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Content: English

Grade: 4th Grade

Summary: The purpose of this instructional power point is to allow students to understand when they have used a double negative in a sentence. It also helps with their grammar.

Learning Objective: Given a sentence that contains a double negative, the students will be able to accurately create a substitution sentence that could be used instead.

Content Standard: Enhanced speaking and sentence forming

Accomplishment: Understand the wrong use of words in sentence and determine the correct use.

DOUBLE NEGATIVES

GRAMMAR THE CORRECT WAY

A basic correct sentence contains a subject a and verb. Lacking one or the other may turn the sentence into a fragment, a run-on sentence, and lack of subject-verb agreement. Using incorrect words may even turn your sentence into a double negative sentence.

HERE’S A TEST !

Which would be the best way to state this sentence?

I don’t want nothing.

A. I do not want nothing.

B. I don’t want something.

C. I no need nothing.

D. I want something.

INCORRECT!

T H I S S E N T E N C E I S I N C O R R E C T B E C A U S E I T L AC K S T H E P R O P E R S T R U C T U R E F O R A S E N T E N C E .

OOPS! H

ERE’S

WHERE YO

U WENT

WRONG

T H I S S E N T E N C E I S W R O N G . J U S T B E C A U S E YO U B R E A K T H E C O N T RA C T I O N , D O E S N O T M E A N T H E S E N T E N C E I S C O R R E C T.

TRY

AGAIN …

.

N O P E . . T RY A G A I N . T H I N K O F H O W T H I S S E N T E N C E W O U L D S O U N D . T H E F I R S T S T E P I N C O R R E C T G R A M M A R I S E N G L I S H I T S E L F.

CORRECT!

Y E S ! YO U G O T I T. T H AT I S T H E B E S T WAY T O W R I T E O R S TAT E T H I S S E N T E N C E .

ROUND 2 ?

You’re doing the exact same thing you did in the exercise before. Let’s give it a go!

I don’t have no money.

A. I have no money.

B. I do not have no money.

C. I don’t have any money.

D. I have a few money.

THAAAAAT

’S

RIGHT!

Y E S ! T H AT ’ S R I G H T ! K E E P I T U P .

DID YOU KNOW FACTS*Double Negatives are correct in some

languages, but in English, it is grammatically incorrect.

CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B56PCydFY44

IN CONCLUSION….

The students accurately determined the correct sentence that did not

contain a double negative. It should be a success in

living life knowing you are speaking correctly! GOOD

JOB !