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The Groovy Sentence!

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According to the Grammar Dude…

The only way to get righteous

with grammar is by using it, for

real, man!

Making Groovy Sentences (The Gnarly Easy One)

Source: the following information is borrowed from the work of Lynne Weber, St. Mark’s School of Texas, 2010.

Dude, you’re gonna need a

sheet of paper and pencil for

this.


Start with the word:

TheBy the way, this word is called an DEFINITE ARTICLE,

which is a word that introduces a specific thing.

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Now, come up with a subject (in this case, an animal):

wombatBy the way, this word is NOUN; a person, place, or thing.


Now, come up with a verb (a participle):Choose one of these:taste smell hear see listen feel touch run walk jogbike skate turn twist shout jump laugh cry cream playswim draw paint build create read write sing joke telllie wobble glue cut sharpen doodle leave come enterexit wake up sleep skate eat drink dance squeeze lick sneeze cough break make skip ride decide planbuy shop


Here’s mine:

wobble


Make it Past Tense.

wobbled

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Smish all three words together.

The wombatwobbled.


“The wombat wobbled.”

This is called a simple sentence. It has an Article, a Subject, and a Predicate.

A Definite ArticleA Single Subject A Single Predicate: the

part of the sentence that says something about the subject.


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Why are they still staring at

us, Ringo?

Notice the Groovy books of words in

front of you!


Add adjectives and adverbs:

The wily wombat wobbled weirdly.

By the way, an adjective is a word that modifies a noun. An adverb modifies a verb.

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Add prepositional phrases:

In the wilderness, the wily wombat wobbled weirdly toward

the billabong.By the way, a prepositional phrase contains a preposition, the noun or pronoun

and the modifier of the object. Prepositional phrases can act like an adjective or adverb.


Dude, now you’re gonna need your Righteous Cheat Sheets. Can you

dig it?


Add an appositive phrase:

In the wilderness, the wily wombat, a furry fellow unfortunately named Poindexter,

wobbled weirdly toward the billabong.

By the way, an appositive phrase is a group of words that provides more information about a noun in a sentence.


Add subordinate (dependent) clause:

In the wilderness, the wily wombat, a furry fellow unfortunately named Poindexter,

wobbled weirdly toward the billabong as the monsoon zoomed through the pale

Australian sky.

By the way, a subordinate or dependent clause needs the rest of the sentence for the full impact of its meaning to be felt.

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Add a triad (3) of absolute phrases:

In the wilderness, the wily wombat, a furry fellow unfortunately named Poindexter, wobbled weirdly toward the billabong as the monsoon zoomed through the pale

Australian sky, the winds whipping the waves, the rain streaming down upon the parched land like confetti,

the light fading into an ominous darkness.

By the way, an absolute phrase is a modifier that is attached to a sentence or noun, with no conjunction. Frequently, is modifies an

entire sentences, rather than one word.

Groovy Grammar Poetry!

Credit: http://freedomisgroovy.comSource: the following information is borrowed from the work of Lynne Weber, St. Mark’s School of Texas, 2010.




real, man!

Making Groovy Grammar Poetry


Dude, now you’re gonna need your Righteous Cheat Sheets. Solid!

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TIME TO GET BY TIME TO GET BY TIME TO GET BY TIME TO GET BY

WITH A LITTLE WITH A LITTLE WITH A LITTLE WITH A LITTLE

HELP FROM HELP FROM HELP FROM HELP FROM

YOUR FRIENDSYOUR FRIENDSYOUR FRIENDSYOUR FRIENDS


This is a group activity.

You will be randomly randomized.

Using your Righteous Cheat Sheet, you, and your new partners, are going to write three (3) Grammar Poems.


In a moment, you will see the Poetry Form you must follow.

Your job is to write ONE poem per group.

Take your time and be sure that everyone is happy and they know it!


When you are ready, write your poem on the piece of construction paper given to you (final draft).

Someone with neat handwriting should do the writing.

Then, everyone MUST sign the back.

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Even though you have a group final copy (the construction paper), YOUneed to also copy the poem yourself.

You’ll need your own, personal copy for later.


Finally, choose one victim – er –volunteer to read the poem!

I’m down with that, Daddy O!

Here’s Poetry Form (1)

Absolute phraseAbsolute phraseAbsolute phrase

Independent clause split by an Appositive phrase

Prepositional phrasePrepositional phrasePrepositional phrasePrepositional phrasePrepositional phrase

Example (1)Thin branches reaching raggedly for the sky,Chunky roots planted deep inside the soil,

Feathery boughs sheltering the tiny woodland creatures,

The ancient pine tree, tall sentinel of the forest, keeps its vigil

At dawnIn the silvery darkness

Without a wordDuring the solemn ceremony

Of the sunrise

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Independent clause with an Appositive phrase in it

Participial phrase

Participial phrase

Participial phraseParticipial phrase

Participial phrase

Example (2)

The bats, dark demons of the sunset, swirl and flutter

squeaking their songs of chaos

gathering in patterns of shadow

blocking the sun’s streaking

clustered in nightmare battalions

swooping from their underground lair.


A subordinate clause

An independent clauseAn infinitive phrase and a prepositional phrase

An infinitive phrase and a prepositional phrase

An infinitive phrase and a prepositional phrase

An infinitive phrase and a prepositional phraseA final independent clause

Example (3)

Because cats are wise

They know these things are good:

To sleep on a sunny afternoon pillow

To point their heads and tails toward the sky

To snuggle on warm laps

To survey the world from high perches

These are the wise ways of the feline.

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The Skeleton Story





real, man!

Making Groovy Stories



pencil for this. Cool!

Revising the Skeleton Story

This is individual activity.

Using your Righteous Cheat Sheet, you, are going to revise a Skeleton Story.

Then, once you have revised, you must retype the story. No hand-written stories! Italicize all your new improvements.

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Revising the Skeleton Story

Big Mongo Hint: A copy of the

Skeleton Story is on my website. If

you have the ability to copy text from

a PDF, then copy-n-paste the story.

Afterwards, just add your revisions.

Revised Skeleton ExampleOne rainy, grey day in June, John Walker, a man without hope, was limping drearily down the

street toward the bank when he spied a stray dog with a sad face slouching under a tree looking miserable, its tail drooping wetly, its fur bedraggled, its ribs silhouetted against its soggy fur. Shivering in his thin raincoat, John pitied the drenched animal despite its appearance, so he approached it warily and petted it and spoke to it in a kind voice. As he set off for home in the chilly downpour, the gaunt dog followed him. Though John tried to get it to go away, the dog insisted on tagging along all the way to his home in a dark, poverty-stricken part of London. When he got home, John went into the house, a tiny cottage with a thatched roof, and tried to forget the dog outside his poor dwelling, but its insistent whining and barking were impossible to ignore. But ignoring the suffering of animals was not something that compassionate John could do. To soothe his conscience, John finally went out to the dog and dried it off with a warm blanket and brought it inside the small house. He offered the dog some left-over hamburger in a cracked bowl and lit a toasty fire in the fireplace. Listening to the dog’s quiet sounds of contentment, John hunkered down beside the fireplace in the corner of the small room with a cup of hot coffee and a book. The dog came over and sat beside him in the dim firelight. Because he had been lonely for a long time after his wife had died, John felt contented and happy that the abandoned dog had come to live with him. “Welcome home, old fellow,” he said with a bittersweet smile that flickered over his face like a fleeting shadow.

Giving Directions

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real, man!

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Giving Groovy Directions


pencil, paper, and tech for this.

Far out!


This is individual activity.

Using your knowledge of where you live (and maybe Google Earth), and using Prepositions, you have to write down direction from your home to another place.


Big Mongo Hint:

Use the folder of Prepositions.

Your directions should be accurate so

that someone else could follow them.


Don’t Forget:

When you have typed up your

directions, your final step is to

underline every preposition used.

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Groovy Directions ExampleBe sure to lock the front door of my house when you leave.From my driveway, turn right (South) onto 52nd Street.Go straight for about 500 feet until you come to a stop.Turn left (East) onto Carefree Highway and travel for about ¼ mile until you get to the intersection of Carefree

Highway and Cave Creek Road.Turn right (South) onto Cave Creek Road.Continue traveling on Cave Creek Road for about 8 minutes or until you get to the intersection of Cave Creek

Road and Tatum Boulevard.Turn left (East) onto Tatum Boulevard. Tatum will curve from East to South. Continue traveling on Tatum for about 15 minutes or until you get to the

intersection of Tatum Boulevard and East Deer Valley Road.Turn left (East) onto East Deer Valley Road and go straight for approximately ¼ mile until you get to the light

at East City North Drive.Turn right (South) on East City North Drive and take this little road straight for about 500 feet. The road dead

ends at East The Blvd. (a weird name for a road). Turn right (West). You are now in Desert Ridge Marketplace. Quickly take the second left. Find a parking spot. You are now behind the AMC Theatres building.There is a sidewalk against the back of the building. Walk around the North-side of the

building. As you walk toward a restaurant called The Yard, you’ll notice a breezeway in-between AMC

and The Yard. Turn left (South) and go through the breezeway. As you come out the other side, you’ll see

AMC to your left.You have arrived, but don’t forget to buy a movie ticket before you walk inside.

Groovy Checklist

Dude, you should have all of this in your

stash:1 Groovy Sentence

2 Groovy Poems (group)1 Groovy Skeleton Story

(with revision in Italics)

1 Groovy Directions (with all prepositions underlined)

Documents

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