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Order of Adjectives

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Overview

In this classroom resource, students will learn how to order adjectives. It is very common to use more than one adjective before a noun in a sentence. Remember, when we use more than one adjective before a noun, we need to put them in the right order, according to their type. This resource offers videos, games, and worksheets to help further understand the concept taught in this lesson.

    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

    Compose complete sentences with correct subject-verb agreement, punctuation, and usage.

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    Vocabulary

    • Compose
    • Complete sentences
    • Subject-verb agreement
    • Punctuation

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • A complete sentence has at least one subject and one predicate.
    • A subject and its verb must both be singular or both plural.
    • A complete sentence ends with an ending punctuation mark and there are other punctuation marks that may need to be included.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Write complete sentences with correct subject-verb agreement and appropriate punctuation and word usage.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • The proper conventions of a complete sentence must be used to convey their intended meaning.
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

    Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns.

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    Vocabulary

    • Adjectives

    Knowledge

    • The English language orders adjectives within a sentence according to conventional patterns.

    Skills

    • Appropriate order adjectives within a sentence according to standard English conventions; for example, a small red bag rather than a red small bag.

    Understanding

    • Ordering adjectives in a conventional manner helps their writing to be clearly understood by readers.
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

    Form and use prepositional phrases and conjunctions.

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    Vocabulary

    • Prepositional phrases
    • Conjunctions

    Knowledge

    • A prepositional phrase is a group of words consisting of a preposition, the object of the preposition, and any words that modify the object.
    • A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses and indicates the relationship between the joined units; there are coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions.

    Skills

    • Form and use prepositional phrases in writing.
    • Form and use conjunctions in writing.

    Understanding

    • Prepositional phrases and conjunctions are used to expand or connect words, phrases, and sentences.
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

    Recognize and correct sentence fragments and run-on sentences.

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    Vocabulary

    • Sentence fragments
    • Run-on sentences

    Knowledge

    • A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence that is missing either its subject or its main verb.
    • A run-on sentence occurs when multiple complete sentences are joined incorrectly without using a coordinating conjunction or appropriate punctuation.

    Skills

    • Recognize sentence fragments and run-on sentences.
    • Correct sentence fragments and run-on sentences.

    Understanding

    • Sentence fragments and run-on sentences should not be included in academic writing, and they must be corrected when the occur.
    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

    Use commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks correctly.

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    Vocabulary

    • Commas
    • Apostrophes
    • Quotation marks

    Knowledge

    • Commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks are punctuation marks that are used in writing for specific purposes.

    Skills

    • Use commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks correctly in writing.

    Understanding

    • Commas are a common punctuation mark used in writing for multiple reasons, such as to separate items in a series, before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence, or with direct quotations.
    • Apostrophes are used to form possessive nouns and contractions.
    • Quotation marks are used to show dialogue (speech) in text.
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