Find the "Object" of the Preposition

Grade Levels

6th Grade

Course, Subject

English Language Arts

Related Academic Standards

Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition. • Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. • Use sentences of varying lengths and complexities • Create tone and voice though precise language. • Establish and maintain a formal style.

CC.1.4.8.L CC.1.4.8.L

Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

CC.1.4.8.R CC.1.4.8.R

Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

CC.1.5.8.G CC.1.5.8.G

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English when speaking based on grade 8 level and content.

E08.C.1.2.1 E08.C.1.2.1

Introduce a topic for the intended audience and preview what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, compare/contrast, and cause/effect to support the writer’s purpose.

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Big Ideas

Writing is a means of documenting thinking

Writing is a recursive process that conveys ideas, thoughts and feelings
Concepts

Focus, content, organization, style, and conventions work together to impact writing quality

Characteristics of effective writing work together to impact quality
Competencies

Use grade appropriate conventions of written language when writing and editing. (i.e. correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar and sentence formation) (conventions)

Focus, content, organization, style, and conventions work together to impact writing quality

Rationale

Vocabulary

Preposition, prepositional phrase, object of the preposition

Objectives

The students will:

identify and correctly use prepositions.
identify and create prepositional phrases.
identify the object of the preposition.

Lesson Essential Question(s)

How can the knowledge of language help us to communicate and understand?

Duration

One 40 minute class period

Materials

Preposition song, taken from http://www.misscantillon.com/Preposition%20Song.htm

Reading book

Paper/pencil

Suggested Instructional Strategies

W - Students can review the most common prepositions in the English language when sung to a familiar tune.

H - Students are writing prepositional phrases which helps to them to write in a more precise, descriptive, and focused way

E - Students are writing about objects in their proximity. The clues they are writing are giving the opportunity to use higher order thinking skills to stump the class.

R - Students are communicating with their classmates and directing the other students to lead them to use the clues to solve their riddle.

E - Students are able to move around the room to act out their clues to show the class the answers to their riddles.

T - Students are able to look for different parts of speech in their everyday reading.

O - Lesson can be adapted by giving easier reading material to struggling readers.

Instructional Procedures

1. Review prepositions using the preposition song, which is sung to the tune of "Yankee Dooddle Dandy." Lyrics can be found at: http://www.misscantillon.com/Preposition%20Song.htm

2. Review prepostional phrases by allowing several students to create their own sentences that contain these phrases. Students will identify the preposition and the object of the preposition in each of their examples.

3. Each student (or pair of students) should select an object in their mind from around the room. Students will create four prepositional phrases to describe their chosen object. The phrases can help to describe the object by where the object is located in the room, its appearance, etc.

4. Students can then take turns reading their prepositions aloud for the other students to guess their object. The other students will take turns guessing.

5. Assign students to randomly open their reading books to any given page. They will search for ten prepositional phrases on that page and record them in their journals.

Formative Assessment

Students should correctly create prepostional phrases when describing their object.

Students should correctly identify prepositional phrases in their reading.

Related Materials & Resources

Prepostion song: http://www.misscantillon.com/Preposition%20Song.htm

Author

S. Behrendt and K. McGinity

Date Published

December 12, 2010

Find the "Object" of the Preposition