1. English Language Arts 9 LA9U1L3 “The Writing Process”

2. Agenda for the Day Parts of Speech…Review Let’s practice!

3. Achievement Exam Previous Achievement Tests and Answer Keys http://ednet.edc.gov.ab.ca/k_12/testing/achievement/t ests/previous_ach.asp Grade 9 Writing Samples http://ednet.edc.gov.ab.ca/k_12/testing/achievement/el a9_samples/ELA9_writing_samples.pdf Scoring Guides http://ednet.edc.gov.ab.ca/k_12/testing/achievement/b ulletins/Gr9_ELA/gr9_ela_toc.asp

4. Parts of Speech The Big Four 1. Noun - person, place, or thing. Eg. doctor, house, love, time, book 2. Verb - action or state of being. Eg. bake, order, is, was, ran, laughed, crashed, be

5. Continue…. 3. Adverb - modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. By modify we mean that it tells us more about it. Adverbs tell us where, when, how, or to what extent. Eg. suddenly, regularly, infrequent, also, quickly 4. Adjective - modifies, or defines by describing, a noun or a pronoun. The Adjective tells which one, how many, what kind, or how much. It usually comes before the noun it modifies. Eg. red, silly, most, unusual.

6. Continue… The Little Four 5. Pronoun - used in place of or another pronoun. It stands in for the noun, like an understudy of sorts. Eg. she, he, I, ourselves, no one, everybody, who 6. Preposition - shows how a pronoun or noun is related to some other word in the sentence. Prepositions usually indicate position or direction, or relation in time. An old adage to remember prepositions is "Anywhere a mouse can go and when he went there" Eg. across, at, of, until, from, before, under, over

7. Continue… 7. Conjunction - conjunctions are 'joining words' which connect words or groups of words. Eg. and, but, because, if, yet, so. 8. Interjection - a word or group of words that show feeling or sudden emotion. These are our 'actors' that add drama to the expression. An interjection can stand alone and not be considered a sentence fragment. Eg. Hey!, wow, my goodness, darn, stop, whoa.

8. Let’s Practice…Conjunctions 1.The ball was snapped. The quarterback passed it. 2.We saw the restaurant. It was too crowded. 3.The traffic was heavy. We enjoyed the weekend away.

9. Conjunctions… Using conjunctions and your own words, complete these sentences. 1.The drivers slammed on their brakes… 2.The plane landed… 3.Everyone saw the fireworks…

10. Prepositions… 1.They drove ------------the shoreline. 2.Many skiers skied-----------the trees. 3.Hopeful concert goers bought tickets---------the headliner act had cancelled.

11. Continue…. 4. Lava flowed-----------the desperate village.

12. Interjection Part of everyday speech…..informal language. 1.--------My exam is finished! 2. -------We have a winner! 3. --------What are you doing? 4. -------We have to be quiet!

13. Continue…. 5. -----We have to be quiet. 6. ------Her comes trouble! 7.------You win! 8. -------, what if we fake an illness?

14. What’s Coming Up? 1.More writing!! 2.Proper paragraph format and structure. 3.More grammatical exercises. Any questions??