kick up your sentences with the parts of speech! poster

Congratulations on your purchase of this Really Good Stuff® KickUp Your Sentences with the Parts of Speech! Poster—a “sporty”reference for the parts of speech and their definitions.

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Displaying the Kick Up Your Sentences with the Parts of Speech! PosterBefore displaying the Kick Up Your Sentences with the Parts ofSpeech! Poster, make copies of this Really Good Stuff® ActivityGuide and file the pages for future use. Or, download another copyof it from our Web site at www.reallygoodstuff.com. Hang thePoster where students will be able to see it easily.

Introducing the Kick Up Your Sentences with the Parts ofSpeech! Poster To introduce each part of speech on the Poster, write the followingsentences on your classroom board, with plenty of room aboveeach of them so that you have room to label the parts of speechabove each sentence:

Cass and Joseph play soccer after school.We need a new ball before our next game.Wow! Chloe has already scored two goals.

Explain to your class that these three sentences contain all theparts of speech on the Kick Up Your Sentences with the Parts ofSpeech! Poster, some of them more than once. Going in the orderbelow, work with your students to identify the part of speech ofeach of the words. Read the part of speech and its definition fromthe Poster, then ask students to identify all the words in thesentences that are that part of speech. Provide students withthe following simple abbreviations as a student correctly identifieseach part of speech:

n = nounv = verbpron = pronounart = articleconj = conjunctionprep = prepositionadj = adjectiveadv = adverbint = interjection

After completing this exercise, be sure to explain that the sameword may be a different part of speech in a different sentence,depending on how it is used. For example, rewrite the firstsentence to read Cass and Joseph went to a play after school.Have students look at the word play in both sentences to identifyone as a verb and one as a noun. Remind students to read the

entire sentence to understand the meaning of the words beforethey begin to identify any of the parts of speech. Challengestudents to rewrite the remaining three sentences to change thepart of speech for one of the words, then identify the parts ofspeech for the new usage.

Parts of Speech Reference SheetCopy and distribute the Parts of Speech Mini Poster Reproduciblefor students to keep in their writing folder for reference.

Parts of Speech BrainstormCreate reference charts for different parts of speech bybrainstorming with your students. Choose one part of speech towork with and write that part of speech at the top of a sheet ofchart paper or on your classroom board. For pronouns,interjections, prepositions, or conjunctions—of which there are afairly limited number—have students come up with as many ofthese words as possible and write them on the chart paper orboard. For nouns, verbs, adjectives, or adverbs—of which there can be many—you can limit the discussion to a category of word,such as animals or food for nouns, or colors for adjectives, or to a unit of study. Post the charts around your room so thatstudents can refer to the many words they know for the differentparts of speech.

Parts of Speech HuntHave students use text around the classroom to learn to identifydifferent parts of speech: Write the following simple abbreviationsfor the parts of speech on the classroom whiteboard:

adj = adjectiveadv = adverb art = article conj = conjunction int = interjection n = nounprep = preposition pron = pronounv = verb

Students each take a sheet of paper and pencil and look for 10different sentences that are displayed somewhere in theclassroom. They write down each sentence on the paper, along withwhere in the room they saw the text. They then identify the partsof speech in all the sentences using the abbreviations you listedon the board. Or, tailor the assignment to just the parts ofspeech the students are currently studying.

Parts of Speech SoccerReinforce different parts of speech with this challenging soccergame: Label several sentence strips with sentences that utilize allthe parts of speech. Make a copy of the Soccer GameReproducible and cut out the patterns. Draw a large soccer fieldon your classroom board, place a goal pattern at each end, and

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the ball in the center. Divide the class into two teams and writeeach team’s name above a goal. Line the teams up in single fileand flip a coin to choose a team to go first. Read the firstsentence aloud while you hold up the sentence strip. Then choosea word from the sentence and ask the first students in line toidentify its part of speech. For example, if you read the sentenceKathy sauntered into the library to choose a good book, you mightask what part of speech is sauntered? The first student to givethe correct answer gets to move the ball one ball-length towardhis team’s goal. If neither student gives the correct answer, theyreturn to the end of their lines and it is the next two players turnas you read a new sentence strip. Play continues until one teamscores a goal.

Identify the Parts of Speech WorksheetOnce you have practiced parts of speech identification withstudents, copy and distribute the Identify the Parts of SpeechReproducible to assess their understanding of all the parts of speech.

Answers:1. Wow(int)! We(pron) won(v) the(art) championship(adj)

tournament(n)!2. Gabriella(n) skillfully(adv) kicked(v) the(art) ball(n) past(prep)

the(art) goalie(n).

3. Coach(adj) James(n) and(conj) Coach(adj) Jess(n) gave(v)us(pron) a(art) choice(n) of(prep) red(adj) or(conj) blue(adj)uniforms(n) this(adj) year(n).

4. The(art) workers(n) have(v) finally(adv) finished(v) the(art)repairs(n) to(prep) the(art) old(adj) soccer(adj) field(n).

5. We(n) can(v) have(v) a(art) healthy(adj) snack(n) after(prep)our(pron) soccer(adj) game(n).

6. Nicholas(n) bought(v) a(art) new(adj) orange(adj) and(conj)black(adj) soccer(adj) ball(n) yesterday(adv).

7. Kelly(n) usually(adv) plays(v) fullback(n), but(conj) today(adv)she(pron) will(v) play(v) halfback(n).

8. Hey(int), Zachary(n)! We(pron) are(v) going(v) to(art) kick(v)the(art) ball(n) around(conj) at(prep) the(art) park(n)after(prep) school(n). Are(v) you(pron) coming(v)?

9. We(pron) always(adv) have(v) popsicles(n) after(prep) our(pron)soccer(adj) game(n).

10. Bella(n) twisted(v) her(pron) ankle(n), so(conj) she(pron) will(v)miss(v) the(art) game(n) today(adv).

Writing with the Parts of SpeechUse students’ writing to practice identifying the parts of speech:Copy a completed composition for each student. Assign ahighlighter color for each part of speech and direct your studentsto use the correct color of highlighter to mark each word. Displaystudents’ colorful papers around the Poster.

Kick Up Your Sentences with the Parts of Speech! Poster


Parts of Speech Mini Poster Reproducible

Identify the Parts of Speech Reproducible


Soccer Game Reproducible


kick up your sentences with the parts of speech! poster

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