Parts of Speech

How to Take Notes

1. Write the date

2. Write a title for the notes

Time to take notes!

3. Write in English, BUT

use Spanish to help you understand what you wrote.

4. Write neatly, so you can understand when you read your notes.

5. MAKE SURE YOU COPY YOUR NOTES CORRECTLY!

Learning target:

A noun is a

place

I can identify and categorize nouns, verbs

and adjectives

A noun is a

noun

thing

Parts of Speech

Language target:

noun

A noun is a

person

A noun is an

noun

I can read to identify and categorize nouns, verbs

and adjectives.

idea

A verb is a word that shows

action.

Happiness

Learning target:

I can identify a noun.

Language target:

The (adjective) thing about (noun) is _______________.

Activity

Orally and in writing, I can identify a noun.

• Look for a picture of a noun.
• Write a sentence that explains why it is a noun.

• Busca una imagen de un sustantivo.
• Escribe una oración que explique por qué es un sustantivo.

__________ is a noun because it is ___________.

(person)

(place)

(thing)

(idea)

The Present Progressive

Formula to use the present progressive:

The people are dancing.

We use the present progressive to talk about things that are HAPPENING NOW.

Subject + am / is / are + verb + ing

Usamos el presente progresivo para hablar de cosas que ESTÁN SUCEDIENDO AHORA.

I am talking.

The girl is drawing a picture.

You are listening.

The elephant is jumping on the trampoline.

We are learning.

The man is waving.

El elefante esta bricando en el trampoline.

Subject + am / is / are + verb + ing

I + am + VERB + ing

you + are + VERB + ing

he + is + VERB + ing

she + is + VERB + ing

it + is + VERB + ing

we + are + VERB + ing

they + are + VERB + ing

The Simple Present

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Describes actions that occur according to an official schedule.

"The bus arrives every

morning at 9:00am."

Learning Target:

The Simple Present

• Describes daily events or facts

"We say the Pledge of Allegiance every day.

• Describes a permanent situation.

"I play tennis."

"I don't play tennis, I play soccer."

I can identify verbs and use them to describe what is happening.

What do you do every day?

What sports do you play?

Using the simple present tells us that playing tennis is something the speaker always does. It is part of a routine or habit. We call this a permanent situation.

• narrative form for stories that take place in the present.

What type of word is a

Activity

Use the list of food adjectives to describe Skittles.

Use la lista de adjetivos

describiendo comida para describir Skittles.

1. Adjectives are words that describe nouns.

Los ajetivos son palabras que describen sustantivos

wave

adjectives

Adjectives describe nouns

The dog sits.

Adjectivos describen los sustantivos

The black, brown and white dog sits.

Learning target:

I can identify adjectives and use them to describe nouns.

Adjectives tell us "how many."

Language target:

In an oral discussion and in writing, I can identify and use adjectives to describe nouns.

Los adjetivos nos dicen "cuanto."

2. Adjectives modify nouns.

Los ajetivos modifican los sustantivos.

Activity

Use adjectives to describe the nouns in this photo.

3. Adjectives give us more information about a noun.

Usa los adjetivos para describir los sustantivos en la foto.

Los adjetivos nos dan más información sobre un sustantivo.

One red ball

Many red balls

The woman is a teacher.

The tall woman is a teacher.

shark

Adjectives tell us: which one, what kind, and how many.

The man is tall.

Los adjetivos nos dicen cual, que tipo y cuantos.

I like the car.

I like the small, yellow car.

puppy

man

Time to Take Notes