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8th Grade Language Arts
Agenda:
1. Independent Reading
2. Grammar
3. Anne Frank Biography
Assignments:
-Two paragraphs about being a
giant (W)
-Parts of speech pyramid poem (W)
-Vocab Writing (F)
-Parts of Speech Test (F)

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TeacherNote
Entrance Ticket
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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An adverb is a word that describes a verb.
An adverb tells how, when, or where the
verb happens.
Some examples of adverbs that tell how an action takes
place:
quickly, slowly, lazily, higher, lower, nicely, patiently
Some examples of adverbs that describe when something
happens:
soon, yesterday, now, today, always, never, often
Some examples of adverbs that describe where something
happens:
here, there, inside, outside, around, through, beneath

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An adverb is a word that describes a verb.
An adverb tells how, when, or where the
verb happens.
Many adverbs that tell how end with the letters ­ly.
example:
Joan painted slowly. Slowly describes how Joan
painted.
When you compare two actions, the adverb will often end
with the letters ­er or ­est.
example: Birds fly higher than insects. Higher
describes where the birds fly.
Airplanes fly highest of all. Highest describes to what
extent the airplanes fly.

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1. Karleigh carefully cuts her sandwich in half.
2. Joey can swim faster than Collin.
3. Deirdre sang the loudest.
4. Who runs the quickest?
5. Please speak quietly when you are
in the library.
6. Joey spelled all the words on his spelling
list perfectly.
Highlight the adverbs in the sentences below.
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The best way to tell if a word is an adverb is to
try making a question, for which the answer is
the word. If the question uses how, where or
when, then the word is probably an adverb.
For Example:
Word in context Question Adverb?
1. Junko plays tennis aggressively.
How does Junko play tennis?
Yes ­­ uses HOW.
2. They have a small house.
What kind of house do they have?
No ­­ uses WHAT KIND of, so this
is an adjective.
3. Matthew called the police immediately.
When did Matthew call the police?
Yes ­­ uses WHEN
wer...

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1. The boy carefully placed the gold coin in his pocket.
2. The mail was delivered later in the day.
4. He only walks once a week for exercise.
3. She left her doll there.
An adverb describes a verb in four main ways.
Click the checkmark to find out which four
questions an adverb answers about a verb.
how?
when?
how much? to what extent?
where?
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how?
loudly
when? where? how much?
inside
outtightly
very
notcarefully
quietly
softly
early
here happily
completelylater
often
Sort the adverbs into categories.

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He sang_______
She talked___________
We ran__________
The children played _________
Use adverbs to describe these verbs.
Click the checkmark for examples.
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Simon liked to play pranks on his younger sister. He would
__________ jump __________ from behind a door to scare
her.__________ she would scream at him and go __________
to be by herself.
This time she turned __________ and chased him
__________.
"Mom," she cried __________, "Simon is scaring me
__________."
__________when Simon was back in the house, their mother
spoke __________ to him. " Do __________ scare your sister
__________."
Fill in the blanks.
around
not
off
happily
usually
later
anymore
loudly
away
out
sternly
ound
ppily
ually
ter
udly
way
ernly
more
again

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• Be sure to include at least ten adverbs in
your journal entry.
• Highlight the adverbs you used in your
story.
• Try to be creative and capture how it would
feel to exist as a giant in a world that doesn't
match your size.
• Write at least two paragraphs.
Imagine you were a giant, twenty
feet tall.
Describe what life would be like.

12. Attachments
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