Airplanes and Clouds

Mr. Griot introduces language arts by exploring prepositions and prepositional phrases. He uses the 'airplane test' to help identify prepositions, demonstrating with examples like 'over', 'under', and 'near'. The video also covers identifying prepositions in sentences and understanding prepositional phrases, which start with a preposition and end with a noun or pronoun. The lesson concludes with a recap of key concepts and the importance of prepositions in sentence structure.

What is a preposition and what role does it play in a sentence?

Explain the 'airplane test' and how it helps identify prepositions.

Identify the preposition in the sentence: 'John ran to the store.'

What is a prepositional phrase? Provide an example.

In the sentence 'The dog ran from the boy.', what is the object of the preposition?

Can you find the prepositional phrase in the sentence: 'In the morning we go to school.'?

What are the two exception words mentioned that are also prepositions?