MAGIC LENS The Easiest and Least Time- Consuming Way for Students to Learn Grammar and Not Just Repeat Things That Have Been Done in the Classroom for the Past Six Years
Grammar is a way of thinking about language. Grammar is a way of thinking about language.
Nouns Pronouns Adjectives Verbs Adverbs Conjunctions Prepositions Interjections
You only need to know 2 things for each It s definition It s job (aka What info does it give you?
Person Place Thing
Subject Object
Mr. Fassold threw. Mr. Fassold threw the bear. Mr. Fassold threw the bear at the student.
Mr. Baney taught the students some crazy, brand-new math concepts. Katy Perry danced and sang on stage while her back-up singers sprayed the audience with cotton candy.
Takes the place of: Person Place Thing
Subject Object
He is going there tomorrow when his mother finishes all of it. They are the worst of them all. Who is going to eat it? With whom did you attend the concert?
Grammar is a way of thinking about language. Grammar is a way of thinking about language.
Show state of being (linking verbs) Examples Am Is Are Was were
Show action (action verbs) Transitive- lets action cross over Intransitive- doesn t let action cross over
Gives information about what a noun is doing
Mr. Petersohn lost. Mr. Petersohn lost the snake. Mr. Petersohn lost his pet snake, when he broke the lid of the cage.
Mrs. Thorpe is the greatest principal. The best movie of 1986 was Ferris Bueller s Day Off. Life moves pretty fast; if you don t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Describes (gives information about) a: Noun Pronoun
Which one? What kind of? How many?
Mr. Baney taught the students some crazy, brand-new math concepts. Katy Perry, a pop icon, danced and sang on her elaborate stage, while her back-up singers sprayed the audience with fake cotton candy.
Describes (gives information about) a: Verb Adjective Adverb
When? Where? How? Why? To What Extent?
Mr. Baney taught the students some crazy, brand-new math concepts yesterday. In Episode II, Yoda crazily flipped around Count Dooku while swinging his very brightly colored lightsaber.
Connect
Coordinating Connect like items Subordinating Connect unlike items
Coordinating FANBOYS for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Subordinating Usually introduce adverb information
Show relationship
Give adjective or adverb information
Show emotion
None
Grammar is a way of thinking about language. Grammar is a way of thinking about language.
Linking or Action Verbs Linking Verbs Action Verbs Subject + Verb S + LV + PN S + LV + PA S +A V + DO S + AV + IO + DO S + AV + DO + OC
Subject + Verb I am. Mr. Fassold teaches. Dogs bark outside the house.
S + AV + DO Direct Objects answer: Whom? or What? I eat bacon. Mr. Fassold teaches history.
S + AV + IO + DO Indirect Objects answer: to whom? for whom? to what? for what? I threw Ben the ball. Mr. Fassold teaches students history.
S + AV + DO + OC Object Complements are: adjectives or nouns He made me angry. They elected Kevin president.
S + LV + PN Predicate nouns are: also a subject! Kevin is the president. The president is Kevin.
S + LV + PA Predicate adjectives describe the subject Mr. Fassold is bald. The students are excited.
Grammar is a way of thinking about language. Grammar is a way of thinking about language.
Prepositional Appositive Verbal Adjective Adverb Noun Adjective Participle (adjective) Gerund (noun) Infinitive (adj, adv, noun)
Prepositional Phrases Start with a preposition Must contain a noun (object of the preposition) Tell adjective and adverb information He hid under his bed. Johnny kicked the ball by the curb.
Appositive Phrases Tell noun and adjective information Kevin, the president, ate at the White House. Earth, the only planet in our solar system known to support life, is sometimes called the third rock from the sun.
Gerund Phrases -ing verbs Function as nouns Ethan avoided doing his homework because Purdue was playing IU.
Participle Phrases Begins with ing or ed verbs Function as adjectives Water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair. Shouting with happiness, Mr. Frost celebrated his science fair victory.
Infinitive Phrases To + verb Function as nouns, adjectives, adverbs Alec hopes to win the approval of Mr. Sturgeon by watching all six Star Wars movies. The best way to survive Mr. Sturgeon s class is to do your work. Gino is watching The Empire Strikes Back to understand Mr. Sturgeon s obsession.
Use subordinating conjunctions or relative pronouns - Noun - Adjective - Adverb
Simple- 1 independent clause Compound- 2 independent clauses Complex- 1 independent clause and 1 or more dependent clauses Compound-Complex- 2 or more independent clauses and 1 or more dependent clauses