1. Day 37 – Pokemon Argument, Adjectives and Adverbs

2. Objectives Analyze an argument used in a nonfiction text.
Construct a counter argument based on the author’s stance
Discuss and analyze the arguments posed by other students.
Homework:
Finish any assignments that were not completed in class.
Last day to turn in work is Friday!
Midterm next week!

3. Agenda
Warm Up
Adjectives and Adverbs Practice
Argument –
Closure

4. Warm Up Complete the adjective activity for the following image.
If you win, you get candy.

5. Adjectives Activity

6. Nonfiction Review Log onto classroom.
Click the Nonfiction test and you will be able to see your answers. DO NOT TRY TO CHANGE THEM.
Get into your 4 person groups and compare your answers.
Just like the close reading, find a group response.
DO NOT WRITE ON THE TESTS

7. Grammar Time
Take notes- Everything is important!

8. Adjectives

9. Adjectives An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun. Example:
An adjective answers:
What kind?
Which one?
How many?
Example:
happy dog
tired boy
seven girls

10. Articles are the adjectives a, an, and the
Articles are the adjectives a, an, and the. A and an are indefinite articles. The is the definite article.
Possessive pronouns, such as my and our, can be considered adjectives because they modify nouns. Similarly, possessive forms of nouns, such as Roger’s and the captain’s, can also be considered adjectives.
A proper adjective is formed from a proper noun and begins with a capital letter.
Cervantes was a Spanish writer. The Korean restaurant is very popular.

11. Let's Practice

12. Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns…
We saw the gray elephant at the zoo.

13. Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns…
The rabbit followed the slow turtle.

14. Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns…
He found two pennies on the ground.

15. Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns…
The children heard the loud bell.

16. Can you find the adjectives?
First find the nouns…
The brown dog growled at the tall man.

17. AN ADVERB:
Modifies an active verb or a verb phrase by expressing manner, place, time, degree, or number.

18. TYPES OF ADVERBS:
Simple
Interrogative
Negative

19. EXAMPLES: SIMPLE: She moved quietly. (Manner and tell how)
I waited there for an hour. (Place and tell where)
You may leave soon. (Time, tells when)
I called you once. (Number, tells how many)
He sat very still. (Degree, tells how much)

20. Interrogative Adverb Introduces a sentence that asks a question
where, when, why and how

21. EXAMPLES: Interrogative: When will you return?
How is the trunk being sent?

22. Negative Adverb Denies or contradicts a statement
no, not , never, only, scarcely and hardly
Note: two negative adverbs should not be used together.

23. EXAMPLES: Negative - I can scarcely believe my eyes. ( correct)
- I haven’t no more sea shells. (incorrect)

24. Familiar Adverbs to Know
almost finally seldom
Unusually certainly hardly
quite so usually
just rather very
rather fairly nearly
Too scarcely well

25. Let’s try some together…

26. 1. The weight lifter grunted and groaned trying to lift the heavy barbell.
2. The hungry boy ate a juicy hamburger and a tossed salad.
3. My little brother loves Chinese food.
4. Where did you get that beautiful coat?
5. The designers changed the basic design of the popular model.
6. A good hiking boot needs a sturdy sole.
7. We watched the little silvery fish jump completely out of the water.

27. Adjective pair work
Download a copy of the adjective worksheet and work on it with your partner. Whatever you don’t finish is homework.

28. 1. The morning had been rainy.
2. The sky was dark and gloomy.
3. I sat in my cramped office doing stupid mundane tasks.
4. I glanced around my plain desk looking for a few papers when the phone rang.
5. My friend was on the other line asking if I could meet him to discuss his clumsy girlfriend.
6. I told him that clumsy girlfriends were not very amusing.

29. 7. My friend insisted that this story was very entertaining.
8. So, I met him for late-night coffee after my long day at work.
9. He told me how his girlfriend managed to dye his dog a curious shade of purple.
10. "A purple dog?" I asked.
11. "Yes, she was trying to use industrial dye to color one of her shirts when her small dog jumped into the washer."
12. Because she had not noticed the silly dog in the washer, she poured the dye into the tank and flipped it "on."

30. 13. The little white dog soaked in the purple dye for more than a few minutes before the agitator scared it.
14. The purple dog then yelped and the clumsy girlfriend came to the rescue.

31. You try Adverbs on your own…
Download the document and complete the worksheet on your own.

33. Argumentation

34. Pokémon Go! Read and annotate the two documents for the following:
Main Idea
Argument
Claim
Support
Evidence
Tone
Bias

35. When finished…
Write a constructed response in which you take a side and address the following issue:
Is Pokémon a positive force in the modern world or does it have a negative impact on people?
Make sure you keep in mind:
Each country’s culture
Past experiences
Current trends

36. NOW
Get into your 4 person groups and discuss your argument. Discuss your position and come up with a unified response. Be prepared to join another group and address your group’s point of view.

37. Closure – 3, 2, 1 Write the 3 types of adverbs.
Write two things that adjectives describe.
Write one question you still have concerning adjectives and adverbs.