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Nouns as Objects
OBJECTIVES • To identify and use nouns as direct objects of verbs • To identify and use nouns as objects of prepositions
DAILY MAINTENANCE Assign Practice Book page 3, Section 1.7. After students finish, 1. Give immediate feedback. 2. Review concepts as needed. 3. Model the correct answer. Pages 4–5 of the Answer Key contain tips for Daily Maintenance.
WARM-UP Write the following sentence starters on the board: Maggie drew
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Lee admires
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Kim went into Nick is visiting from
whom after the verb. Explain that some sentences have prepositions that are used to describe place, time, direction, and relationship. Read aloud about objects of prepositions. Then have students identify the prepositions and the objects of prepositions in the Warm-Up sentences.
PRACTICE EXERCISE 1 Remind students that direct objects answer the question what or whom after the verb. Have small groups complete this activity. Invite volunteers to share their answers with the class.
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EXERCISE 3 Suggest that students first locate the prepositions in the sentences. Remind students that the object of the preposition is the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition. EXERCISE 4 Tell students to create a chart with two columns, Direct Objects and Objects of Prepositions. Have
Nouns as Objects
. A noun can be used as a direct object of a verb. The direct object answers the question whom or what after an action verb.
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Have students complete each sentence starter. Invite volunteers to write their completed sentences on the board.
In this sentence the direct object is cartoons. It answers the question What did Charles Schulz draw? Charles Schulz drew cartoons.
In this sentence the direct object is Charles Schulz. It answers the question Whom did the readers of the Peanuts comic strip appreciate?
Read from a piece of writing that the class is currently reading. Emphasize the nouns used as objects.
Readers of the Peanuts comic strip appreciated Charles Schulz.
A noun can be the object of a preposition. Prepositions show place, time, direction, and relationship. Some prepositions are about, at, by, for, from, in, into, of, on, throughout, to, with, and without. A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition and a noun or a pronoun, which is called the object of the preposition.
TEACH Read aloud the definition of a direct object and the example sentences. Then have students ask what or whom after the action verbs in the first two Warm-Up examples. (Maggie drew what? Lee admires whom?) Discuss the answers to these questions and point out that the answers are direct objects. Be sure students can distinguish between a subject, which generally precedes the verb, and a direct object, which generally follows it. Have volunteers read aloud the last two Warm-Up sentences. Ask students if these sentences have direct objects by asking what or 14 • Section 1.7
EXERCISE 2 Have students complete this exercise independently. Explain that students can use more than one word to complete each sentence.
The Peanuts comic strip featured a group of children. The comic strip appeared in many newspapers.
In the first sentence, of is the preposition and children is the object of the preposition. In the second sentence, in is the preposition and newspapers is the object of the preposition. EXERCISE 1 Identify the direct object in each sentence.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Charles Schulz created famous characters. One character, Linus, always carries a blanket. The character Lucy has superior knowledge about everything. Schulz created Charlie Brown. Readers loved the ordinary boy. Charlie had problems. For example, he didn’t often win his baseball games. Schulz had a smart dog with the name of Spike. Spike inspired the creation of the dog Snoopy. We read Snoopy’s thoughts in cartoon bubbles.
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Charles Schulz drew inspiration from his own life in creating Peanuts.