 L. Alicia Monroe 2009 Oklahoma Writing Project Teacher Consultant

Painting with Parts of SpeechAppositives  L. Alicia Monroe 2009 Oklahoma Writing Project Teacher Consultant Adapted from Harry Noden’s Image Grammar (1999), Don and Jenny Killgallon’s Grammar for Middle School (2006), and Constance Weaver’s The Grammar Plan Book (2007)

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Compare and contrast the sentences below. • Mrs. Brewer scowled at me. • Mrs. Brewer, my teacher, scowled at me.

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • To “paint” with an appositive, use a noun that adds a second image to a preceding noun. • Appositive: a noun that renames another noun • Example: • Bobby’s trophy collection, a mass of metallic men, needs to be dusted.

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Sentence with no appositive: • The lioness chased the zebra. • Sentence with an appositive: • The lioness, a predator, chased the zebra. • Sentence with an appositive phrase: • The lioness, a ferocious predator who stalks the savannah in search of food for her pride, chased the zebra.

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • An appositive phrase can interrupt a sentence: • Jethro, a hot-tempered defensive lineman, tackled the referee. • An appositive phrase can end a sentence: • Upset by a bad call, the crowd cheered for Jethro, a hot-tempered defensive lineman who tackled the referee.

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Examples of appositives from literature: • Mom answered the door at 8:05 a.m. to Mr. Bridges, a short round man in a blue suit, and Coach Warner, who was wearing a Lake Windsor High pullover. • —Edward Bloor, Tangerine

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Examples of appositives from literature: • I took the pearls out of my pocket, the three milky spheres the Nereid had given me in Santa Monica. • —Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Examples of appositives from literature: • Here and there, the children could see traces of the enormous home they had loved: fragments of their grand piano, an elegant bottle in which Mr. Baudelaire kept brandy,the scorched cushion of the windowseat where their mother liked to sit and read. • —Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Examples of appositives by students: • The zebra, a striped beauty, was sipping fresh water from the oasis. • —Alona W.

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Examples of appositives by students: • The stone, a shiny diamond, is small. • —Keoni W.

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Examples of appositives by students: • The happy dolphins, shiny blue sea creatures, swam gallantly. • —Isabella S.

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Examples of appositives by students: • Revving my engine, a Honda 125, I quickly and suddenly passed the rider in front of me. • —Sara M.

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Examples of appositives by students: • The speeding bike, a monstrous whipping metal, flicked through the greenery of the springtime forest. • —Hannah V.

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Examples of appositives by students: • I was in a field, a lush, long grassed place with a plethora of vibrant flowers. • —Sara H.

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Identify appositives from literature: • And then I saw the black car, a weathered Ford, parked in Charlie’s driveway—and heard Edward mutter something unintelligible in a low, harsh voice. • —Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Identify appositives from literature: • So Cherry Valance, the cheerleader, Bob’s girl, the Soc, was trying to help us. • —S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Identify appositives from literature: • But behind him, on a much higher seat in the middle of the sledge sat a very different person—a great lady, taller than any woman that Edmund had ever seen. • —C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Arrangeapposivites from literature: • Create a sentence with the sentence strips. Write the sentence, punctuating correctly, and underline and label the appositive phrases. • Eragon wove his way between the houses to the butcher’s shop, a broad, thick-beamed building. • —Christopher Paolini, Eragon

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Arrangeapposivites from literature: • Create a sentence with the sentence strips. Write the sentence, punctuating correctly, and underline and label the appositive phrases. • The other Soc, a tall guy with a semi-Beatle haircut, turned to Marcia. • —S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Arrangeapposivites from literature: • Create a sentence with the sentence strips. Write the sentence, punctuating correctly, and underline and label the appositive phrases. • Filch owned a cat called Mrs. Norris, a scrawny, dust-colored creature with bulging, lamplike eyes just like Filch’s. • —J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Arrangeapposivites from literature: • Create a sentence with the sentence strips. Write the sentence, punctuating correctly, and underline and label the appositive phrases. • Today, his eyes were a completely different color: a strange ocher, darker than butterscotch, but with the same golden tone. • —Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Imitate appositives from literature: • Write a sentence about a different subject, imitating the structure of the model sentence. Underline and label the appositive phrases. • When Neville Longbottom, the boy who kept losing his toad, was called, he fell over on his way to the stool. • —J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Imitate appositives from literature: • Write a sentence about a different subject, imitating the structure of the model sentence. Underline and label the appositive phrases. • Probably the one with scientific aptitude was Benjamin, the male who had devised new, important equipment for the Rehabilitation Center. • —Lois Lowry, The Giver

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Imitate appositives from literature: • Write a sentence about a different subject, imitating the structure of the model sentence. Underline and label the appositive phrases. • A glorious racket came from the branches—tweedling notes, peeps, burbles, high sharp calls. • —Jeanne DuPrau, City of Ember

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Combine with appositives: • Combine the sentences below to make one sentence with an appositive phrase. Underline and label the appositive phrase. • The referee came in behind us as the rain hit. • + • The referee was a tall woman with short blond hair. • = • The referee, a tall woman with short blond hair, came in behind us as the rain hit. • —Edward Bloor, Tangerine

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Combine with appositives: • Combine the sentences below to make one sentence with an appositive phrase. Underline and label the appositive phrase. • I knew she was sitting there with Dori Dilson. • + • Dori Dilson was the only friend who had not deserted her. • = • I knew she was sitting there with Dori Dilson, the only friend who had not deserted her. • —Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Combine with appositives: • Combine the sentences below to make one sentence with an appositive phrase. Underline and label the appositive phrase. • She was an infiltrator. • + • She was a sneak. • + • She was an ugly. • = • She was an infiltrator, a sneak, an ugly. • —Scott Westerfeld, Uglies

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Expand with appositives: • Write the sentence below, adding an appositive phrase in place of each caret (^). Underline and label each appositive phrase. • His target, ^, was still with the herd. • —Christopher Paolini, Eragon • His target, a small doe with a pronounced limp in her left forefoot, was still with the herd. • —Christopher Paolini, Eragon

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Expand with appositives: • Write the sentence below, adding an appositive phrase in place of each caret (^). Underline and label each appositive phrase. • The cold, sharp-edged rock smell of the tunnel was changing to something softer, ^. • —Jeanne DuPrau, City of Ember • The cold, sharp-edged rock smell of the tunnel was changing to something softer, a strange, lovely smell. • —Jeanne DuPrau, City of Ember

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives • Expand with appositives: • Write the sentence below, adding an appositive phrase in place of each caret (^). Underline and label each appositive phrase. • Then I tend to his minor wounds, ^, ^, which are showing improvement. • —Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games • Then I tend to his minor wounds, the burns, the stings, which are showing improvement. • —Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

Painting with Parts of Speech: Appositives Compose with appositives: In response to the following picture prompts, write your own sentences with appositive phrases. Underline and label each appositive phrase.

 L. Alicia Monroe 2009 Oklahoma Writing Project Teacher Consultant