TRAINS OF THOUGHT:

MULTISENSORY GRAMMAR &

MULTILITERACY
LSRW
Multiliteracy & Multi-sensory
Grammar
Multisensory Grammar uses color
codes to introduce and reinforce
the definitions of the parts of
speech in an English sentence.

I CAN LISTEN, SPEAK, READ &
WRITE ABOUT WHAT EACH
TRAIN OF THOUGHT LIKES TO
TALK ABOUT
YOU WILL NEED THESE TOOLS TODAY:
1) HANDOUTS
2) Academic Vocabulary NOTEBOOK
WITH RAINBOW ON FRONT
3) Four YELLOW CARDS, TWO ORANGE CARDS
4) PEN OR PENCIL
5) COLORS IN CENTER OF TABLE
RED TRAIN:
AUTHORS &
WRITERS TRAINS
OF THOUGHT
YELLOW TRAIN:
SOCIAL
SCIENTISTS
TRAINS OF THOUGHT
GREEN TRAIN:

SCIENTIST
TRAINS OF
THOUGHT
BLUE TRAIN:
MATHEMATICA
L TRAINS OF
THOUGHT
t T-21 TRAIN:

21
st
CENTURY
TRAINS OF
THOUGHT
My Brain Rocks When I Learn in
Different Ways
My Brain Lights Up When I
Learn in Different Ways
Multi-sensory
Grammar
Multisensory Grammar uses color
codes to introduce and reinforce
the definitions of the parts of
speech in an English sentence.


Nouns


Nouns are color
coded yellow.
Road signs that have
important information
are yellow. Nouns
carry important
information in a
sentence.
Nouns name a
person, place, thing
or idea.
Two types of nouns
Proper nouns name a
specific noun.
Proper nouns are
always capitalized.
The opposite of a
proper noun is a
common noun.
Both types of nouns
are color-coded
yellow.
Proper
nouns
Common
nouns
Sue girl
Kleenex tissue
Wal-Mart store
Coke soda
Verbs
A verb shows action.
It shows what a noun
is doing.
Verbs are color-coded
orange. Just like an
orange detour sign
shows what to do if a
road is out, verbs
show what nouns are
doing.
Examples of Action Verbs
Run, sped
Jump, leaped, tip-toed
Sing, screeched, bellowed
Swim, sped, lapped, jetted
Sit, slumped, slouched,
Talk, speak, yelled, scream, howled
CREATE GREAT DESCRIBTIVE VERBS!
Articles
An article show a noun is
coming.
Articles are color-coded
red. We will think of a red
railroad crossing sign.
Just like a railroad
crossing sign gives
warning of an upcoming
train, so articles in a
sentence give warning of
upcoming nouns.
Articles continued
There are three small articles.
They are a, an and the.
Rule: use an when the following word
begins with a vowel. (a,e,i,o,u)
Examples: an apple, an elephant, an ice
cream cone, etc.
and
tells who or what the sentence
is about
tells what the subject does
or is.

Example: Marys mother baked a banana

and chocolate birthday cake for John.
In order to have a complete sentence, you
need a subject and a predicate.

We highlight the subject , because it
has the most important .

We highlight the predicate
because it has the .
and
Examples of
Sue swims.
John sings.
The dog barks.
A boy swims laps.
The children eat at the table.
Which part would be highlighted ?
Which ?
FRYE WORDS
(TIER 1 1000)
Lets start putting them in rainbow
grammar categories as they get
ready to board the Trains of
Thought
cant
matter
matter
square
syllables
perhaps
felt
suddenly
test
test
direction
center
center
farmers
ready
anything
divided
general
energy
subject
Europe
moon
region
return
believe
dance
dance
members
picked
simple
cells
paint
mind
love
cause
rain
exercise
eggs
train
blue
wish
drop
developed
developed
window
difference
distance
heart
sit
sum
summer
wall
forest
probably
sat
main
winter
wide
written
length
reason
reason
kept
interest
interest
arms
brother
race
resent
beautiful
store
job
edge
past
sign
record
finished
discovered
wild
happy
beside
gone
glass
million
west
lay
weather
root
instruments
meet
third
months
paragraph
raised
represent
whether
clothes
flowers
shall
teacher
describe
drive
WHAT PART OF SPEECH ARE
MOST WORDS in this FRYE
LIST?

a. RED (articles)
b. ORANGE (verbs)
c. YELLOW (nouns)
d. BLUE (adjectives)
WHICH PART OF SPEECH IS
MOST USED BY EACH TRAIN
OF THOUGHTAND HOW?
I think that the most frequently used words
are.
a.RED (articles)
b. ORANGE (verbs)
c.YELLOW (nouns)
d.BLUE (adjectives)
..because
LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING
TIER 2 WORDS FROM MR Zs
VOCABULARY LIST
WHICH PART OF SPEECH IS USED THE MOST? AND HOW?
WHAT TYPES OF TIER 2 VERBS DO YOU THINK ARE USED?
verbose
hiatus
initiate
loquacio
us
comme
nce
resume
LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING
TIER 3 WORDS FROM EMMYs
LIST
WHICH PART OF SPEECH IS USED THE MOST? AND HOW?
WHAT TYPES OF VERBS DO YOU THINK ARE USED?
T3
YELLOW TRAIN:
SOCIAL
SCIENTISTS
TRAINS OF THOUGHT
T3
taxation
T3
abolitio
nists
T3
Adam
Smith
T3
Adolf
Hitler
T3
Affirmative
action
T3
alliances
T3
Albert
Einstein
T3
Anti-
Federalists
T3
Articles of
Confedera
tion
T3
Assembly
line
T3
automatio
n
T3
Baby
Boom
T3
Barack
Obama
T3
GREEN TRAIN:

SCIENTIST
TRAINS OF
THOUGHT
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aboardLets get on Terms
Track Today!
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