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Meet Mr. Vain Capp

Meet Mr. Vain Capp. What is an acronym?. Acronym?. Mr. Vain Capp is an acronym. It is a word formed by combining the first letters of words in a list that you want to remember. People use acronyms all of the time. Can you think of an acronym that you already use?. NASA?.

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Meet Mr. Vain Capp

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  1. Meet Mr. Vain Capp What is an acronym?

  2. Acronym? • Mr. Vain Capp is an acronym. It is a word formed by combining the first letters of words in a list that you want to remember. People use acronyms all of the time. Can you think of an acronym that you already use?

  3. NASA? • NASA is an acronym for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. • VCR is an acronym for Video Cassette Recorder. • Vain Capp is an acronym for a language arts grammar topic. • For which topic do you think it stands?

  4. What are the eight parts of Speech? • V • A • I • N • C • A • P • P

  5. Your Turn: • Now that you know an easy way to remember the eight parts of speech take out a Cornell notes sheet and write notes to include the definitions and examples for each one!!!! • Word//Definition//Sentence example(3 columns). • Now, create a POSTER with an acronym of your own for the parts of speech. • Use a plain sheet of paper.

  6. Parts of Speech • Verb-action word that tells what the subject does// Mrs. Mahre likes to run down the hall. • Adjective- describes a noun//Mrs. Mahre has a black and white Jack-Rat terrier. • Interjection- shows emotion//Shazam! Mrs. Mahre enjoys chasing that pup! • Noun- person, place, thing or idea// PalmerMiddle School is a great place to study.

  7. Parts of Speech • Conjunction- connects parts of a sentence//Mrs. Mahre loves to walk in the park but not during a hot afternoon. • Coordinating…two more categories of conjunctions? Adverb- tells how, when, how often, and in what manner an action is done// Mrs. Mahre will quickly take roll as class begins.

  8. Parts of Speech • Pronoun- takes the place of a noun// Her name is Mrs. Mahre, and she is a teacher. • Subject-object, possessive, reflexsive • Preposition- relates a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence// Mrs. Mahre has been teaching language arts for about four years, but she has taught school for 17 years.

  9. Prepositions: • Why do we say that a prepositional phrases is a PIG? • Preposition: anything an airplane can do to a cloud. • Describes position. • You decide!!!!!

  10. QUIZ: Remember the eight parts of speech???? • Create three columns. • Title= Word/definition/sentence

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