2. You will need: 1-2 pieces of notebook paper A pen or pencil A highlighter

3. Your Notes: The 8 Parts of Speech 1.Part of Speech Definition Examples (2 minimum) 2.Part of Speech Definition Examples (2 minimum) 3.Part of Speech Definition Examples (2 minimum) ………

4. In the English language... There are 8 basic parts of speech: 1.Nouns 2.Verbs 3.Pronouns 4.Adjectives 5.Adverbs 6.Conjunctions 7.Prepositions 8.Interjections Every word in a sentence has a job to do, a role to play… Knowing what these “jobs” are will help you learn vocabulary, develop more efficient reading skills, and improve your writing!

5. Noun: a person, place, thing, idea, or quality Person: Mr. Jones likes to eat spinach. Place: Rome is an ancient city. Thing: I will water the plant when I get home. Idea: She looked at him with love. Quality: Patience is a great virtue.

6. Verb: shows action or state of being Action: He ran through the forest. State of being: Olivia is my best friend at school. State-of-being verbs: am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been

7. Pronoun: takes the place of a noun Juan was studying diligently for the mid-term exam because he wanted to do well on it. This is the pumpkin I want to carve for Halloween. Diana found a rose by her door and wondered who * had given it to her. * does not have an actual antecedent in the sentence

8. Adjective: describes a noun The beautiful woman picked a bouquet of wildflowers. I brought ten dollars to school to buy a vocabulary book. Adjectives answer these questions: Which one? What kind? How many?

9. Don’t forget about the ARTICLES! The 3 articles: a, an, & the For the purposes of the eight parts of speech, these may be classified as adjectives, because they are used to modify nouns. Give me the pencil.

10. Adverb: describes a verb The little girl skipped happily through the park. The student completely finished her homework before dinner time. Adverbs answer these questions: How? When? Where? To what degree?

11. Conjunctions: words that join words, phrases or sentences Mark and Sophie love to cook. You should get to class on time, or you will be counted tardy. I am happy because I had a great weekend. The game has been cancelled, since the field was flooded by rain.

12. Preposition: A word or phrase that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence. Breakfast is on the table. The remote was under the pillow. These are some common prepositions: forontoup atunderabove toward withbetweeninbehind fromuponintooff

13. Interjections: expressive words Wow, you knocked that ball out of the park! Oh, I forgot! Huh, what did you say? Ah, now I understand!

14. You’re done…for now! I would make sure those notes were in the Language section of my binder. Seriously.

15. Quickwrite Quiz! Using your notes, tell me the parts of speech for each of the following sentences. Yes, this is a grade! How well did you listen? Take notes?

16. 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.

17. 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 pronoun she enjoyed. pronoun verb

18. Identify the parts of speech! 1. The frustrated teacher told her students that they desperately needed to take notes and study. 2. I reviewed for fifteen minutes every night and aced my vocabulary quiz. 3. For some people, grammar is a piece of cake.