The document contains the agenda and notes for an 8th grade language arts class, including a warm-up activity, lessons on grammar focusing on verbs and their types, examples analyzing verbs in sentences, and an introduction to an activity on gangs as part of a literature unit on The Outsiders.

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8th Grade Language Arts
Agenda
1. Warm-up: Green Language Network book
page 94 part A Assi
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2. Grammar d ch
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3. Literature ratu
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Grammar Note/Examples:
Chapter 4: Lesson 1
What is a verb?
-a word used to express an action, condition, or state of being
Two main types
-action: tells what a subject does (physical or mental)
-linking: links the subject to a word in the predicate ( )
Both action and linking can use helping verbs
-Helping Verbs: help the main verb express precise shades of meaning (called a verb
phrase)
BE CAREFUL- some verbs can act as both main verbs and helping verbs
-King Kong has no chance of survival.
-He has angered too many people.
Come circle the verb in each sentence
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Examples: Drag the correct verb into the ( ) and circle the main
verb.
1. King Kong ( may be ) the most famous monster movie
ever. Linking
2. At the start of the film, a producer (is planning )
a movie. Action
3. He and a film crew ( sail ) to Skull Island.
Action
4. There they ( find ) a giant ape, Kong.
Action
5. Kong ( falls ) in love with Ann, the movie's star.
Action
6. The producer ( takes ) Kong to New York in chains.
Action
7. Kong ( escapes ) from his chains.
Action
climbs
8. He ( ) to the top of the Empire State Building.
Action
must struggle
9. There, he ( ) against fighter planes.
Action
10. Kong's enemies ( win ) in the end.
Action
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Chapter 4, Lesson 2
Review
Action Verbs: often accompanied by words that complete their meaning...these words
are called?
Direct object- a noun or pronoun that names the receiver of a verb's action.what or
whom
Indirect Object- tellsto what or whom or for what or whom an action is done
-if the word to or for appears in the sentence, the word that follows isnot an
indirect object...it is an _____________________________
-Show the stunt to us.
-Show us the stunt.
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New Stuff
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
• Transitive Verb= a verb that has a direct object
• Intransitive Verb= a verb that does not have a direct object
-Evil Knievel cleared nineteen cars in one stunt.
-His motorcycle sailed through the air.
***Sometimes an intransitive verb is followed by a word that looks like a direct
object, but it is really an adverb. (remember...adverbs answer the questions
where, when, how, or to what extent
-Knievel crashed his motorcycle.
-He crashed frequently.
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Examples:
Intransitive
Transitive
The mountain was named
after Sir George Everest.
Mount Everest straddles the
border between Nepal and Tibet. The summit loomed in the distance.
The mountain casts its shadow The mountain goat scrambled up the slope.
over the sleepy town.
They could rise at a rate of only
one foot per minute.
His fellow climber, Norgay, was a Sherpa
from Nepal.
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
climbed Mount Everest in 1953.
Hillary had been a professional beekeeper.
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What do you already know
about gangs? Write some
things below.
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Complete the venn diagram.
Label
West side
blue jeans and
khakis and T­shirts
Label
madras
good cars long hair
good grades East side
Mustangs
poor
rich
Socs Greasers
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Drive the car to the rumble to reveal the character clues.
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Oklahoma
1960s
here
press
answer
f or the
What is the setting of The Outsiders ?
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student joker Keith 18 1/2 Two­Bit
Drive the car to the rumble to reveal the character clues.
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What is the point of view of the story?
How do we learn about
The Outsiders
?
Click on the eye for the answer.
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ere
press h wer
ans
for the
This character gave up a college scholarship.
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Why?
Write your reasons on the pocket of Darry's jeans.
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The person in the car
was arrested at age 10.
Now there's a real JD!
Write the person's name here:
Dally
Roll down the window
Check to check
er
sw
your answer.
an
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