Learning the Eight Parts of Speech
About the Learning the Eight Parts of Speech Lesson
Summary
A review lesson about the eight parts of speech.
Objectives
• to review the eight parts of speech and their functions;
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to provide brief definitions of each part of speech;
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to use review exercises to test students? understanding.
Suggested Grades
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
Excerpt
Sentences build paragraphs, paragraphs build chapters, and chapters build books.
Well! You get the idea.
Sentences are powerful; they can lead to great ideas like the Gettysburg Address. Ten sentences that have been ?long remembered? despite Abraham Lincoln?s prediction that the world would ?little note nor long remember.? Sentences can expand into books as long as an encyclopedia, or they can be as short as a famous one-liner, ?It?s Superman!?
When a builder begins a house, he starts with a foundation. Then he uses the right tools to build the house correctly. Each tool has a different job. The builder wouldn?t use a hammer to paint the walls, or a paintbrush to pound in a nail. He knows how to use each tool to get the job done.
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