Play with Prepositions

Play with Prepositions

field('video_embed'); if(empty($postembed)){ echo '

'; echo $postembed->field('video_embed'); echo '

'; }else{ echo '

Test

'; };*/ $text_color_class = et_divi_get_post_text_color(); $inline_style = et_divi_get_post_bg_inline_style(); switch ( $post_format ) { case 'audio' : $audio_player = et_pb_get_audio_player(); if ( $audio_player ) { printf( '

%3$s

', esc_attr( $text_color_class ), et_core_esc_previously( $inline_style ), et_core_esc_previously( $audio_player ) ); } break; case 'quote' : printf( '

%1$s

', et_core_esc_previously( et_get_blockquote_in_content() ), esc_attr( $text_color_class ), et_core_esc_previously( $inline_style ) ); break; case 'link' : printf( '

%2$s

', esc_url( et_get_link_url() ), esc_html( et_get_link_url() ), esc_attr( $text_color_class ), et_core_esc_previously( $inline_style ) ); break; } ?>

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Play with Prepositions

May 03, 2016

Play with Prepositions

Most prepositions tell the reader where something is positioned.

By adding prepositional phrases, students can supersize their sentences. Make this lesson memorable with the Giant Magic Straw.
Using the spider-leg strategy, students revise a previous writing to add in prepositional phrases.

Kristina Smekens with the Appearing Straw

Introduce Fun Revision Strategy: Story Surgery

Reveal Emily Dunbar’s “Preposition Song” (video below) about the kids and the box. Here are the opening lyrics.

“Prepositional Phrase Scavenger Hunt” allows students to practice generating prepositions. (TIP: Use a busy scene like these images from archived Highlights magazines. Download four scenes to print out and use in class. Or, download each image as a JPEG. To access JPEG, open image link(s) below, right click on graphic, and “Save image as…”).

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