MAGIC LENS The Easiest and Least Time- Consuming Way for Students to Learn Grammar and Not Just Repeat Things That Have Been Done in the Classroom for the Past SixYears
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MAGIC LENS
The Easiest and Least Time-
Consuming Way for Students to
Learn Grammar and Not Just Repeat
Things That Have Been Done in the
Classroom for the Past SixYears
Grammar is a way of thinking about language.
Grammar is a way of thinking about language.
Nouns
Pronouns
Adjectives
Verbs
Adverbs
Conjunctions
Prepositions
Interjections
You only need to know 2 things for each
It’s definition
It’s job (aka What info does it give you?
Person
Place
Thing
Subject
Object
Mr. Fassold threw.
Mr. Fassold threw the bear.
Mr. Fassold threw the bear at the student.
Mr. Baney taught the students some
crazy, brand-new math concepts.
Katy Perry danced and sang on stage while her back-up singers sprayed the audience with cotton candy.
Takes the place of:
Person
Place
Thing
Subject
Object
He is going there tomorrow when his
mother finishes all of it.
They are the worst of them all.
Who is going to eat it?
With whom did you attend the concert?
Grammar is a way of thinking about language.
Grammar is a way of thinking about language.
Show state of being (linking verbs)
Examples
• Am
• Is
• Are
• Was
• were
Show action (action verbs)
• Transitive- lets action cross over
• Intransitive- doesn’t let action cross over
Gives information about what a noun is doing
Mr. Petersohn lost.
Mr. Petersohn lost the snake.
Mr. Petersohn lost his pet snake, when he
broke the lid of the cage.
Mrs. Thorpe is the greatest principal.
The best movie of 1986 was Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
Life moves pretty fast; if you don’t stop
and look around once in a while, you
could miss it.
Describes (gives information about) a:
Noun
Pronoun
Which one?
What kind of?
How many?
Mr. Baney taught the students some
crazy, brand-new math concepts.
Katy Perry, a pop icon, danced and sang
on her elaborate stage, while her back-up
singers sprayed the audience with fake
cotton candy.
Describes (gives information about) a:
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
When?
Where?
How?
Why?
To What Extent?
Mr. Baney taught the students some crazy, brand-new math concepts yesterday.
In Episode II, Yoda crazily flipped around
Count Dooku while swinging his very
brightly colored lightsaber.
Connect
Coordinating
• Connect like items
Subordinating
• Connect unlike items
Coordinating
• FANBOYS
• for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Subordinating
• Usually introduce adverb information
Show relationship
Give adjective or adverb information
Show emotion
None
Grammar is a way of thinking about language.
Grammar is a way of thinking about language.
• Subject + VerbLinking or
Action Verbs
• S + LV + PN
• S + LV + PA
Linking
Verbs
• S +A V + DO
• S + AV + IO + DO
• S + AV + DO + OC
Action
Verbs
Subject + Verb
I am.
Mr. Fassold teaches.
Dogs bark outside the house.
S + AV + DO
Direct Objects answer: Whom? or What?
I eat bacon.
Mr. Fassold teaches history.
S + AV + IO + DO
Indirect Objects answer:
to whom? for whom? to what? for what?
I threw Ben the ball.
Mr. Fassold teaches students history.
S + AV + DO + OC
Object Complements are: adjectives or nouns
He made me angry.
They elected Kevin president.
S + LV + PN
Predicate nouns are: also a subject!
Kevin is the president.
The president is Kevin.
S + LV + PA
Predicate adjectives describe the subject
Mr. Fassold is bald.
The students are excited.
Grammar is a way of thinking about language.
Grammar is a way of thinking about language.
Pre
posi
tional • Adjective
• Adverb
Apposi
tive • Noun
• Adjective
Verb
al • Participle (adjective)
• Gerund (noun)
• Infinitive (adj, adv, noun)
Prepositional Phrases Start with a preposition
Must contain a noun (object of the preposition)
Tell adjective and adverb information
He hid under his bed.
Johnny kicked the ball by the curb.
Appositive PhrasesTell noun and adjective information
Kevin, the president, ate at the White
House.
Earth, the only planet in our solar system
known to support life, is sometimes
called the third rock from the sun.
Gerund Phrases
-ing verbs
Function as nouns
Ethan avoided doing his homework
because Purdue was playing IU.
Participle Phrases
Begins with –ing or –ed verbs
Function as adjectives
Water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair.
Shouting with happiness, Mr. Frost celebrated his science fair victory.
Infinitive PhrasesTo + verb
Function as nouns, adjectives, adverbs
Alec hopes to win the approval of Mr. Sturgeon by watching all six Star Wars movies.
The best way to survive Mr. Sturgeon’s class is to do your work.
Gino is watching The Empire Strikes Back to understand Mr. Sturgeon’s obsession.
- Noun
- Adjective
- Adverb
Use
subordinating
conjunctions
or
relative
pronouns
Simple- 1 independent clause
Compound- 2 independent clauses
Complex- 1 independent clause and 1 or more
dependent clauses
Compound-Complex- 2 or more independent clauses
and 1 or more dependent clauses
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