13 April 2015Bell activity: reread “The Invasion of the Drones”

TODAY’S AGENDA:Finish analysis of “The Invasion of the Drones”

INTRODUCTION TO ADJECTIVES

Reviewing Friday’s quiz

An adjective is a word that

MODIFIES (describes) a noun or pronoun.

ADJECTIVE NOTES

An ADJECTIVE’s only job is to

modify a noun or pronoun .

A NOUN or pronoun will only allow itself to be modified

by an

ADJECTIVE.

VERY IMPORTANT!

An adjective answers 4 questions:

• Which one?•What kind?•How many/much? •Whose?

fourth page (Which page?)

red car ( What kind of car?)

58 ducks (How many ducks?)

excessive enthusiasm (How much enthusiasm?)

Bob’s sister (Whose sister?)

ADJECTIVES CAN BE….

Positive adjectives describes without comparing

examples: good jobred shirtsmart bunnyfun times

Comparitive adjectives: compares 2 nouns or pronouns

examples:

Better jobRedder shirtSmarter bunny more fun times

Superlative adjectives:compares 3 or more nouns or pronouns

Examples:

Best jobReddest shirtSmartest bunnymost fun times

DEMONSTRATIVE

PRONOUNS ADJECTIVES

This This bookThat That bookThese These booksThose Those books

We are the ARTICLE ADJECTIVES:

A AN THE! A AN THE!

Teeny, Tiny, ARTICLE ADJECTIVES: A AN THE! A AN THE!

You cannot have an adjective without a noun.

If you have an adjective in the sentence there must be

a noun that is being modified.

VERY IMPORTANT:

Complete the list of 4 ADJECTIVE questions on the back side of your notes

WHICH ONE?

WHAT KIND?

HOW MANY/MUCH?

WHOSE?

Please pick up the phone. Which phone? The phone.

He had five ripe bananas for his lunch. How many bananas? Five bananas.What kind of bananas? Ripe bananas.Whose lunch? His lunch.

He put his math book on the table by that open window.

Whose book? His book.What kind of book? A math book.Which table? The table.Which window? That window. What kind of window? An open window.

He spent the day practicing for

tuesday’s show.

He spent the day practicing for

Tuesday’s show.

Identify the parts of speech job that each word is doing in the following sentences.

She wondered if Victor’s four antique

carvings of couples laughing would

impress the countess.

It’s broken so Twila’s car squeals like a

chipmunk each time she pushes on its

gas pedal.

We ate our popcorn.

He ate our popcorn.

They ate our popcorn.

I ate our popcorn.

A person should mind __________ manners in public.

People should mind ______ manners in public.

Crowley should mind _______ manners in public.

Sam and Dean should mind _____ manners in public.

Amy needs to bring ____________ own notes to class.

Amy and Rory need to bring __________ own notes to class.

Everyone needs to bring __________ own notes to class.

Neither Amy or Rory need to bring ____________ own notes to class.

The audience clapped ________ hands.

The people in the audience clapped ____________ hands.

Napoleon clapped __________ hands.

Churchill and Roosevelt clapped ________ hands.

The school releases _______ students daily at 3:30.

The teachers release _______ students daily at 3:30.

Either Mr. Whitmarsh or Mr. Hubler

must give _______ permission before

Bob may clone Napoleon for his class

project.

On Saturday Frank and Bobby remembered

their homework assignment and spent the

evening building a hoverboard from heavy

duty garbage bags, plywood, and a leaf

blower in Bobby’s garage.

During science in Mr. Hubler’s room, the class

discovered a new species of bright purple fungus

growing inside Judy’s tank.