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12-29-2008, 01:28 PM
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"Homework Help" for MM
Okay, so she's doing some workbook work and is on prepositions. She's identifying prepositional phrases and, in some exercises, she has to tell whether the phrase is an adjective or adverb. I have been Googling this stuff, but am having hard time finding anything to really explain and/or show her what a preposition is. I have found definitions and examples, but they are kind of abstract to her. This is one of the few subjects that I find difficult to teach. It's just something I kind of "know" rather than can explain. We just watched the Schoolhouse Rock video on prepositions, but she's still confused and I'm still at a loss for explaining it to her thoroughly. Any suggestions?
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12-29-2008, 01:30 PM
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Prepositions are what comes "pre" the "position".
"On" the "bookshelf" "In" the "car" Etc.
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12-29-2008, 01:31 PM
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I've got no idea what this adjective and adverb gibberish you're talking about is, though.
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12-29-2008, 01:31 PM
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sounds like someone needs a little Schoolhouse Rock.
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12-29-2008, 01:32 PM
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12-29-2008, 01:35 PM
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12-29-2008, 01:49 PM
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My rule was if you don't know what the word is, then it's a preposition. Learning all the other parts of speech well helps.
Anything beyond that is too advanced for young schoolchildren.
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12-29-2008, 01:51 PM
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 I didn't read your whole post, just the first sentence or so.I am going to watch the preposition one tonite, and get back to you 
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#9
12-29-2008, 01:57 PM
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Prepositional phrases are easier to conceptualize than prepositions themselves. Prepositional phrases are a lot like adverbs or adjectives in that they're meant to flesh out basic sentences, but usually involve temporal or spatial descriptions which require a whole phrase instead of just a word. They basically are phrases that answer questions of where/when/why/how. Go get the book. Which book? The book on the bookshelf. I'm singing? Singing where? In the rain. I'm going to the store. When? After work. Once she can identify a prepositional phrase, prepositions are just the linking words that start those phrases.
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12-29-2008, 01:59 PM
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What I seem to remember is that it's the type of word that can go before the phrase "_____ the birdhouse":
Beside the birdhouse, Above the birdhouse, and so forth. (Now I'll wait for all the obvious counter-examples that never came up in class....)
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