participles Archives - The Teachers' Library https://www.theteacherslibrary.com/tag/participles/ English Language Arts Resources and Practical Strategies Mon, 12 Mar 2018 19:30:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.theteacherslibrary.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/tl-logo-150x150.jpg participles Archives - The Teachers' Library https://www.theteacherslibrary.com/tag/participles/ 32 32 115061284 Using Participles to Describe https://www.theteacherslibrary.com/writing-instruction/using-participles-describe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-participles-describe Sat, 04 Mar 2017 14:35:57 +0000 http://www.theteacherslibrary.com/?p=580 When teaching students to write descriptively, I make sure to model for them different grammatical constructions for them to implement in their own writing.  I try to limit the amount of grammar jargon I throw at them, but sometimes it’s just not possible to discuss certain sentence structures without certain academic vocabulary. I use this PowerPoint […]

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When teaching students to write descriptively, I make sure to model for them different grammatical constructions for them to implement in their own writing.  I try to limit the amount of grammar jargon I throw at them, but sometimes it’s just not possible to discuss certain sentence structures without certain academic vocabulary.

I use this PowerPoint to introduce them to the specifics of grammatical structures that most of them are in habit of reading all the time, but need an explicit push to incorporate into their own writing.  Having miniature white boards makes checking their work a bit more engaging and interactive, as well as giving other students the benefit of seeing and editing others’ work.

 

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We finish the lesson by making a participle foldable to add into their interactive notebooks.

To reinforce what may be new information, especially for ELLs, I have two worksheets that separate the present from past participles, and show how both kinds of participles can be used as modifiers, either as adjectives or phrases.

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Combing Sentences With Present Participles https://www.theteacherslibrary.com/writing-instruction/combing-sentences-with-present-participles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=combing-sentences-with-present-participles Thu, 02 Mar 2017 15:27:46 +0000 http://www.theteacherslibrary.com/?p=562 Always encouraging my students to write in more concise sentences, I find it helpful to show them various ways to combine sentences while maintaining clarity.  One way to do this is by using participle phrases.  Many of the pre-made worksheets I find combine present and past participles into one exercise, and my students, many of […]

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Always encouraging my students to write in more concise sentences, I find it helpful to show them various ways to combine sentences while maintaining clarity.  One way to do this is by using participle phrases.  Many of the pre-made worksheets I find combine present and past participles into one exercise, and my students, many of whom are ELL, find this confusing and overwhelming.  I like to teach them about present participles first, as they are easy and regular. I show them how participles can not only be used in verb phrases, but also as modifiers, either as adjectives or participles phrases.

 

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Get the PowerPoint and  accompanying participle foldable for interactive notebooks here!

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