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Subject: Language ArtsLesson Title: All About GrammarGoals/Objectives:• To identify words used as eight parts of speech.• To identify phrases and clauses in sentences.• To observe capitalization and punctuation rules when used with direct quotations.National Standards met: Language Arts - 1G, 1H, 6G, 6HMethods/Procedures:• Each student (or group) selects a sports article, cuts it out, reads it silently or aloud.• Student identifies nouns, pronouns, strong action verbs, adjectives, adverbs,prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections, using a highlighter to mark them. If agroup is used, individuals may be assigned different parts of speech to search for.• Students will identify and mark the required number of prepositional phrases,adjective clauses, adverb clauses, and/or noun clauses used in the article.• Students could also be asked to look for interesting use of puns, alliteration, simile,metaphor, and personification. These can be entered in the other section on the runoffsheet.Materials:• Sports section of newspapers and/or magazines• Scissors, highlighting pens, scrap paper• Grammar Plays worksheetAssessment:• Grades can be assigned to completed worksheets; points may vary for easy to difficultitems. Bonus points could be used for the other section.LANGUAGE ARTSNew England Patriots Edition 11 Pro Football Hall of Fame Educational Outreach Program