Parts of Speech Review

Subject Area: Language Arts

Grade Level(s): 5-6

Duration of Activity: Two 50-minute class periods

Description of Activity:

Students will review the eight parts of speech by creating a Parts of Speech Triangle. Students will use Microsoft Word and Clip Art to create their triangles.

Objectives:

• Students will review the 8 parts of speech and create a Parts of Speech Triangle using Microsoft Word and Clip Art.
• Students will develop an understanding of how to use Microsoft Word and clip art to generate documents that reinforce academic concepts.

Materials/Equipment:

• Computer with digital projector or large-screen monitor
• Student computers—one per group of four or five students
• Printer
• Microsoft Word or other word-processing software
• Handout 1: Eight Parts of Speech Review
• Handout 2: Parts of Speech Triangle

Prerequisites (skills or background needed):

• Knowledge and understanding of the eight parts of speech
• Basic knowledge of how to use Microsoft Word and clip art objects into documents.

Procedure

Teacher Component: The teacher will

1. use Handout 1: Eight Parts of Speech Review to discuss the eight parts of speech, reviewing the definitions of each part of speech and giving an example of each.
2. give the students Handout 2: Parts of Speech Triangle.
3. have the students participate in creating a Parts of Speech Triangle as a class by using a large-screen monitor or projection device to display the steps of the activity.
4. divide the students into groups of four or five.
5. assist student groups as they create group triangles at their desks. Encourage the students to share ideas to make the most creative triangles possible.
6. give feedback to the group once they have created their group triangle.
7. assist individual students in creating triangles at their desks before they go to the computers. Students may not use all eight parts of speech in one triangle, but they should be able to label those parts of speech that they do use.
8. review the process for opening Microsoft Word using a large-screen monitor or projection device.
9. review the process for selecting and inserting clip art objects into word-processing documents.
10. assist students at the computers as they create their triangles.

Student Activities: The student will

1. take part in an oral review of the eight parts of speech using Handout 1: Eight Parts of Speech Review.
2. assist the teacher in creating a whole-class Parts of Speech Triangle.
3. work in groups to create a Parts of Speech Triangle on paper using Handout 2: Part of Speech Triangle.
4. draft an individual Parts of Speech Triangle on paper at the desk before going to the computer to begin creating individual word-processing documents. Students should use as many of the eight parts of speech as they can.
5. create the triangles on the computers using Microsoft Word and adding appropriate clip art objects.
6. print their work when finished for display on the classroom bulletin board.

Accommodations:

• Students can be grouped according to computer knowledge and abilities, pairing students with greater computer experience with students who are less proficient.

Extension Activities:

• Students may share their triangles with other grades and teachers by creating PowerPoint presentations containing their completed triangles.
• Students may create a Parts of Speech Triangle to be used in the classroom for review of the parts of speech.
• Students can use the Web site Wacky Web Tales / http://eduplace.com/tales/ to create their own stories using the correct parts of speech.
• Students could share their parts of speech triangles with students in other communities or states through e-mail.

Integration:

• Language Arts
• Technology

Assessments:

1. The teacher will assess the students’ individual knowledge by checking the triangle that each individual student completes.
2. The teacher will assess the group activity by checking for the correct parts of speech in each group triangle.

URLs:

• Wacky Web Tales
  http://eduplace.com/tales/
• The Parts of Speech
  http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/partsp.html
• The Grammar Gorillas
  http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/index.html
• Daily Grammar
  http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml
• Definitions of Basic Sentence Parts: Word Functions and Usage Notes
  http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/definitions.htm

Curriculum Frameworks

Mississippi:

Fifth Grade & Sixth Grade

3. Complete projects and tasks in an organized and coherent manner. (R, W, S, L, V)
   3. Follow logical sequence/multi-step directions to complete a product.
6. Participate cooperatively while engaging in small group activities to analyze and interpret information, to make decisions, to solve problems, and to produce a given product.
11. Demonstrate continuous progress toward control of penmanship, grammar, mechanics, sentence structure, and usage of standard English in the context of writing an speaking. (R, W, S, L, V)
    1. Demonstrate knowledge of grammar and usage, including, but not limited to, parts of speech, all punctuation marks, capitalization, verb tense, subject-verb agreement, subordination, pronoun reference, and basic sentence elements.
12. Acquire and use appropriate vocabulary and spelling concepts. (R, W, S, L, V)

National Educational Technology Standards (NETS):

8. Select and use appropriate tools and technology resources to accomplish a variety of tasks and solve problems. (5, 6)

TerraNova:

09 Editing Skills (Level 11-21/22)
Identify the appropriate use of capitalization, punctuation, nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs in existing text.

Demonstrate knowledge of writing conventions and sentence structure through identifying and correcting errors in existing text and in text written by the student.

Link and Feedback to Author(s):

Jan Easley, Houlka Attendance Center, Houlka MS
jeasley@hotmail.com