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8th Grade Language Arts
Agenda:
1. Independent Reading
2. Thesis Paper turn in
and sharing
3. Grammar
Assignments:
-Reading Response (TODAY)
-Parts of speech pyramid poem (W)
-Vocab Writing (F)
-Parts of Speech Test (F)
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1 How many parts of speech are there?
A four
B five
C six
D seven
E eight
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EIGHT IS ENOUGH
EVERYTHING WE SAY AND WRITE IS
COMPOSED OF EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH.
1. NOUN
Names a person, place, thing, or
idea
book, symphony, spider
2. adjective Modifies a noun gorgeous, humid, tedious
3. verb
Expresses an action or a state of
being
walk, speak, study
4. adverb
modifies a verb, adjective, or
adverb
terribly, wonderfully, quickly
5. conjunction links words, phrases, and clauses and, or, thus
6. pronoun replaces a noun she, he, it
7. preposition
indicates the spatial, logical, or
temporal relationship between a
word and the rest of a sentence
on, under, through
8. interjection
Doesn't fall into any of the other
categories; often expresses
emotion ofsurprise
Hey!, Whoa!, Gosh darnit!
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Nouns 
Verbs
Sunshine
Work
Complicate
Chocolate
Understand
University
Within
Sweetly
Encouraging
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Parts of Speech
Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs
Boy
Texas
Coin
Halloween
Ski
Jump
Run
Pop
Large
Purple
Three
ScaryLate Loudly
Quickly
Hungrily
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
PullPull
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Jose decided to
go for a run. 
Jose runs 
around the yard.
Jose is running
down the street. 
The jazz artist books a gig 
in a swanky restaurant.
Lisa books a flight to 
Panama to see her mom.
Books are wonderful 
treasures!
PullPull
word is.  
ntence.
a verb, 
ntence. 
ord is 
Which ones are nouns?
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Pronoun
general nouns that refer to specific nouns
(understood from context)
pull for
definition
• I
• you
• he
• she
• it
• we
• they
• me
• him
• her
• us
• them
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examples
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John and Mary are playing with a ball.
John has on yellow shoes.
Mary is taller than John.
Pronouns
Pronouns take the place of nouns.
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made by Broderbund.
they
them
she
him
her we
he
us
I
me
it
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Pronoun
There are two kinds of pronouns:
SUBJECT OBJECT
the ones doing
something (usually
the beginning of a
sentence)
the ones having
something done to
them (usually the
end of a sentence)
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Pronoun
SUBJECT OBJECT
• I
• you (singular)
• he, she, it
• we
• you (plural)
• they
• me
• you (singular)
• him, her, it
• us
• you (plural)
• them
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drag to reveal
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Pronoun
Drag the pronouns below into the correct box.
Subject Pronouns Object Pronouns
I
you (plural)
you (singular)
he
sheit we
they
me
you (singular)
you (plural)
him
her it
us
them
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Adjective
word that modifies a noun or pronoun pull for
definition
1. The __________ man could easily dunk a
basketball.
2. The girl ran around the _______ tree.
3. They bought the _________ bananas
from the ___________ store.
4. Usually, we share the __________
supplies.
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Choo
the b
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directions
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TeacherNote
Ticket Out
Directions: Write five original sentences.
Each should have at least one noun,
pronoun, and adjective. Indicate below
which word is which.
Example:
The boy's mom was angry, so he apologized to her.

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