8th+grade+ELA+Prepositions

Contributing Teacher(s):Andrea Jackson
Resources:list of prepositions, word document, highlighters

Content:
0801.1.1 Know and use appropriately the meaning, forms, and functions of prepositions (including recognizing them as adjective or adverb modifiers and place properly within the sentence).

ISTE Technology:

 * **1.** || **Creativity and Innovation** ||
 * || Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students: ||
 * || || a. || apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.|| **2.** || **Communication and Collaboration** ||
 * || Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students: ||
 * || || a. || interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. || || || ||


 * Introduction/Problem: ** A fter reviewing the list of prepositions, students will create a poem using ten to fifteen prepositions. Students must use the prepositions in a variety of ways including adjective and adverb modifiers.


 * Procedures:** Students will create a poem using ten to fifteen prepositions. The teacher will review the differences in adjective and adverb modifiers. The teacher will review locating a prepositional phrase. Students will collaborate with a partner to underline the prepositional phrase, highlight the prepositions used as adjective modifiers in yellow, and highlight the prepositions used as adverb modifiers in green. (This can be done in Word, or it can be printed out and students can physically highlight the prepositions).

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Students will collaborate with a partner to underline the prepositional phrase, highlight the prepositions used as adjective modifiers in yellow, and highlight the prepositions used as adverb modifiers in green. =====

Assessment/Rubric:
prepositions. || Students have created a poem with a purpose, using 3-6 prepositions. || Students have created a poem with a purpose, using less than 3 prepositions. || (in partner's poem) || Students have correctly highlighted all prepositions used as adjective modifiers. || Students have correctly highlighted most prepositions used as adjective modifiers. || Students have correctly highlighted few prepositions used as adjective modifiers. || Students have not correctly highlighted any prepositions used as adjective modifiers. || (in partner's poem) || Students have correctly highlighted all prepositions used as adverb modifiers. || Students have correctly highlighted most prepositions used as adverb modifiers || Students have correctly highlighted few prepositions used as adverb modifiers. || Students have not correctly highlighted any prepositions used as adverb modifiers. ||
 * || 25 points || 15 points || 5 points || 0 points ||
 * Poem || Students have created a poem with a purpose, using 10-15 prepositions. || Students have created a poem with a purpose, using 7-9
 * Identifying prepositional phrases (in partner's poem) || Students have correctly underlined all prepositional phrases. || Students have correctly underlined most prepositional phrases (less than 10). || Students have correctly underlined few prepositional phrases (less than 5). || Students have not underlined prepositional phrases. ||
 * Identifying prepositions used as adjective modifiers
 * Identifying prepositions used as adverb modifiers