Teacher: Meg Strauss Date: February

16th, 2016
School: Holyoke Junior High School Grade Level: 8th
Content Area: English
Title: Object of the Preposition Lesson #:_14_
of _16_

Colorado State Standards Addressed:

Standard 3.3.d: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development,
organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Understandings:
Students will understand the importance of editing their first draft. Students will
understand objects of prepositions.
Inquiry Questions:
Why is revising your work important? Why is learning grammar rules important?
Evidence Outcomes: (Learning Targets)
I can: learn about objects of prepositions.
This means: I can write in a clear and coherent manner.

List of Assessments:
- There will be no assessments for this lesson, as this day is devoted towards a
mini lesson and work day.

Planned Lesson Activities

Name and Purpose of Name: Object of the Preposition
Lesson
Purpose: Students will learn about objects of prepositions. Students will
also receive time to work on their personal memoir.
Approx. Time and
Materials Duration of Unit: 50 minutes

Materials: See mini lesson for mini lesson materials, writers notebook
prompt
Anticipatory Set Students will receive a writers notebook prompt. Students must
describe the weather outside using as many prepositions as possible.
This will set up students for the mini lesson on prepositions.
Procedures Teacher Actions Student Actions
1. 5 minutes- 1. 5 minutes-
Announcements Actively listen to announcements.
Question Answer attendance question
attendance:
What is your
favorite food? 2. 15 minutes-
2. 15 minutes- Get our your writers notebook
Tell students to Write using the prompt
get our their Write for ten minutes
writers After the ten minutes has ended,
notebooks either volunteer to read your
Tell students to description or actively listen to your
write about the peers read their descriptions.
weather, using as
many
prepositions as
possible.
Tell students to
write for ten
minutes.
Once the ten
minutes has
ended, have
students
volunteer to read 3. 15 minutes
their description. Partake in the mini lesson

3. 15 minutes- 4. 10 minutes
Start mini lesson Work on finishing my second draft.
(See min lesson
for details)
5. 5 minutes
4. 10 minutes Get a completion grade from my
Tell students to teacher for my second draft.
work on finishing Get my belongings gathered and get
their second ready for my next class.
draft.
5. 5 minutes
Give completion
grade for
students who
have completed
their second
draft.
 Closure Students will receive a completion grade for finishing their second draft.
Students will be told that tomorrow we will be editing their second
drafts in our writing circles.

Assessment - There will be no assessments for this lesson, as this day is

devoted towards a mini lesson and work day.

Notes to Self - Is 15 minutes too short for a mini lesson? Im not sure how to add
something about prepositions into the rubric.

Review of Prepositions
A preposition is a word or set of words that
indicate location of a noun or pronoun:

Examples: in, near, beside, on top of

A preposition can also indicate a relationship

of a noun or pronoun:

Examples: about, after, instead of, besides

Provided below is a list of prepositions:

 Past Below In addition to About
Beneath
Regarding In back of Above
Since Beside In case of According to
Since Between In front of Across
Than Beyond In place of After
By
Through Inside
Against
To By means Instead of
of Along
Towards In spite of
Concerning Along with
Underneath Into
Despite Among
Unlike Like
Down Apart from
Until Near
During Around
Up Next
As Except
Upon Of
As Except for for
With Of
Excepting
At Within On
For
Without Onto Because of
From
Over Before
In
Behind

The Object of the Preposition

A preposition often begins with a prepositional phrase. A

prepositional phrase consists of two things: a preposition and a
noun, a pronoun, or a gerund. This noun, pronoun, or gerund is
the OBJECT of the preposition.

Here are some examples of prepositional phrases:

1. At the park
At= the preposition
Park= object
o Park is the object of the preposition because it is
a noun. Remember that a noun is a person, place,
or thing.
2. By him
By= the preposition
Him= object
 o Him is the object of the preposition because it is
a pronoun. Remember that a pronoun takes the
place or refers to a noun.
3. Without running
Without= the preposition
Running= object
o Running is the object of the preposition because
it is a gerund.
Remember that a gerund is a verb that functions
as a noun.

The sentences below contain prepositional phrases. As a class, we

will work together to identify these prepositional phrases. Please
circle the preposition and underline the object.

1. The dog is located under the bed.

2. Try to look at the sun without sneezing.

3. The bed is below her.

With a partner, circle the prepositions and underline the objects in
the remainder of the sentences.

4. You must listen to the song without dancing.

5. The show will continue after the advertisement.

6. He is near the restaurant.

7. The cat is by him.

8. The movie will start at noon.

9. The race must be completed without running.

10. Robert is very organized, unlike his brother, Tom.