-- have students brainstorm how they would
feel if they fell off of their bike and got
hurt. Or how about if someone scared them?
What is the first thing they would say? These
words will most likely be interjections.
an interjection is a word used to
express strong, sudden feelings. Emotions
such as fear, surprise, anger, love, and joy
can all be expressed with an interjection.
Interjections usually have an exclamation
point (!) after it.
wow! hurray! stop! ouch!
a conjunction joins words and phrases. Conjunctions
make writing more concise: Instead of: "I
don't like apples. I don't like oranges."
use the conjunction "or" to connect
the two sentences: "I don't like apples
Examples: and, or, but,
help students identify
the conjunctions and interjections in the
Example 1: "Wow!
I feel sick because I ate rotten apples and
(wow - interjection that shows emotion)
(and - conjunction that joins apples with
Example 2: "Stop! Either you quit doing
that or I will leave!"
(stop - interjection showing anger, a command)
(or - conjunction that joins "either
you quit doing that" with "I will
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