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.