Week 3 –

Third Quarter
Grammar Alert

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Learning Competencies

►Use structures of
modification
►Compose an
independent critique
of a chosen selection

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Introductory
Activity
►Read the sentences
carefully and label
each word using the
parts of speech!
►It’s time to review
Grade 10!
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Leo bought a toy in blue color.

Leo bought Toy in

Preposition
Noun Verb Noun
Blue color
Adjective
Noun Jens
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Label me!
►Millions of Koala once lived in
Australia.
►The kids are very smart.
►My mom disapproved of my choice.
►Eucalyptus leaves offer little nutrient.
►I am going to my garden.
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Label me!
►I was tired so I went to sleep.
►The girl rides a red bike.
►Mary played with Mark in the park.
►Fifteen-year-old Jacob was jolted awake by
his mother’s urgent voice.
►The old tired man was sitting under a tree
and patiently waiting for his son to arrive.
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 Label me!
►Spain has many different types of cheese,
such as Manchego and Idiazabal.
►They finally agreed on a price with their
business partner, after several months of
negotiation.

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 Label me!
►Furthermore, I would work hard on my new
business and close the gap between my income and
how much I was spending.
►She founded her first business as a result of moving
to a new town, where she needed a way to meet new
people.
►She walked in with her friends, but left alone the
moment she saw the crowd waiting for autographs
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 Structure of
modification
►They are adjectives
and adverbs.

Structure
Structure of
of modification
modification

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Quick Review:

Adjectives Adverbs

►It modify nouns ►It modify verbs,

and pronouns. VS. adjectives, and
other adverbs.

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Adjectives
►Eugene is a responsible boy.
Adjective Noun

►He is excellent.
Pronoun Adjective

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Adjectives
►My mother is affectionate.
►She is loving.
►Our school is safe.
►It is peaceful.

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Adverbs
►Daniel shouted angrily.
Verb Adverb

►Amanda is incredibly beautiful.

Adverb Adjective

►Nora sings love songs always passionately.

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Recitation: Identify the adjectives and its
noun.
►The father looks angry.
►The perfume smells nice.
►The soup tastes sweet.
►Mary is a hard-working person.
►We are responsible for a ten-page assignment.
►This week we covered long-term memory in
learning psychology.
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Recitation: Identify the adjectives and its
noun.
1. She wore a beautiful dress.
2. Ben is an adorable baby.
3. Linda’s hair is gorgeous.
4. This glass is breakable.
5. I met a homeless person in NY.
6. Mary has a collection of expensive Russian dolls.
7. Inthe winter you must wear heavy woollen clothes.
8. The polar bear is listed as threatened.
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Recitation: Identify the adverbs and the one it
modifies.
1. Kristen briskly walked to the library, eager to complete her
homework.
2. It was brutally clear he was not interested in hearing my
opinion.
3. April cheerfully greeted Mark each morning.
4. Adam expertly maneuvered the components of the machine
into their proper positions.
5. I love to randomly share interesting trivia with my friends
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 Recitation: Identify the adverbs and the one it
modifies.
1. The public library often holds meetings downstairs.
2. I want to go fishing somewhere warm and sunny.
3. He never wants to go to the park with me.
4. Writing regularly in my journal is soothing.
5. Baby Emily was very tired after missing her
afternoon nap.
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Activity: Adjectives and Adverbs: Old
Buddies
►Open your book on page 213.
►Read the instructions carefully and answer
the activity.
►Find a pair to answer the following.
►Choose one book where you will write the
answers.
►Write the name of your partner after the
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Second Day

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Modification

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Modification
Nouns as noun modifiers
Adjective as noun modifiers
Adverbs as noun modifiers
Verbs as noun modifiers
Prepositional phrases as noun modifiers

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Nouns as noun modifiers
A noun can modify another noun that follows
it.
As a modifier, the first noun gives specific
information about the following noun.

• They do not have vegetable soup, but they

do have chicken soup and tomato soup.
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Nouns as noun modifiers
 We often use two nouns together to show
that one thing is a part of something else:
the village church
the car door
the kitchen window
the chair leg
my coat pocket
London residents
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Nouns as noun modifiers – Seatwork 1 –
Identify it!
• We are renovating the old farm buildings..
• They spent the weekends doing the flower
bed.
• She kept her money box under her bed.
• The road accident injured five people.
• He still keeps the library books after they
have expired.
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Adjective as noun modifiers
Adjective appears before or after the word it
modifies.
When it appears before the word is called pre-
modifier and when appears after the word is
called post-modifier.

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Adjective as noun modifiers
• Suzan gave
an outstanding performance in the
program. (pre-modifier)
• How beautiful the scenery is! (pre-modifier)
• Anna is looking gorgeous. (post-modifier)
• Jack is exhausted. (post-modifier)
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Adjective as noun modifiers – Seatwork 2
Identify the noun and its adjective.
• I have written several papers.
• Lisa is intelligent.
• Robin is a brilliant
• All the flowers in the garden are beautiful.

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Adverbs as noun modifiers
An adverb that can modify the adjective is
adverb that is ended by [-ly].

The widely famous singer.

Accidentally wrong.
She is crazily in love.

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Adverbs as noun modifiers
• Alex was running slowly.
• Jenn is reading quickly.
• Please work carefully.
• Robin was speaking rudely.

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Adverbs as noun modifiers
• The story was very interesting.
• The movie is really awesome.
• The food was so delicious.
• Aric was so exhausted.

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Adverbs as noun modifiers – Seatwork 3
• Compose three sentences using adverbs as
noun modifiers.
• Put label to all the words.
• Put arrow from adverb going to the one it
modifies.

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Third Day

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Verbs as noun modifiers
• Verb phrases in the form of present participles,
past participles (regular and irregular), and
infinitives often function as noun phrase
modifiers to describe nouns and pronouns in
English.

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Verbs as noun modifiers
• I know the gentleman reading. (present participle)
• The stolen painting turned up in the park. (past
participle)
• He is looking for someone to love. (infinitive)
• A tree branch broken during the storm knocked the
power out. (past participle)
• The woman singing the song owes me money.
(present participle)
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Verbs as noun modifiers – Seatwork 4
• Construct three (3) sentences using verb as
noun modifiers.
• One for present
• One for past
• One for infinitive

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Prepositional phrases as noun modifiers
• A prepositional phrase is a group of
words consisting of a preposition and its
object.
• They provide information about where
something is or where an incident
happened.
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Prepositional phrases as noun modifiers
• The woman in the purple sunglasses stole a
banana.
• Someone with a grudge to settle broke several
windows of the chemistry building.
• Twelve mice without tails scurried away.
• Her daughter likes the little boy by the fence.

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Prepositional phrases as noun modifiers –
Seatwork 5 - Identify the preposition and its
• object.
The ball under the table belongs to the dog across the
street.
• My English teacher encourages my passion for reading.
• Your love of spaghetti with ketchup seems strange to me.
• His fear of falling to his death prevents him from bungee
jumping.

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Fourth & Last
Day

For this Week!

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Independent
Critique
Literature

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 Differentiate the following:
Critic (n) Critique (n)
►a person who ►a detailed analysis
judges the merits of a n d as s e s s me n t o f
literary, artistic, or something,
musical works, especially a literary,
especially one who philosophical, or
d oe s s o political theory:
professionally
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Ways of Objectively and Systematically Analyzing and
Critiquing a Piece of Literature

►Step 1: Extensively read the piece of literature.

Immerse yourself in understanding the

complexities of each character, the development of
the plot, the author’s purpose.

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Ways of Objectively and Systematically Analyzing and
Critiquing a Piece of Literature
►Step 2: Evaluate what you read and brainstorm
for ideas.

Research, take note of specific elements you

would want to target. Then brainstorm on what
particular aspect of the literature you would want
to work and write about. Make a list, map, or do
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Ways of Objectively and Systematically Analyzing and
Critiquing a Piece of Literature
►Step 3: Form the thesis statement/stand.

Write a claim and a summary of the claims that

you are going to anchor your thesis on.

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Ways of Objectively and Systematically Analyzing and
Critiquing a Piece of Literature
►Step 4: Draft an outline.

It will ensure your ideas and thought processes are

well-written, organized and logically constructed.

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Ways of Objectively and Systematically Analyzing and
Critiquing a Piece of Literature
►Step 5: Include sources and citations.

Use the correct style in formatting your paper and

acknowledge your source.

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Ways of Objectively and Systematically Analyzing and
Critiquing a Piece of Literature
►Step 6: Highlight elements that need
improvement.

Item by item, identify parts of literature that you

feel strongly about.

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Ways of Objectively and Systematically Analyzing and
Critiquing a Piece of Literature
►Step 7: Write a powerful conclusion.

Summarize the entire criticism by making sound

generalizations. Weigh the strengths and
weaknesses of the article.

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 Activity: The Big Essay.

►Open your book on page 229.

►Read the Activity 8 and answer the following
statements.
►The poem can be read on page 223.
►Write your answer on a one whole piece of
paper.

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 HOMEWORK
►PRINT A COPY OF ONE SHORT STORY THAT
YOU LIKE OR ALREADY READ.
►PRINT IT ON A SHORT OR LONG BOND PAPER.
►MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH
THE STORY ALREADY.
►SHORT STORY ONLY. (DISNEY, CHILDREN’S
STORY, LITERARY WORKS
(ROMAN/GREEK/AFRICAN/AMERICAN
MYTHOLOGY)
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Thank
You