8 Parts of

Speech

Nouns Concrete Nouns

Abstract NounsCommon NounsProper NounsCompound Nouns

Grammar Rocks: Nouns

Wanna Live Forever? Become a Noun

Noun relay: Start with a noun (kangaroo) Next person has to say a noun using the last letter of the previous word orange.

Verb

sActionLinkingHelping

Verbs: That’s What Happening

Charades- acting out as many action verbsas possible

Helping Verbs Song

Pronouns PersonalPossessiveIndefiniteDemonstrativeInterrogative

Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla

Scattegories- start with a common noun heading like car, then come up with as many pronouns that could replace that noun

Pronoun Trouble: Rabbit Season

Preposi

tions Object of the

preposition is either a

noun or a pronounPrepositional phrases

Busy Prepositions

Conju

nct

ions

CoordinatingSubordinatingCorrelative

Conjunction Junction

Adje

ctiv

es What kind?Which one?How many?Article adjectives-

Unpack Your Adjectives

"around the world“- start with a common adjective like pretty, then go as far around the room as you can by coming up with synonyms for the adjective.

Adve

rbs

How?When?Where?To what extent?Modify: verbs,

adverbs, and adjectives

Lolly, Lolly, Lolly

Activity: Take list of adverbs and categorize the words. Your group will decide on the category titles.

Inte

rject

ions

Strong- exclamation

pointMild- comma

Interjections!