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Agreement PowerPoints
Objective: Students will demonstrate their knowledge for using agreement rules.
Topics: To ensure a variety of sentences that are original in nature each class period will receive a different topic for sentence.
Period 1: Zoo or Fishing themePeriod 2: Circus or Hunting theme Period 4: Carnival or Farm theme
Process:
Prep:Students will receive this assignment sheet and given direction.
Students will decide to work individually or in pairs.
Students will sign up and receive an agreement rule assignment.
Day 1: (Thursday) -- help from others in the classroom is allowed
Students will use past worksheets with agreement rules, their literature (back of book) or language arts textbook rules, or internet rule links from the instructor’s web page to make sure they understand the rule they need to present. (5 min)
Students will compose a properly constructed, interesting sentence of TEN or MORE words that demonstrates the proper use of the assigned rule. (5-10 min)
AVOID deadwood words...USE interesting ACTION VERBS where possible
Students will bring their sentences to a GROUP for analysis of its representation of the proper rule. Repeat this process throughtwo groups. Revise sentences as needed. (15 min)
*Every student (or pair) should have a complete WRITTEN sentence example and understanding of the rule to present at the end of this class period.
*Every student (or pair) should have a sketch planned on a piece of typing paper.
Day 2:
Students (or pairs) will create a PowerPoint of 1-3 slides.
Students (or pairs) will create a PP (consider using Google PowerPoint to collaborate)
Students will work today to begin their agreement PowerPoints.
Students should be creative in their presentations.
Consider appropriate (but not distracting) animation and sound effects.
Day 3:
Students will place name and class period on their first PP slide.
Students will complete this assignment by the end of today’s class period.
Students will SHARE their PowerPoints with me at AND
SUBMIT their PowerPoints to the Agreement PowerPoints folder in
Turnitin.com by the end of the school day on Monday.
*NAME THE PP:Period # PP Last Name of Student Creator(s)
EXAMPLES:Period4 PP Suter
Period2 PP Flemmer Kus
RUBRIC: Students’ PowerPoints on Agreement will be graded on the following parts.
___1. 10 pts - Presentation of the agreement rule used in the sentence.
___2. 10 pts - A properly constructed sentence of ten or more words on the topic that
represents the agreement rule.
Do not use DEAD WORDS like “very” or wordy phrases like “there is…”
___3. 10 pts - Clear explanation of exactly how the parts of the sentence display the rule.
___4. 10 pts - Legible text / Readability -- consider font type (script is hard to read), font
size, color choice of text and background (color must be used effectively).
___5. 5 pts - Visual item -- clip art, drawing, picture, etc. -- that relates to the topic of the
sentence.
___6. 10 pts - Balanced layout that is pleasing to the eye. (Be careful with background and
font choices, as well as size and placement of items.)
___7. 5 pts - Creativity and originality. Consider using appropriate animation and select
design with care.
___60 point Quiz Grade / Extra points may be given for clear extra effort in design.
EXAMPLE of Required Parts:
Agreement Rules: Examine your rules sheets and other sources for examples of these rules.
Subject-Verb Agreement
*A verb should always agree with its subject in number. Singular subjects take a singular verbs. Plural subjects take plural verbs.
1. The number of the subject is not changed by a phrase following the subject.
2. The following indefinite pronouns are singular: anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody, someone, and something.
3. The following indefinite pronouns are plural: both, few, many, and several.
4. The indefinite pronouns all, any, most, none, and some are singular when they refer to singular words.
5. The indefinite pronouns all, any, most, none, and some are plural when they refer to plural words.
6. A compound subject, which is two or more subjects that have the same verb, may be singular, plural, or either. Subjects joined by and usually take a plural verb.
7. A compound subject joined by or or nor can be either singular or plural. It is singular if all the subjects are singular, and then takes a singular verb.
8. A compound subject joined by or or nor can be either singular or plural. It is plural if all the subjects are plural, and then takes a plural verb.
9. A compound subject joined by or or nor can be either singular or plural. If one subject is singular and the other is plural, the verb must agree with the subject closest to the verb.
10. A compound subject that names only one person or thing takes a singular verb.
11. A compound noun used as a subject also takes a singular verb.
12. Singular subjects joined by or or nor take a singular verb.
13. When a singular subject and a plural subject are joined by or or nor, the verb agrees with the subject nearer the verb.
14. Don’t and doesn’t must agree with their subjects.
15. A collective noun is singular in form but names a group of persons or things. A collective noun takes a singular verb when the noun refers to the group as a unit.
16. A collective noun is singular in form but names a group of persons or things. A collective noun takes a plural verb when the noun refers to the parts of members of a group.
17. A verb agrees with its subject, not necessarily with its predicate nominative.
18. A verb agrees with its subject even when the verb precedes the subject, as in sentences beginning with here or there and in questions.
19. An expression of an amount is singular when the amount is thought of as a unit or when it refers to a singular word.
20. An expression of an amount is plural when the amount is thought of as many parts or when it refers to a plural word.
21. The title of a creative work or the name of an organization, a country, or a city takes a singular verb.
22. Some nouns that are plural in form are singular in meaning.
23. Some nouns that end in -s take a plural verb even though they refer to single items.
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
24. A pronoun agrees with its antecedent in number and gender: Singular pronouns refer to singular antecedents.
25. A pronoun agrees with its antecedent in number and gender: Plural pronouns refer to plural antecedents.
26. A singular pronoun is used to refer to anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, neither nobody, no one, nothing, one, somebody, someone, or something. The gender of any of these pronouns is determined by the gender of the pronoun’s antecedent.
27. When the antecedent could be either masculine or feminine, use both the masculine and the feminine pronoun forms connected by or,
28. A singular pronoun is used to refer to two or more singular antecedents joined by or or nor.
29. A plural pronoun is used to refer to two or more antecedents joined by and.
30. The number of a relative pronoun depends on the number of its antecedent.
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*The rule numbers correspond to the agreement rule numbers on the agreement rule list.