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ACTiviTy 1.6
Plan
Materials: note paper, drawing paper, minute timer, note cards, Round Table Discussion Graphic Organizer
Suggested Pacing: 2 50-minute class periods
California English Language Development Standards
ELD.PI.6.1 Exchanging Information and Ideas
ELD.PI.6.8 Analyzing Language Choices ELD.PI.6.5 Listening Actively
ELD.PI.6.6c Use Knowledge of Morphology
ELD.PI.6.10b Writing ELD.PI.6.12 Selecting Language
Resources
ELD.PII.6.5 Modifying to Add Details ELD.PII.6.7 Condensing Ideas
DaY OnE Teach
1 Ask alternating student volunteers to read the Learning Targets aloud. When finished, explain to students that in this lesson they will learn about how to add details to sentences using prepositional phrases.
2 Remindstudentsthatprepositions are words that introduce where,
when, or why something takes place and introduces general descriptive information. Write the following list
of prepositions on the board: above, across, around, below, between, for, in, near, over, under, until. Divide students into small groups. Distribute note paper to each student. Then, have each group choose three prepositions from the list on the board. Have them write a sentence for each word they chose. Have groups share their sentences with the class.
3 Explain to students that an important element of sentences in English is prepositional phrases. Say:
A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition and its object. The object
of a preposition is a noun or a pronoun. Write the following prepositional phrase
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on the board: in the mailbox. Explain to students that this is a prepositional phrase. Now write: Amy put the letter in the mailbox. Ask: What did Amy put in the mailbox? Point out that letter is the object of the preposition. Divide students into pairs. Write the following sentences on the board: I had a party at my house. Johanna did her homework at the library. Have pairs identify the prepositional phrase and the object of the preposition.
HEW DIFFErEnTIaTE How English Works: Modifying to add Details
4 Direct students’ attention to the Learning Resources box and have student read silently, touching each word as you read aloud. When finished, ask for student volunteers to answer these questions: What are prepositions? What are prepositional phrases? Assist students in formulating shortened definitions of the two, and jot them on the board.
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aCtivitY 1.6
HEW how english Works: Prepositional Phrases Learning Targets
• Expand sentences with simple adverbials to provide details about a familiar activity or process. PII.6.5
• Condense ideas in simple ways or other ways of condensing to create precise and detailed sentences. PII.6.7b
Prepositional Phrases
The author of “Don’t ban peanuts at school, but teach about the dangers” uses prepositional phrases to add specific or necessary details to the sentences. Prepositional phrases function as adjectives or adverbs. They show relationships of time, location, or direction. By using prepositional phrases you can combine short choppy sentences into longer, more effective ones.
The chart that follows lists pairs of short choppy sentences. Study each pair and think of a way to combine them with a prepositional phrase. Write the new sentence in the second column.
Language
resources
Preposition: a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. Some common prepositions are by, from, with, to, over, in, after, and across. Prepositional Phrase: a
group of words that includes
a preposition, a noun or pronoun called the object of a preposition, and any modifiers of the preposition
aCadeMiC voCabULarY
A prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun is called an adjective phrase.
The ban against peanuts is a
bad idea.
A prepositional phrase that modifies a verb or adjective is called an adverb phrase.
The editorial spoke against the ban.
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Sentences
The district is proposing a new policy to discourage food products. These are foods with peanuts.
Combined Sentence with Prepositional Phrase
The district is proposing a new policy to discourage food products with peanuts.
Language
resources
Some Common Prepositions
The ban would not protect children. It wouldn’t help students with peanut allergies.
The ban would not protect children with peanut allergies.
about below above beside across between along by before down
for past from since in to near under on with
A student suffered an allergic reaction. It was to a pretzel-and-cereal trail mix from the cafeteria.
A student suffered an allergic reaction to a pretzel-and-cereal trail mix from the cafeteria.
It’s important that allergic children learn to protect themselves. They need to learn this at a young age.
It’s important that allergic children learn to protect themselves at a young age.
A ban would offer little. It would offer little beyond a false sense of security.
A ban would offer little beyond a false sense of security.
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