Do Now:

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Do Now

• Why are these NOT verbs?
• Dancing in the rain
• To need an aspirin
• Translated into three languages

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Verbals

• Words and phrases that look like verbs, but dont
  act like them in a sentence.

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Types of Verbals Learn them!

• Gerunds
• Participles
• Infinitives

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Gerunds

• A verb ending in ing that acts like a noun
• Dancing is awesome!
• Eating is even better!
• A gerund phrase is a gerund modifiers
• Square dancing is corny.
• Eating nasty food is worse.

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Participle

• A verb (ending in ing, -ed, -t, -n) that
  functions as an adjective.
• The dancing fool stepped on my foot.
• The shaken woman cried over the accident.
• A participial phrase includes its own modifiers
• Partially eaten corn will show up about a day
  later.
• The idiot dancing over there is annoying.

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Infinitives

• A verb using the word to in front of it. It can
  function as a noun, adjective or adverb.
• To eat is to live.
• I want to dance.
• Infinitive phrases includes its modifiers.
• To dance while eating is dangerous.
• I want to eat eggrolls in the morning.

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Pair Response Cards

• I will read a sentence.
• You and your partner will decide what type of
  phrase is in the sentence.
• Write it on the white board, but do not lift it
  until I say GO!

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What is the verbal?

• He thinks he'll be able to more than double his
  salary this year.
• Being king can be dangerous for your health.
• The completely rotted tooth finally fell out of
  his mouth.
• The running dog chased the fluttering moth.
• I would like to have won that game.
• We were thrilled about their having been in
  contention in the world championships before.

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Homework

• Go through your Narrative.
• Add in the three types of phrases.
• Highlight and Label it for me so that I know you
  used it.

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Study Groups Agenda

• Go over your tests together.
• Figure out your weaknesses and make a plan to
  learn the material.
• Discuss Those Winter Sundays
• Decide together what the Point of View, Pace and
  Point of the poem is.
• Write a note to me telling me what you decided
  for 1 2 above.