Grammar

The following links will help you with distinguishing action verbs from linking verbs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVDEceE3rS4&list=PLTiunWAMBb-pJg5j8LWYqrEP-BvRI18ej

http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/parts-of-speech/verbs/Linking-Verbs.html

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/linkingverb.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1IJWvHZcOU

https://www.sinclair.edu/centers/tlc/pub/handouts_worksheets/grammar_punctuation_writing/verbs_linking.pdf

The following link will take you to the "Helping Verbs" jingle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F2JWKY63K0

Need a little brushing up on prepositions?  Check out the following links:

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/594/01/

http://www.ucalgary.ca/uofc/eduweb/grammar/course/speech/1_5a.htm

http://writingcenter.unlv.edu/writing/prepositions.html


Remember, a preposition shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in a sentence.

Example:  The sound of a jazz band filled the kitchen.
Example:  The music was coming from the radio.

Prepositions can consist of more than one word.  These are called compound prepositions.

Example:  Jazz legend Louis Armstrong sang in addition to playing the trumpet.

Prepositional phrases consist of a preposition and its object and any modifiers of the object. The object of a preposition is the noun or pronoun that follows a preposition.  Prepositional phrases often express relationships of location (by, near), direction (to, down), or time (before, during).

Diagramming Subject Complements (nouns, pronouns, or adjectives that follow linking verbs and 'link' to the subject of the sentence).

The following link will provide practice opportunities for diagramming subject complements.

http://teachers.mpcsd.org/whaug/Downloads/DiagrammingSCs.pdf

More on Subject Complements (Predicate Nominatives and Predicate Adjectives)

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/subjectcomplement.htm


https://www.sinclair.edu/centers/tlc/pub/handouts_worksheets/grammar_punctuation_writing/objects_direct_indirect_and_subject_complements2.pdf

More on Participles and Participial Phrases

The following links will help you to better understand participles and participial phrases.
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/participlephrase.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJzCsTYWvHk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp7irdH_Btg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na4T8jiAmu4

http://www.english-grammar-revolution.com/dangling-participle.html  (dangling participles)

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/597/01/  (dangling participles)

http://www.google.com/?safe=active&ssui=on#q=participles+and+participial+phrases+powerpoint&safe=active&ssui=on

More on Gerunds:

http://www.eslcafe.com/grammar/gerunds_form_and_use01.html

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/gerund.htm

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/01/

http://www.edufind.com/english-grammar/gerund/

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RLh2b_GZU24zay8KHOW7XuM1vzKEp_cHTjtJGweD-Dw/edit?usp=sharing  (There are notes on participles and gerunds)

Rambling Autobiography

Students will be writing a rambling autobiography this year.  We will read through the following examples of rambling autobiographies and discuss what we notice about these writing pieces.  The rambling autobiography will lead to students writing a personal narrative.


http://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/personal_experience/article/234070/Rambling-Autobiography/

http://misterstephenson.blogspot.com/2011/02/rambling-autobiography.html

http://www.fmschools.org/files/3329/Rambling%20autobiography.pdf

https://sites.google.com/site/laclassedemmelaberge/anglais-1/rambling-autobiography


I love it when students share their writing, so I am always happy to have volunteers who are willing to read their work aloud.  If you want to share your own rambling autobiography with the class, you are welcome to do so.  Keep in mind, you may not necessarily want to write about your deepest and darkest secrets for the entire class to hear, though!  Have fun writing!