1.

If need be, pass your syllabus, health form, or lunch

form to the center aisle.
2. Take out your objectives handout.
Objective: After a quick review of yesterdays lesson,
we will assess our understanding of pronouns,
investigate the basic grammatical function of the
adjective, analyze a few types of adjectives, and
apply our knowledge of POS to differentiate
between nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.


Freshman English

Nouns name a person, place, thing, or idea.
1. Annie joined the club.
2. She went to the park.
3. The alarm clock woke me up.
4. The joy I felt was uplifting.
5. I cannot wait to read To Kill a Mockingbird.
Noun review

Has this class completed the pronoun lesson?
If yes, lets travel onward!
In no, its time to pick up where we left off.
Pronoun lesson

Pronouns replace nouns in a sentence.
Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla found a kangaroo and now it is
Rufus Xavier Sarsaparillas because it followed Rufus
Xavier Sarsaparilla home.
What can we use in place of the second and third mention
of Rufus Xavier Sarsaparillas name (a noun)?
Other examples:
1. That belongs to the teacher.
2. Who is the new student?
3. Everyone will take the test.
4. Alberto caught himself daydreaming.
5. I love avocados.


Pronoun review
Parts of speech

An adjective modifies a noun or pronoun.
Modify:
Do you prefer the blue pen or the black pen?
Blue and black are adjectives, they modify the nouns in
the sentence.


Adjectives

Adjectives often answer the following questions about a
noun:
What kind? Which one(s)? How many? How much?
Examples:
1. Maria read an interesting story.
What kind of story?
2. The recent article reported the matter.
Which article?
3. Wendy paid fifty dollars.
How many dollars?
4. Some space was still available for storage.
How much space?

Adjective

A few common types of adjectives:
Articles
A, an, and the
A/an refer to a nonspecific person, place, thing, or idea.
Lets read a book.
I would like to go see a movie.
The refers to a specific person, place, thing, or idea.
Lets read the book.
I would like to go see the movie.
Articles (adjectives)

Adjectives, like nouns, can be proper and
compound.
Proper adjective (reflect on proper noun).
I love Italian bread with my spaghetti.
He has Herculean strength.
The Hawaiian sunset is beautiful.
Compound adjective (reflect on compound noun)
The mayor made a landmark decision.
The bruise was black-and-blue.
Larry, a veteran of the war, is a hometown hero.

Other common types

A word can be a noun or pronoun in one context and an
adjective in another. Analyze the function of the underlined
word, and write noun, pronoun, or adjective next to each
practice sentence.
1. The magazine article focused on endangered species.
2. I was reading an article in the magazine.
3. We celebrated Thanksgiving.
4. Our Thanksgiving celebration was fun.
5. This is difficult.
6. This problem is difficult.
7. Some people are very giving.
8. Some are funny.

Differentiating