1. 1 "There is no education like adversity." Disraeli, Endymion

2. Cornell Notes: 2 D ivide the paper into three sections.Draw a dark horizontal line about 5 or 6 lines from the bottom. Use a heavy magic marker to draw the line so that it is clear.Draw a dark vertical line about 2 inches from the left side of the paper from the top to the horizontal line.

3. Cornell Notes 3 The column to the left is for questions and key points. The large box to the right is for writing notes and answers. Skip a line between ideas and topics. Don't use complete sentences. Use abbreviations, whenever possible. Develop a shorthand of your own, such as using "&" for the word "and".

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5. 5 Summarize. Write a summary of the main ideas in the bottom section.

6. Cornell Notes 6 Study your notes. Re-read your notes in the right column. Spend most of your time studying the ideas in the left column and the summary at the bottom. These are the most important ideas and will probably include most of the information that you will be tested on.

7. Cornell Notes: Parts of Speech 7 Questions / Key Ideas/ Key Terms Answers / Notes/ Definitions/ Examples 1.How many parts of Speech are there? 2.What is a noun? 3. What are the different types of nouns? Examples 4. What is a verb? Examples

8. Cornell Notes: Parts of Speech 8 Questions / Key Ideas/ Key Terms Answers / Notes/ Definitions/ Examples 5. What are pronouns? 6. What are Adjectives? 7. What are adverbs? Examples 8. What is a conjunction? Fan Boys Examples

9. Cornell Notes: Parts of Speech 9 Questions / Key Ideas/ Key Terms Answers / Notes/ Definitions/ Examples 9. What are articles? 10. What is a preposition? 11. What is an interjection? Examples Summary:

10. Cornell Notes: Parts of Speech 10 Questions / Key Ideas/ Key Terms Answers / Notes/ Definitions/ Examples 9. What are articles? 10. What is a preposition? 11. What is an interjection? Examples Summary: There are nine parts of speech in the English language. Every word in a sentence has a job and can be identified as one of the nine parts of speech. Nouns identify people, places, things, and ideas, while pronouns replace nouns. Verbs are the action parts of the sentence and tell what the subject is doing. Adverbs describe nouns. Adverbs describe verbs and usually end in –ly. Conjunctions join words and clauses together. Articles are a type of adjective that come before nouns; there are only three articles: a, an, the. Prepositions show time location and movement. Interjections are words that show emotion.

11. 11 Purpose of presentation: This presentation provides a very basic introduction to the concept of parts of speech in language. Actually, the study of parts of speech can be quite complicated and involved, but the purpose of this presentation is to give the students a working vocabulary and a way to improve their grasp of grammar.

12. 12 In the English language... There are nine parts of speech... Nouns Verbs Pronouns Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions Articles Prepositions Interjections It is important to understand that every word in a sentence has a job to do, a role in the sentence.

13. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 13 Noun:person, place,thing or quality Person: Mr. Garcia likes to eat spinach. Place: Mission is an old town. Thing: To cook you need a couple of pots. Quality: Honesty is a great value to possess.

14. Created by José J. Gonzalez, Jr. Spring 2002 STCC 14 Verb: shows action or state of being Action: He was running through the forest. State of being: He was sad that particular morning.

15. 15 Pronoun: takes the place of a noun Guillermo was studying for the mid-term exam when he realized that it was three o’clock in the morning. (There are actually many types of pronouns: personal, interrogative,demonstrative, indefinite, relative, possessive, reflexive, reciprocal)

16. 16 Adjective: describes a noun The beautiful woman only wanted a couple of pairs of shoes. The rainy day made us even sadder.

17. 17 Adverb: describes a verb The little girl walked happily through the park. The orphan hungrily ate the hot stew.

18. 18 Conjunctions: words that join words, phrases or sentences Manuel and Marisol loved to cook. You will go to school, or you will fail. I am happy because I just received my check. It has been cloudy since the morning.

19. 19 Article: There are only three articles--the, a, an (Actually, articles are adjectives and not a different part of speech) The bicycle was not only red but shiny. A yellow moon always appears in October. An excellent student, Armando passed all his exams.

20. 20 Preposition: A word or phrase that shows the relationship between the noun that it takes as an object and some other word in the sentence. The cat was on the table. The dog was under the table. These are some common prepositions: Forontoup atunderabovetoward Withbetweeninbehind Fromuponintooff

21. 21 Interjections: expressive words Wow, you knocked that ball out of the park. Oh, you really need to take care of yourself. Huh, what did you say? Ah, now I understand the problem.

22. 22 Identify each word in the following sentence The beautiful queen was walking slowly on the cool lawn, and she was reading a long book about knights and kings which she enjoyed.

23. 23 The beautiful queen was walking slowly article adjective noun verb verb adverb on the cool lawn, and she was reading a preposition article adjective noun conjunction pronoun verb verb article long book about knights and kings which adjective noun preposition noun conjunction noun preposition she enjoyed. Pronoun verb

24. 24 Assignment: Identify parts of speech 1. The queen knew that she would be the only pretty woman at the party. 2. The king did not know if he was going to make the cake, and he was afraid to tell the queen. 3. The thin waitress told the customers that they desperately needed to go on a diet. 4. I ran many miles every day, and I couldn’t lose a pound. 5. This quiz was a piece of cake.