1. Lesson 5 - Prepositional Phrases Today we will find and mark out a new imposter called a prepositional phrase in sentences. Beltram, Gonzalez, Searway & Spyksma – Riverbank Unified School District, Riverbank, CA

2. Expectations: SLANTSLANT

3. Let’s review what you already know! The 5 requirements of a complete sentence.  Complete Sentences 1. Start with a capital letter 2. Have end punctuation (.?!) 3. Have a subject (s) 4. Have a verb (v) 5. Make sense

4. The definition for a verb  A word that shows the action or state- of-being of the subject.

5. The definition for an action verb  A word that shows the action of the subject of the sentence.  Examples: Body Actions walk run Mind Actions think want

6. The definition for a linking verb  Words that link the subject to another word that describes the subject.  Examples: Am Are Is Was Were Seem Be Been Become

7. The definition for an infinitive  An infinitive is usually made up of two words: the word ‘to’ and a verb.  Sometimes “to” + a verb + an adverb  Examples: to sing to ride quickly to live

8. Why do we need to mark out infinitives before we look for the verb?  We don’t want to make a mistake and choose the wrong word as the main verb!  It might look like there are 2 verbs in a sentence, so I mark out the infinitive.  One thing I might mistake for a verb is an infinitive.

9. M in MARK is: Mark out the imposters!  Imposters are words that we might mistake for the real verb or subject.  If we are not careful in marking out the imposters in the sentence, we might mistake other words like:  Infinitives for verbs.

10. The definition for a subject  The person, place, think, quality, or idea that the sentence is about. Examples: Jenna went for a walk. (Person) The store was closed. (Place) Balloons rose into the sky. (Things) Silence filled the streets. (Quality) Peace was declared at midnight. (Idea)

11. Prepositional Phrase  Sometimes there are words for people, places, and things in sentences that are not the subject of the sentence.  Example: The ball rolled into the street. Who or what rolled? Not the street! v

12. Prepositional Phrases  So we don’t get confused, we need to be able to identify prepositional phrases in sentences.  The ball rolled into the street.

13. Definition of a Prepositional Phrase A prepositional phrase is a group of words that show place or time.  Each prepositional phrase contains a preposition and at least one person, place, or thing word. (noun)  The ball rolled into the street. p noun sv

14. Prepositional Phrase Bees in a bottle will help us remember lots of examples of prepositions that tell place or location. A word is a preposition if it fits in the blank of the sentence: “A bee flies __________ the bottle.”

15. Prepositional Phrases  Let’s try it!  Let’s make up some prepositional phrases with the prepositions on the cue card.  Start with “on”  My turn: on the flower  Your turn: Finish the sentence: A bee flies _______________

16. Prepositional Phrases  Some prepositions don’t show location  Some aren’t on our cue card because they don’t show location: of, with, at, for, during, without We have another cue card that includes these prepositions. You can use this list to find out whether or not a word is a preposition.

17. The word: to  The word “to” can be both an infinitive and a preposition, so looking for the word “to” is very helpful.  The word ‘to’ + an action verb = an infinitive.  Today we learned that the word ‘to’ + a noun can make a prepositional phrase.  Every time we do the M, mark out the imposters part of “Search and Check”, we need to look for the word ‘to’ first.

18. T eacher model- PENS MARK  I just used the PEN step to write a sentence. joe swam in the lake.  I’m ready for the ‘S’ step of Search & Check – M ark out any imposters! – A sk the verb question – R oot our the subject – K ey in on the beginning, ending, and meaning. v s J p

19. Our turn: We do!  M ark out imposters infinitives: to prepositions  A sk the verb question  R oot out the subject  K ey in on the beginning, ending, and meaning.

20. Your turn: You do!  Learning Sheet 8B