GRAMMAR PAGE!
Fifth Grade Grammar
Fifth Grade Grammar
Please note: The dates regarding homework and classwork are subject to change. Please check the website each day.
Please see the Homepage for a detailed explanation of procedures and expectations.
Please see the Homepage for a detailed explanation of procedures and expectations.
Throughout the school year, students will be instructed in the proper use of grammar. We will mainly use the selected texts that we are utilizing in writing class and social studies classes as models of what to do and what not to do as far as grammar rules and usage. We will also use videos and other media to study grammar. Students will work as a whole class group, in pairs, and independently.
Several New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards are essential in order to be able to accomplish our goals.
Learning Standards to be practiced:
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards: Click HERE for the Revised Learning Standards Documents
NEW YORK STATE NEXT GENERATION ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS LEARNING STANDARDS:
Grades 3-5 Anchor Standard L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English grammar and usage when writing or speaking*.
Core Conventions Skills for Grades 3→5:
Anchor Standard 3L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing*.
Core Punctuation and Spelling Skills for Grades 3→5:
Grades 6-8 Anchor Standard L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English grammar
and usage when writing or speaking*.
Core Conventions Skills for Grades 6→8:
Anchor Standard L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing*.
Core Punctuation and Spelling Skills for Grades 6→8:
Several New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards are essential in order to be able to accomplish our goals.
Learning Standards to be practiced:
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards: Click HERE for the Revised Learning Standards Documents
NEW YORK STATE NEXT GENERATION ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS LEARNING STANDARDS:
Grades 3-5 Anchor Standard L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English grammar and usage when writing or speaking*.
Core Conventions Skills for Grades 3→5:
- Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
- Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general as
well as in particular sentences. - Use relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (where,
when, why). - Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general as well as
in particular sentences. - Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
- Form and use the simple verb tenses (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk).
- Form and use the progressive verb tenses (e.g., I was walking; I am walking; I will be
walking). - Form and use the perfect verb tenses (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have
walked). - Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
- Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.
- Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
- Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
- Use and identify prepositional phrases.
- Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and
run-ons. - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their).
Anchor Standard 3L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing*.
Core Punctuation and Spelling Skills for Grades 3→5:
- Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
- Use correct capitalization.
- Use commas in addresses.
- Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue. → Use commas and quotation marks to
mark direct speech and quotations from a text. - Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
- Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
- Use punctuation to separate items in a series.
- Form and use possessives.
- Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words, and to add
suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness). - Use spelling patterns, rules, and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based
spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.
→ Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed. - Use quotation marks or italics to indicate titles of works.
Grades 6-8 Anchor Standard L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English grammar
and usage when writing or speaking*.
Core Conventions Skills for Grades 6→8:
- Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, and possessive).
- Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.
- Recognize and correct pronouns that have unclear or ambiguous antecedents.
- Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general, as well as in specific sentences.
- Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and
dangling modifiers. - Use simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing
relationships among ideas. - Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives).
- Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
- Recognize and correct inappropriate verb shifts.
Anchor Standard L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing*.
Core Punctuation and Spelling Skills for Grades 6→8:
- Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, dashes, hyphens) to clarify and enhance writing.
- Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break.
- Use an ellipsis to indicate an omission.
IMPORTANT RESOURCES: updated January 18, 2018
New York State Social Studies Framework:
https://www.engageny.org/new-york-state-k-12-social-studies
https://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-k-12-social-studies-framework
https://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-k-12-social-studies-resource-toolkit-grades-5-8
nys.social.studies.framework.2016.pdf
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New York State Social Studies Field Guide:
nys-social-studies-field-guide.pdf
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New York State Next Generation
English Language Arts Learning Standards:
http://www.nysed.gov/common/nysed/files/nys-next-generation-ela-standards.pdf
nys-next-generation-ela-standards.pdf
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Fifth Grade Writing Rubric:
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RACER Short Answer Graphic Organizer:
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RACER Extended Response Graphic Organizer:
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RACER Short Answer Rubric:
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Sentence Prompts: "What does the text SAY?"
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Sentence Prompts: "What does the author MEAN?"
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Sentence Prompts: "Why does it MATTER?"
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Editing Using COPS:
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COPS Editing Checklist:
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Informational Documentary Analysis Worksheet:
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Video Analysis Rubric:
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The following lessons are taken from the NYS Common Core Aligned Curriculum Modules written by Expeditionary Learning. The complete unit, including NYS Next Generation ELA Learning Standards can be found on the EngageNY website.
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards: Click HERE for the Revised Learning Standards Documents http://www.nysed.gov/common/nysed/files/nys-next-generation-ela-standards.pdf
New York State Social Studies Framework:
https://www.engageny.org/new-york-state-k-12-social-studies
https://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-k-12-social-studies-framework
https://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-k-12-social-studies-resource-toolkit-grades-5-8
nys.social.studies.framework.2016.pdf
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New York State Social Studies Field Guide:
nys-social-studies-field-guide.pdf
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New York State Next Generation
English Language Arts Learning Standards:
http://www.nysed.gov/common/nysed/files/nys-next-generation-ela-standards.pdf
nys-next-generation-ela-standards.pdf
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Fifth Grade Writing Rubric:
12.20.17.adapted.nys.5.6.writing.evaluation.rubric.pdf
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RACER Short Answer Graphic Organizer:
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RACER Extended Response Graphic Organizer:
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RACER Short Answer Rubric:
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Sentence Prompts: "What does the text SAY?"
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Sentence Prompts: "What does the author MEAN?"
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Sentence Prompts: "Why does it MATTER?"
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Editing Using COPS:
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COPS Editing Checklist:
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Informational Documentary Analysis Worksheet:
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Video Analysis Rubric:
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To view many amazing videos and resources:
1) Go to snap.caboces.org.
2) Enter your username and password.
3) Your username and password is written on the first page in your agenda.
4) Once you are logged on to SNAP.CABOCES, you can click on to LEARN360, Discovery Education, and BrainPop, for many amazing videos and resources.
5) After clicking on to LEARN360, Discovery Education, and BrainPop, you can then click on the highlighted links found in the lessons.
The following lessons are taken from the NYS Common Core Aligned Curriculum Modules written by Expeditionary Learning. The complete unit, including NYS Next Generation ELA Learning Standards can be found on the EngageNY website.
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards: Click HERE for the Revised Learning Standards Documents http://www.nysed.gov/common/nysed/files/nys-next-generation-ela-standards.pdf
AWESOME GRAMMAR SITES:
Conjunctions:
Definition: "Conjunctions are words that connect two words or thoughts in a sentence. Six commonly used conjunctions are and, or, but, for, so, nor, and yet." Taken from Crosswalk Coach for the Common Core State Standards, English Language Arts, Grade 5, 2011.
One way to remember coordinating conjunctions is to remember the acronym FANBOYS: For-And-Nor-But-Or-Yet-So. Most of the time, "when a coordinating conjunction connects two independent clauses, it is often accompanied by a comma..." http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conjunctions.htm
Conjunctions: Language Standards, Conventions of Standard English, Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, page 38.
1.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
e.Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).
For more information about conjunctions, check out these websites:
Definition: "Conjunctions are words that connect two words or thoughts in a sentence. Six commonly used conjunctions are and, or, but, for, so, nor, and yet." Taken from Crosswalk Coach for the Common Core State Standards, English Language Arts, Grade 5, 2011.
One way to remember coordinating conjunctions is to remember the acronym FANBOYS: For-And-Nor-But-Or-Yet-So. Most of the time, "when a coordinating conjunction connects two independent clauses, it is often accompanied by a comma..." http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conjunctions.htm
Conjunctions: Language Standards, Conventions of Standard English, Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, page 38.
1.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
e.Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).
For more information about conjunctions, check out these websites:
Homework Due Tuesday,: None.
Classwork, Monday, :
Classwork, Monday, :
- In class we will be discussing conjunctions.
- We will review a conjunction powerpoint and discuss coordinating, subordinating, and correlating conjunctions.
- Students will complete a conjunction worksheet to help them fully understand conjunctions.
- We will also view the conjunction junction youtube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc
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Homework Due Wednesday, : Finish Train worksheet.
Classwork, Tuesday, :
Classwork, Tuesday, :
- Today we will go over the Conjunction Guide. We will look over the different examples to help us understand more about the three different types of conjunctions. The three types of conjunctions are: subordinating conjunctions, coordinating conjunctions, and correlating conjunctions.
- We will complete a train worksheet to help use write sentences using conjunctions.
- Today we will learn about FANBOYS: For-And-Nor-But-Or-Yet-So
Homework Due Thursday, : Finish Favorite Holiday Essay
Classwork, Wednesday, :
Homework Due Friday, : Finish Conjunction six worksheet.
Classwork, Thursday :
Conjunction Six Worksheet
Homework Due Tuesday, : None.
Classwork, Friday :
Homework Due Wednesday, : Finish Favorite Place Essay
Classwork, Tuesday :
Homework Due : Preposition Word Search
Classwork,:
Preposition PDF
Preposition Guide
Practice finding prepositional phrases
Preposition Word Search
Homework Due Friday,: None.
Classwork,:
Preposition worksheet 1
Homework Due Monday, : None.
Classwork, Friday :
Preposition homework worksheet
Homework Due Tuesday, : None.
Classwork, :
Homework Due Wednesday,: Complete preposition worksheets and study for quiz (if you complete the worksheets you should be fine.)
Classwork, Tuesday:
Homework : None.
Classwork:
Homework: Work on writing contest piece.
Classwork
Interjections!
Homework Due Monday, : Correct prepositions quiz.
Classwork, Friday :
Homework Due Tuesday, : Finish interjection worksheets. Classwork, Monday :
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Homework, Due : Finish "Pronouns, A Mysterious Story Poem" worksheet.
"Pronouns, A Mysterious Story Poem" worksheet: http://www.greatschools.org/worksheets-activities/6565-poems-a-mysterious-story-pronouns.gs
Homework Due : Metaphor Worksheet
- Metaphor Worksheet: Making metaphors: http://www.greatschools.org/worksheets-activities/6659-making-metaphors.gs
- If necessary, scroll to the bottom of the page for more information about metaphors.
Article: a, an, the
For more information about articles, check out these websites:
For more information about articles, check out these websites:
Pronouns:
Classwork: , Pronouns
, Due : Worksheet, page 187, Lesson 20, Thinking it Through 2. Refer to page 184 and 186 if you have any questions.
Pronouns: Language Standards, Conventions of Standard English, Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, pages 65-67.
1. Students will demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a.Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive).
What is a pronoun? Check out the YouTube video that describes them and gives some examples. Does anyone see a spelling mistake in the song?
WORKSHEETS AND STUDY GUIDES:
Check out Grammar Girl! The Grammar Girl website gives fantastic descriptions of subjective, objective, and possessive pronouns. See below. You can also listen to all three of the articles on her website. Look for the audio on the upper right hand side.
Classwork: , Pronouns
, Due : Worksheet, page 187, Lesson 20, Thinking it Through 2. Refer to page 184 and 186 if you have any questions.
Pronouns: Language Standards, Conventions of Standard English, Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, pages 65-67.
1. Students will demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a.Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive).
What is a pronoun? Check out the YouTube video that describes them and gives some examples. Does anyone see a spelling mistake in the song?
WORKSHEETS AND STUDY GUIDES:
- Poems: a mysterious story (pronouns): http://www.greatschools.org/worksheets-activities/6565-poems-a-mysterious-story-pronouns.gs
- What Are Pronouns Practice Exercises: http://www.education.com/study-help/article/pronouns_answer/
- Pronouns Study Guide: http://www.education.com/study-help/article/pronouns/
- The All-Important Pronouns Study Guide: http://www.education.com/study-help/article/all-important-pronouns/
- The All-Important Pronouns Practice Exercise: http://www.education.com/study-help/article/all-important-pronouns_answer/
- PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS: http://www.sinclair.edu/centers/tlc/pub/handouts_worksheets/grammar_punctuation_writing/pronouns_and_antecedents.pdf
Check out Grammar Girl! The Grammar Girl website gives fantastic descriptions of subjective, objective, and possessive pronouns. See below. You can also listen to all three of the articles on her website. Look for the audio on the upper right hand side.
- Grammar Girl, Pronouns: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/does-the-olympic-theme-song-%E2%80%9Ci-believe%E2%80%9D-have-a-grammar-error
- Grammar Girl, Between You and Me: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/between-you-and-me
- In groups, come up with definitions of a noun, verb, and pronoun.
- Make a poster to teach the class the definition of a pronoun. Be sure to include examples of pronouns.
Classwork: , Verbs and Verb Tenses
Fifth Grade, Due: Worksheet, page 179, Lesson 20, Thinking it Through 2. Refer to page 176 and 178 if you have any questions.
Verbs: Language Standards, Conventions of Standard English, Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, page 38.
1. Students will demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
b.Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.
c.Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.d.Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*
What is a verb? Check out the YouTube video that describes it and gives some examples.
Check out Grammar Girl! The Grammar Girl website gives fantastic descriptions of subjective, objective, and possessive pronouns. See below. You can also listen to all three of the articles on her website. Look for the audio on the upper right hand side.
Check out the information on OWL Purdue:
Fifth Grade, Due: Worksheet, page 179, Lesson 20, Thinking it Through 2. Refer to page 176 and 178 if you have any questions.
Verbs: Language Standards, Conventions of Standard English, Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, page 38.
1. Students will demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
b.Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.
c.Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.d.Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*
What is a verb? Check out the YouTube video that describes it and gives some examples.
- School House Rock video "Verb: That's What's Happening."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGrIJpI5yh0
- Verb Song from Grammaropolis - "Lights! Camera!! Action Verb!!!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2gCrABrj_U
- Verb Rap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHyLqPspWR0
Check out Grammar Girl! The Grammar Girl website gives fantastic descriptions of subjective, objective, and possessive pronouns. See below. You can also listen to all three of the articles on her website. Look for the audio on the upper right hand side.
Check out the information on OWL Purdue:
- In groups, come up with definitions of a noun and verb.
- Make a poster to teach the class the definitions of a verb and verb tenses. Be sure to include examples of verbs and verb tenses.
- Watch the School House Rock video "Verb: That's What's Happening."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGrIJpI5yh0
Literary Devices:
Onomatopoeia, Metaphors, Similes, Alliteration:
Classwork:
Worksheets:
Classwork:
Onomatopoeia, Metaphors, Similes, Alliteration:
Classwork:
- Watch and discuss onomatopoeia, similes, and metaphors videos.
- Work on revision to your essay.
- Read poems to class.
Worksheets:
- Videos:
- Similes and Metaphors in Pop Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1c6zF9aJxs
- Simile Song/Simile Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkMKaGLmkzk
- Literary Devices in Pop Culture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_pxfifB6Co
- Mindy Bauer presents Onomatopoeia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1b5kCvVBo8
- Electric Company - onomatopoeic sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrRW7RIr0xM
Classwork:
- Students will make displays depicting examples of onomatopoeia, similes, and metaphors.
GRAMMAR PAGE!
Fifth and Sixth Grade Grammar
Fifth and Sixth Grade Writing Rubric:
3-8.ela.common.core.writing.rubric.pdf
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Grammar: Please see the engageNY website for more information about the Common Core Learning Standards and what is expected from our fifth and sixth grade students.
Fifth and Sixth Grade Homework, Due Thursday, December 19, 2013: Finish "Pronouns, A Mysterious Story Poem" worksheet.
"Pronouns, A Mysterious Story Poem" worksheet: http://www.greatschools.org/worksheets-activities/6565-poems-a-mysterious-story-pronouns.gs
Metaphor Worksheet
Conjunctions:
Definition: "Conjunctions are words that connect two words or thoughts in a sentence. Six commonly used conjunctions are and, or, but, for, so, nor, and yet." Taken from Crosswalk Coach for the Common Core State Standards, English Language Arts, Grade 5, 2011.
One way to remember coordinating conjunctions is to remember the acronym FANBOYS: For-And-Nor-But-Or-Yet-So. Most of the time, "when a coordinating conjunction connects two independent clauses, it is often accompanied by a comma..." http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conjunctions.htm
Conjunctions: Language Standards, Conventions of Standard English, Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, page 38.
1.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
e.Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).
For more information about conjunctions, check out these websites:
Article: a, an, the
For more information about articles, check out these websites:
Pronouns:
Worksheet, page 187, Lesson 20, Thinking it Through 2. Refer to page 184 and 186 if you have any questions.
Pronouns: Language Standards, Conventions of Standard English, Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, pages 65-67.
1. Students will demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a.Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive).
What is a pronoun? Check out the YouTube video that describes them and gives some examples. Does anyone see a spelling mistake in the song?
WORKSHEETS AND STUDY GUIDES:
Check out Grammar Girl! The Grammar Girl website gives fantastic descriptions of subjective, objective, and possessive pronouns. See below. You can also listen to all three of the articles on her website. Look for the audio on the upper right hand side.
Verbs and Verb Tenses
Worksheet, page 179, Lesson 20, Thinking it Through 2. Refer to page 176 and 178 if you have any questions.
Verbs: Language Standards, Conventions of Standard English, Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, page 38.
1. Students will demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
b.Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.
c.Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.d.Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*
What is a verb? Check out the YouTube video that describes it and gives some examples.
Check out Grammar Girl! The Grammar Girl website gives fantastic descriptions of subjective, objective, and possessive pronouns. See below. You can also listen to all three of the articles on her website. Look for the audio on the upper right hand side.
Check out the information on OWL Purdue:
Literary Devices:
Onomatopoeia, Metaphors, Similes, Alliteration:
Worksheets:
Fifth and Sixth Grade Grammar
Fifth and Sixth Grade Writing Rubric:
3-8.ela.common.core.writing.rubric.pdf
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Grammar: Please see the engageNY website for more information about the Common Core Learning Standards and what is expected from our fifth and sixth grade students.
- engageNY website: http://www.engageny.org/
- Common Core Standards for English Language Arts: http://www.engageny.org/sites/default/files/resource/attachments/nysp12cclsela.pdf, (Fifth Grade, page 38; Sixth Grade, pages 65-66).
Fifth and Sixth Grade Homework, Due Thursday, December 19, 2013: Finish "Pronouns, A Mysterious Story Poem" worksheet.
"Pronouns, A Mysterious Story Poem" worksheet: http://www.greatschools.org/worksheets-activities/6565-poems-a-mysterious-story-pronouns.gs
Metaphor Worksheet
- Metaphor Worksheet: Making metaphors: http://www.greatschools.org/worksheets-activities/6659-making-metaphors.gs
- If necessary, scroll to the bottom of the page for more information about metaphors.
Conjunctions:
Definition: "Conjunctions are words that connect two words or thoughts in a sentence. Six commonly used conjunctions are and, or, but, for, so, nor, and yet." Taken from Crosswalk Coach for the Common Core State Standards, English Language Arts, Grade 5, 2011.
One way to remember coordinating conjunctions is to remember the acronym FANBOYS: For-And-Nor-But-Or-Yet-So. Most of the time, "when a coordinating conjunction connects two independent clauses, it is often accompanied by a comma..." http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conjunctions.htm
Conjunctions: Language Standards, Conventions of Standard English, Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, page 38.
1.Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
e.Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).
For more information about conjunctions, check out these websites:
- Conjunction Song from Grammaropolis - "Let's Bring It All Together" Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ug9xr0Ias
- correlative conjunctions: either/or, neither/nor http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/correlativeconjunction.htm
Article: a, an, the
For more information about articles, check out these websites:
- OWLPurdue: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/540/01/
- Listen to the audio- Grammar Girl: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/a-versus-an
Pronouns:
Worksheet, page 187, Lesson 20, Thinking it Through 2. Refer to page 184 and 186 if you have any questions.
Pronouns: Language Standards, Conventions of Standard English, Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, pages 65-67.
1. Students will demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a.Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive).
What is a pronoun? Check out the YouTube video that describes them and gives some examples. Does anyone see a spelling mistake in the song?
WORKSHEETS AND STUDY GUIDES:
- Poems: a mysterious story (pronouns): http://www.greatschools.org/worksheets-activities/6565-poems-a-mysterious-story-pronouns.gs
- What Are Pronouns Practice Exercises: http://www.education.com/study-help/article/pronouns_answer/
- Pronouns Study Guide: http://www.education.com/study-help/article/pronouns/
- The All-Important Pronouns Study Guide: http://www.education.com/study-help/article/all-important-pronouns/
- The All-Important Pronouns Practice Exercise: http://www.education.com/study-help/article/all-important-pronouns_answer/
- PRONOUNS AND ANTECEDENTS: http://www.sinclair.edu/centers/tlc/pub/handouts_worksheets/grammar_punctuation_writing/pronouns_and_antecedents.pdf
Check out Grammar Girl! The Grammar Girl website gives fantastic descriptions of subjective, objective, and possessive pronouns. See below. You can also listen to all three of the articles on her website. Look for the audio on the upper right hand side.
- Grammar Girl, Pronouns: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/does-the-olympic-theme-song-%E2%80%9Ci-believe%E2%80%9D-have-a-grammar-error
- Grammar Girl, Between You and Me: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/between-you-and-me
- In groups, come up with definitions of a noun, verb, and pronoun.
- Make a poster to teach the class the definition of a pronoun. Be sure to include examples of pronouns.
Verbs and Verb Tenses
Worksheet, page 179, Lesson 20, Thinking it Through 2. Refer to page 176 and 178 if you have any questions.
Verbs: Language Standards, Conventions of Standard English, Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, page 38.
1. Students will demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
b.Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.
c.Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.d.Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*
What is a verb? Check out the YouTube video that describes it and gives some examples.
- School House Rock video "Verb: That's What's Happening."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGrIJpI5yh0
- Verb Song from Grammaropolis - "Lights! Camera!! Action Verb!!!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2gCrABrj_U
- Verb Rap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHyLqPspWR0
Check out Grammar Girl! The Grammar Girl website gives fantastic descriptions of subjective, objective, and possessive pronouns. See below. You can also listen to all three of the articles on her website. Look for the audio on the upper right hand side.
Check out the information on OWL Purdue:
- In groups, come up with definitions of a noun and verb.
- Make a poster to teach the class the definitions of a verb and verb tenses. Be sure to include examples of verbs and verb tenses.
- Watch the School House Rock video "Verb: That's What's Happening."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGrIJpI5yh0
Literary Devices:
Onomatopoeia, Metaphors, Similes, Alliteration:
- Watch and discuss onomatopoeia, similes, and metaphors videos.
- Work on revision to your essay.
- Read poems to class.
Worksheets:
- Videos:
- Similes and Metaphors in Pop Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1c6zF9aJxs
- Simile Song/Simile Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkMKaGLmkzk
- Literary Devices in Pop Culture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_pxfifB6Co
- Mindy Bauer presents Onomatopoeia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1b5kCvVBo8
- Electric Company - onomatopoeic sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrRW7RIr0xM
- Students will make displays depicting examples of onomatopoeia, similes, and metaphors.