Essentials - Week Seven (5th Edition)

Week Seven

Compound/Imperative/S-Vt-DO  Noun of Direct Address  Appositive  Adverb

(Write on board)

Mary ate her sandwich.

Mike went fishing.

I love my children.

Josh walked the dog.

 

Welcome – diagram sentence

Tory ate the pie.

 

Compound/Imperative/S-Vt-DO

So, we’ve learned about Imperative sentences (what are they?), and compound sentences (what are they?), and the sentence pattern S-Vt-DO.  This week we are simply going to put all of these together.

(Change these sentences together.)

Mary ate her sandwich.  Eat your sandwich.

Josh walked the dog.  Walk the dog.

I love my children.  Love your children.

Mike went fishing.  Go fishing.

 

Ask - what is the subject? – how does the verb change? 

The verb changes person (first or third to second) and becomes present tense.  

Older students:  It also changes mood (indicative to imperative).

How would we diagram these?  (one example for now – with identifying S-Vt-DO)

(Leave all sentences and diagrams on the board.)

 

Noun of Direct Address

Now, what if we want to be clear about who we’re talking to, when giving a command or request?  What if we want Mary to eat her sandwich, or Josh to walk the dog, or Mike to go fishing?

Then, we have to use a Noun of direct address.  A noun of direct address is used to call upon a person and is set off by one or more commas.

 

Mary, eat your sandwich.  

Mike, go fishing.

Josh, walk the dog.

(Have students come up with some examples.)

 

Note that, if you take out the NDA, it is still a complete sentence.

When you diagram a NDA, you draw a horizontal line above the subject and write the NDA on it.

(Label these sentences, then diagram with NDA, identifying S-Vt-DO.)

 

Now, let’s make some of these compound. 

Mary, eat your sandwich, and Josh, walk the dog. 

(Label and diagram this imperative sentence.)

 

Appositive

Since we just learned about Nouns of Direct address, it is a good time to learn about appositives, as well.  An appositive is a noun or pronoun directly beside another noun which explains or identifies it.

My dog Rover can learn tricks.

What is the subject?  (Who or what is the sentence about?)

Then Rover would be the appositive.  It is directly beside the noun, “dog,” and identifies “dog” as “Rover”.

David, the king, praised God.

What is the appositive in this sentence? 

What is the subject? (Who or what is the sentence about?)

I went to see Mrs. Coy, my grandma.

Is there an appositive in this sentence?

Charlotte, my dog, licked Katie, my daughter.

How about in this one?

When you diagram an appositive, you simply put it in parenthesis beside the noun it identifies.

David (king)| praised  God

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Adverb

Adverbs modify a verb, adjective, or other adverb and tell how, when, where, why, how often, to what extent, and under what condition

Most adverbs are flexional, meaning they end in -ly, so they are easy to spot.  However, the way to be sure is to ask the above questions.  Other adverbs aren’t so easy to spot.

They can also be simple – like  “hard”.  

They can be negatives – like  “never”.  

They can be affirmatives  – like  “yes” and “no”.

 

Adverbs can be phrases – The Bible was written for our benefit. – or clauses – He ran as if his life depended upon it.  When we add an WWW.ASIA.WUB in IEW, it is an adverbial clause.

 

What are some adverbs we can add to this sentence.  

Jessie sang.

How did Jessie sing?  (beautifully, softly)

When did Jessie sing? (yesterday, last night)

Where did Jessie sing? (at church, on stage)

Why did Jessie sing?  (because she had been practicing)

How often does Jessie sing?  (Daily, always)

How much does Jessie sing?  (a lot, abundantly)

To what extent did Jessie sing?  (very loudly, extremely beautifully)

Under what conditions did Jessie sing?  (while the baby cooed)

Adverbs are easiest to identify when they modify a verb

(For older students)

Verb Mood

While the imperative is one of the four types*****

Tasks 1-4

Read from page 128.  Have them do it on board.

Mastery Charts

You’ll be working on a new mastery chart this week – Chart I (Adverbs).  You’ll also be reviewing chart E (about nouns) because it talks about NDA.  Also, continue memorizing the eight parts of speech.