EXERCISE 3 Explain that students can often check for an indirect object by mentally adding the preposition to or for before the indirect object. Point out that actually adding the preposition changes the construction from an indirect object to a prepositional phrase.
APPLY APPLY IT NOW Discuss some community projects before students begin writing. Have partners exchange papers and identify the indirect objects. Students should demonstrate an understanding of indirect objects.
The indirect object in this paragraph is us. Challenge students to identify the direct object of the sentence (help).
ASSESS Note which students had difficulty identifying indirect objects. Assign Practice Book pages 13–14 for further practice.
WRITING CONNECTION
Use pages 228–229 of the Writing portion of the book.
My neighbor Randy assigns the new members their duties. Randy and his friends offer senior citizens company. They serve homeless people food. They read blind people the latest best sellers. Our work earned the club citywide attention. People gave our causes money. The principal awarded Randy the Good Citizen prize for his service to the community.
The teacher read a book about charity to the students. Cut apart the strips in this way.
The teacher / read / a book about charity / to / the students. Display the pieces in the original order. Ask a volunteer to identify the subject, the verb, and the direct object. Direct another volunteer to reorder the words in the sentence so that the revised sentence contains an indirect object. Remind students that the indirect object comes after the verb and before the direct object. Be sure students note that the word to must be deleted. Repeat the activity as time allows.
Meeting Individual Needs
service of others.
Challenge Provide students with newspaper or magazine articles and two highlighters of different colors. Have students choose an article. Challenge them to use one color to highlight direct objects and the other color to highlight indirect objects. Have partners discuss their articles and point out the direct and indirect objects.
10. Randy teaches us character-building. EXERCISE 3 Rewrite the sentences, adding indirect objects. Use the nouns in parentheses.
1. The schoolwide committee told its plans for the fund-raising project—a secondhand-item sale. (classes) Many students promised their help. (the committee) People gave old clothes and other items. (the students) The students gave fliers on the street. (people) Students sent invitations to the sale. (relatives) Other students offered help on the day of the sale. (the organizers) The students sold these items at low prices. (customers)
Diagram It!
The students gave the money to help poor people in India. (a charity) The committee also donated classroom supplies. (Indian schools)
Section 9.2 uses these concepts in the context of diagramming.
The schoolchildren in India wrote a card to express their thanks. (us)
APPLY IT NOW Choose five verbs from the list on page 16. Use the verbs to write five sentences containing indirect objects about a Identify the noun used as an indirect object in the fourth paragraph of the model on page 215.
Write sentences such as the following on sentence strips:
Ask partners to list the characteristics of an indirect object. Then have partners write a brief paragraph about a person or fictional character whom they admire. Encourage students to include at least three indirect objects in their paragraphs.
The club assigns students community-service projects.
9. Randy owed his parents all his success in the
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Reteach
Cooperative Learning
EXERCISE 2 Identify the direct object and indirect object in each sentence.
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TEACHING OPTIONS
community project you know. Nouns
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Common Core Standards CCSS.ELA.L.5.1 CCSS.ELA.SL.5.1 CCSS.ELA.W.5.4
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