Grade 1 · Lesson 72 — They stand on their own

U1 · Level One — Parts of Speech · Interjections · student sheet is G1_L72_Worksheet.html
Ask the question, then answer. Interjection: “Could it stand on its own with an exclamation mark?”

How we did it together — keep looking at this

GeeThatisasurprise.1Ask: Could it stand on its own with an exclamation mark?2Try it — “gee!” ✓ — so “gee” is an interjection.Same steps every time. The marks stay.
Before you mark: Connects back to Unit 0: the one case where something very short does the work of a whole thought.
  1. Find the interjection.
    Hey! Come and look at this.
    the interjection in “Hey! Come and look at this.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  2. Find the interjection.
    Oh no! The milk spilled.
    the interjection in “Oh no! The milk spilled.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  3. Find the interjection.
    Hooray! We finished the book.
    the interjection in “Hooray! We finished the book.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  4. Find the interjection.
    Wow! That tree is tall.
    the interjection in “Wow! That tree is tall.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  5. Find the interjection.
    Ouch! The pan burned me.
    the interjection in “Ouch! The pan burned me.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  6. Find the interjection.
    Oh! I left my book.
    the interjection in “Oh! I left my book.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
Secure looks like: Given four items — two interjections and two exclamatory sentences — the child sorts them correctly and can name all eight parts of speech unprompted.
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