Participial Phrases

Mitchell Faulkner, Zach Klan, James Garner

Lesson 1! Definition

• A phrase consisting of a participle and its related words, such as modifiers, and compliments, all of which act together as an adjective.

Lesson 2! Indicators

• The participle: a verb form (past or present participle, usually ending in –ed or –ing) that is used as an adjective.

Lesson 3! Examples

• The running water is healthy!• The falling snow is beautiful!• Working around the clock, the men helped

the old people.• The pond was frozen over since early

December, is now safe for ice skating.

GAME TIME!!!

The Rules

• This game, in some countries, is considered around the world… but it is completely original.

• You stand up and move to the person next to you. Then you proceed to answer the question that you are asked, to move on.

• If you are wrong you have to sit down in the person’s seat, and they move on.

Taste the rainbow

• The boy ran!

• The play, begun sharply at eight, ended in two hours.

Next Level

• The water boiled over the pot.

• The whispering breeze scattered seeds.

Your moving on!

• Holding the torch steadily, Merdine approached the monster.

• After the storm I stepped in a puddle.

Doing good

• Merdine waved the torch over her head, making a great ring of white light.

• After running a mile the boy was tired.

Keep going!

• The boy got a weekly allowance of ten dollars.

• Discouraged by the long hours and low pay, my sister finally quit her job.

Level 6!

• Curling my toes and squinting, I waited for the doctor to puncture my arm with a needle.

• The boy hates getting shots, and will do anything to get out of doing them.

Level 7

• My father’s hair, is streaked with gray and receding on both sides.

• My father is old.

Wish we were you…..

• Refusing to surrender and functioning with limited supplies, General Anderson waited for reinforcements at Fort Sumter.

• Most people find history lame and boring, but not history teachers!

…..Not

• The Battle of Gettysburg, a significant turning point in the war lasting on three days, was won by the Union Army.

• Who doesn’t love learning about American History?

You’re getting the hang of this

• Soon to win the game, the boy was excited.

• General Sherman blazing his way through the South led the campaign famously called The March to the Sea.

You’re doing swimmingly

• We will learn about the civil war in American Studies this year.

• Surrendering at Appomattox Courthouse to Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee acquiesced to ending the bloodiest four years in American History

Cow tipping, fun had by all!

• The boy wanted to know why his classmates PowerPoint was chalk full of Civil war sentences.

• Colonel Chamberlain, credited with saving the left flank of the Union Army at the Battle of Gettysburg used a textbook maneuver to defeat the Confederate forces.

Love makes the world go round

• Capturing the city of Vicksburg, Ulysses S. Grant spilt the Confederacy in two.

• The boys friends explained to him that they liked the Civil war.

Who says your to old to……

• General Pickett, humiliated by the defeat of his division at Gettysburg, never forgave General Lee.

• The boy said he would be humiliated as well if he had lost like that.

TRICK OR TREAT!

• The boy was thankful when his classmates ran out of civil war sentences.

• Using his loudest voice, the actor recited the famous speech.

Horrible Jokes and Grammar…

• The class found their peers jokes to be very funny and laughed.

• Forgetting her lines, the actress tried to regain her poise.

…..the best way to learn

• The boy thought his dog sounded a bit like a puppy.

• Taken by surprise the audience jumped when the gun sounded.

“Leggo my Eggo”

• The boy enjoyed waffles and ate them every morning.

• The woman crying quietly, was deeply moved by the performance.

Grammar is important kids…

• The boy wondered why he was constantly being brought up.

• Made by the famous designer, the costumes were gorgeous.

…so stay in school, its cool.

• The girl liked it when her boyfriend got her flowers.

• The roses thrown onto the stage were a sign of appreciation.

Level 21!

• The girl now failing trigonometry went to go find herself a tutor.

• The funny actress, entering the stage backwards, caused the people to laugh

Oooooooo its Level 22!

• Turning the lights to blue, the stage manager made the scene appear like night.

• The boy liked poetry because he could rhyme on a dime.

Omg! level 23!

• The student’s teacher was very proud of their hard work.

• The audience delighted with the performance, began to clap wildly.

“Green eggs and ham Sam I am.”

• The father read Green Eggs and Ham to his child.

• General P.T. Beauregard, faced with possible surrender, fired the first shot against the North, which began the American Civil War.

Almost there now…

• General Stonewall Jacks, the most famous Confederate general and wounded by his men, died at the of Chancellorsville.

• The boy cried when he saw the Civil War sentences yet again.

Last one!

• Gone with the Wind and Uncle Tom’s Cabin became popular novels depicting fictional events and characters from this tumultuous period in history.

• The class applauded their peers on their hard efforts to help them learn.

Good Job!You win.