1. C.O.W. #1 Concept Of the Week

2. Noun  Our family is planning a vacation in the Rockies.  Person, place, thing, or idea

3. Pronoun  She was willing to testify.  A word used to take the place of a noun  Antecedent  The noun the pronoun substitutes  When Paul arrived, he was happy.  Paul is the antecedent for he

4. Adjective  After a brief intermission, the puppet show resumed.  A word used to describe a noun or pronoun  Answers these questions:  What kinds?  How many?  Which one?  How much?

5. Verb  The breeze became very chilly.  A word that expresses action

6. Adverb  Judy Blume is a very popular author of teenage fiction.  A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb  Answers the questions:  Where?  When?  In what manner?  To what extent?

7. Preposition  All of the students except seniors must register for classes.  A word that relates a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence  Any word that can fit on the blank is a preposition  The squirrel ran______the tree.  Anything you can do to a box or cloud…(most of the time)

8. Conjunction  Our town has no shopping mall, nor is it about to build one.  A word used to connect other words or groups of words

9. Interjection  Hurrah! The lost kitten has been found.  A word that expresses strong emotion

10. Sentences  Every sentence must have a subject and a predicate  Subjects will always be a noun, pronoun, or proper noun  Cat  Dog

11.  Predicates will always be a verb and say what the subject is or does.  The cat runs.  Runs  The dog eats.  Eats

12. Do not write this:  Shots in the arm  People in the waiting room  The surgery was successful  I feel wonderful  Then the doctor  And then the cake  We went to the party

13. Types of Sentences  Declarative  Imperative  Exclamatory  Interrogative

14. Declarative  This is a statement  The frog is slimy.

15. Imperative  This is a command that ends with a. or an !  Get your shots before you go to school.

16. Exclamatory  This is a statement with strong emotion and always ends with an !  The boy is sick from eating a frog!

17. Interrogative  This is a question and always ends with a ?  Is the boy sick from eating a frog?

18. COW #1 First name last name Week of: 9/15-9/19 Palpable/adj. Definition: to describe something invisible that is so intense it feels as though is has substance Concept: a declarative sentence with an adverb, adjective, common noun, & proper noun; circle the adverb & adjective, & underline all nouns Sample: The fear of Knott’s Scary Farm was so great; it was almost palpable.

19. Don’t forget… 1. Declarative sentence 2. Palpable 3. Common noun(s) 4. Proper noun(s) 5. Adverb 6. Adjective 7. Circle adverb 8. Circle adjective 9. Underline all nouns