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Relative Adverbs | No Nonsense Grammar

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Title:

 Relative Adverbs | No Nonsense Grammar

URL:

 https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/5aa897d5-c2db-42f2-9f96-7008294f1edc/relative-adverbs-no-nonsense-grammar/

Content Source:

 PBS
Type: Audio/Video

Overview:

A relative adverb is a word that talks about a place, time, or reason for something. Remember the three "w's": where, when, and why.

This resource allows students to practice identifying relative adverbs.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 4
39. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage.

a. Use relative pronouns who, whose, which, and that, relative adverbs where, when, and how, and irregular possessive nouns.

b. Form and use the progressive verb tenses.

Examples: I was walking, I am walking

c. Use modal auxiliaries to convey various conditions.

Examples: can, may, must
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
39.
  • Demonstrate
  • Command
  • Conventions
  • Standard English grammar
  • Standard English usage
39a.
  • Relative pronouns
  • Relative adverbs
  • Irregular possessive nouns
39b.
  • Progressive verb tenses
39c.
  • Modal auxiliaries
  • Convey
  • Various conditions
Knowledge:
39. Students know:
  • Standard English grammar and usage conventions.
39a.
  • A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb that have a relationship.
  • A relative pronoun is used to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun in which the clause modifies or describes the noun.
  • A relative adverb is an adverb that introduces an adjective clause.
  • Common irregular nouns and conventions to form possessive nouns.
39b.
  • The progressive verb tense describes ongoing actions, and it tells about something that is, was, or will be happening.
39c.
  • Modal auxiliaries are verbs that never change forms the way most other verbs do.
  • Modal auxiliary verbs indicate possibility, capability, necessity, or willingness.
Skills:
39. Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate correct standard English grammar and word usage in writing.
39a.
  • Use relative pronouns correctly in writing.
  • Use relative adverbs correctly in writing.
  • Form and use irregular possessive nouns correctly in writing.
39b.
  • Form and use the progressive verb tenses; for example, I was walking, I am walking.
39c.
  • Use modal auxiliaries to convey various conditions; for example, can, may, must.
Understanding:
39. Students understand that:
  • Demonstrating command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing is necessary to convey meaning.
39a.
  • There are some special parts of speech that can be used to add more details to sentences, like relative pronouns and relative adverbs, that must be used correctly to clearly convey meaning.
  • There are some nouns that create their plural and possessive forms in an irregular way.
39b.
  • The tense of a verb indicates when the action occurred.
  • To form the progressive tenses, they will use a form of the helping verb to be with a main verb ending in -ing.
39c.
  • Modal auxiliaries are a type of helping verb that must be used together with the main verb of the sentence.
Tags: adverb, how, relative adverbs, when, where
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Author: Jessica Byrd
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