.

The instructor will lead the students to realizing that there are different kinds of words that have different functions. The first word group (part of speech) to be discussed is nouns.

Nouns

Nouns can be defined as a "person, place or thing." or even an idea or a quality.

The instructor will copy a chart on the board similar to the handout that is attached. Students will brainstorm different nouns that fall into each category of person, place, thing or idea.

The students will then complete page one of the following handout.

Verbs

A sentence is not a sentence unless it has at least one verb.

There are two different kinds of verbs, "doing" verbs and "being" verbs.

Do Verbs are verbs such as "run", "play", and "watch".

Be Verbs are "am", "are", "was", and "were".

Verb phrases can be interrupted by small words like "not", "never", and "always".

Verbs change their form to tell us when the action is happening.

I drank coffee this morning. (PAST: Before)

We are drinking coffee now. (PRESENT: Now)

I will drink coffee tomorrow. (Future: Later)

Exercise: The students will read the sentences on the handout and try to underline the verbs and determine if these sentences happened in the present, past or future.

1. The pitcher threw the ball.
   
2. The Christmas tree looked beautiful.
3. The children are playing outside.
4. Those trees will fall down if it's too windy.
5. We are learning about nouns and verbs today.
6. The car went in the ditch because of the icy roads.
7. I will never eat food that spicy again.
8. The dogs were very cute when they were puppies.
9. We will be very happy at three o'clock today.
10. I watched a funny movie on TV last night.

Parts of a Sentence

The Instructor will divide the white board into five categories:  Subject, Verb, Direct Object, Indirect Object, and Time.  As a class we will write sentences using all of these components.  The instructor will then remind the students that all sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark.

Mystery Sentence Game:

On the top of a vertical strip of paper a student will write any subject then fold the paper over so that the word is hidden. They will then pass it to the next student.  Students will then write the next part of a sentence, fold over the paper, and then pass it on.  When all the parts of the sentence are complete, the next student will open the paper, fix the verb accordingly, add the appropriate prepositions and articles, and then read the sentence to the class.