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8th Grade Language Arts
Agenda:
1. Warm­up: LN Page 128 with different directions
2. Grammar Assignments:
3. Literature ­Vocab Writing (T)
­Lit Circle Presentation (W)­
don't forget your outline
­Final Book Project (F)
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Chapter 5, Lessons 1-2
What is an Adjective?
-a word that modifies, or describes, a noun or pronoun
crowded
What kind? fast riders
stadium
Which one or
first lap inner lanes
ones?
How many or
five teams more applause
How much?
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Articles:
indefinite articles: a and an
definite article: the
Forming adjectives from nouns:
storm stormy
child childish
Shakespeare Shakespearean
Spain Spanish
Can you think of any others?
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Underline the adjectives and draw an arrow to the noun or
pronoun it modifies.
1. Some successful inventors are mature scientists.
2. Chester Greenwood, however, was a creative teenager
when he made the first pair of earmuffs.
3. Chester's cold, red ears bothered him during the harsh
Northeastern winters.
4. He didn't like the itchy woolen mufflers.
5. One day, Chester had a brilliant idea.
6. He took a piece of flexible wire.
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Lesson 2: A review!
Predicate Adjectives: follows a linking verb and describes the
subject.
Examples:
1. Windshield wipers are common today.
2. Electric trolleys seemed dangerous.
3. The drivers were alert.
4. The windshields looked blurry and cloudy.
5. The windshields became clean when drivers rubbed them.
6. Anderson was creative, so she invented a windshield wiper.
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