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INTERJECTIONS!

Ideal for

7th graders

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

Define “interjection”

Identify interjections within a sentence

Use interjections in a sentence

Explain the purpose of using interjections

What are interjections?

Interjections are a part of speech intended to convey an intense emotion

What do interjections look like?

An interjection is a word (or small phrase) at the beginning of a sentence

How do we know it’s an interjection?

Interjections are usually set apart from the rest of the sentence by either a comma or an exclamation point, depending on the strength of the emotion

What is an easy way to remember what interjections are?

Check out this fun song and video!

Discussion Questions

What is the interjection that you use/hear the most?

What are some of your favorite interjections?

How do interjections affect to our everyday speech?

Why are interjections important?

Activity

Students will create a short comic of a topic of their choice, including at least five boxes and at least three uses of an interjection, but the same interjection cannot be used more than twice within the comic

Students can do this by drawing, cutting and pasting paper, or digitally

The End.