Grade 1 · Lesson 74 — Interjection, or just an excited sentence?

U1 · Level One — Parts of Speech · Interjections · student sheet is G1_L74_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: Border work. The predictable cost of Lesson 73, and it comes straight after.
  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.
As-Suffah Academy · Language Arts Lesson 74 · TEACHER EDITION