Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Week two

White board challenge: (leave room for chart)

- Abigail cooked supper.

- While Abigail lovingly cooked a delicious supper, Mary played with the kitten.

Welcome – How has your week been? Put papers in tray?

Verse for the week: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7

Prayer

Been working on chart? Race to see who can finish chart first. (Erase board)

Last week was an overview of sentence classifications. This week is an overview of the parts of speech, and in particular, the verb.

Again, this may seem overwhelming. Just remember that we will be going over these things in greater detail throughout the year. For the younger ones, you have several more years to get this information. If you don’t get it all now, you will.

If sentence classification is the backbone of the English language, verbs are the heart of the English language. They give life to every sentence.

We will explore the seven attributes of verbs over the year, one by one. They are: (across top of board) type, principal parts, tense, person, number, voice and mood. (Look at charts C/D on p. 402/404)

Type:

Intransitive(Vi) - does not transfer the action to an object. (Bob hit.)

Transitive (Vt)- Transfers actions from subject to object. (Bob hit the ball.)

Linking (Vl) - Makes an assertion by joining two words. (Bob is talented.) (Bob is the captain.)

Helping (Vh) - Helps another verb assert action, being or existence. (She is running.)

Principal parts: Every verb has five principal parts (or can be written in five different forms).

There is a pattern to it – makes it easier to understand.

Of course, since English is a mutt language, there are regular and irregular verbs.
Regular verbs all have the same endings for each part.

Irregular verbs do not follow patterns and must be memorized.

Infinitive - To + verb (to jump)

Present - Something that is presently happening. (I jump.)

Past - Something that has already happened and ends in -ed. (I jumped.)

Present Participle - Verb ending in –ing. (She is jumping.)

Past Participle - Past tense plus helping verb. (I have jumped.)

Tense: We form tenses from the principal parts of the verb.

There are three tenses – present, past and future. And four verbal forms – simple, perfect, progressive and perfect-progressive.

When you combine the three tenses and four verbals, you get the twelve possible English tenses.

Person: First, Second, Third

Number: Singular or Plural. Verbs must agree with their subject. Most singular verbs end in –s.

Voice: the manner in which a verb functions relative to the subject of the sentence.

Active – subject performs action.

Passive – subject receives the action.

Mood: the manner in which a verb expresses its action or state of being.

Indicative – used to make a statement

Imperative – used to command or request

Subjunctive – used to imply a condition

Questions?

Mastery Charts

- Everyone continue to work on chart A until it is mastered. Add charts C/D. Complete each chart every day this week.

- Older students, verb anatomy charts AA, BB, & EE can be helpful (444, 446, 449).

How is the editing going?

This week we add Editing Rule 2 (p. 457).

Use the appropriate end mark for the purpose of each sentence. (?,.,!)

5 comments:

  1. Thank you SO SO much for posting these! It is so helpful as a newbie Essentials tutor to have these plans as a "jumping off" point for my own lesson plans.

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  2. Can you explain "mutt language" from the sentence that begins "Since English is a mutt language...."

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    1. A mutt is a cross between 2 or 3 different breeds of dog. The English language is like the melting pot of languages. We have absorbed soooo many different words from different languages and have taken them in as our own. That is what I believe she meant by mutt language. :-) And as we understand the ramifications of being an absorptive language, it will help to understand why so many words do not fit into certain spelling rules. It's such an adventure!! :-) I love it!

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  3. I can't tell how helpful your posts are in helping me teach EEL at home. Thank you so much.

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  4. I can't tell how helpful your posts are in helping me teach EEL at home. Thank you so much.

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