Verbs!

Today we really got into different parts of speech.  And that's a good thing because knowing how to craft a sentence will help us develop and strengthen our paragraphs. 

We learned about several parts of speech:

• Nouns-people, places and things
• Pronouns-small little words that take the place of nouns (he, she, it)
• Verbs-show the time frame and action in sentences.  Sometimes verbs also link subjects to descriptions of the subject.  Those are called linking verbs.
• Prepositions-small words that point readers in a direction to the object.
• Conjunctions-(also called FANBOYS) connect parts of sentences together
• Adjectives-describe or modify nouns and pronouns
• Adverbs-describe verbs (and a bit more, but we'll cover that later this summer). 

We really focused on verbs today, especially ACTION VERBS!  Action verbs show readers what the subject is doing and when the action took place (because of the tense).  Check out Scarry page 47 for some samples and practice work. 

We finished off the day with Vocab List #2 (see Blackboard) and writing the second draft of our paper in class.  Email me (lroessner@ccc.edu) with questions or concerns about this second draft.  On Monday, we'll be moving on to draft #3 (the final draft of this first essay).