Indirect and Direct objects

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Indirect and Direct objects

• Subject Verb Complete thought which contains
  indirect and direct objects.

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Best Seller PoemArchie B. McCall by Jack
Prelutsky

• Using the above poem create a t-chart titled
  direct object and indirect object.
• First, look for words that name things direct
  objects
• Second, look for words that identify animals that
  the items were sold to indirect object.

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AnswersDirect objects Indirect

• Jacket
• Sacks of feathers
• Hairbrush
• Pair of shoes
• Sticks and purses
• Earmuffs
• Trumpet
• Bikini
• Umbrella
• Me
• Glasses
• Vest
• This

• Yak
• Snail
• Fish
• Snake
• Troop of kangaroos
• Camel
• Moose
• Beaver
• Goose
• Eagle
• worm

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Analogy

• A direct object is like a package being mailed to
  someone.
• An indirect object is the person to whom the
  letter is addressed.

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Grammar Rules
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Direct Objects

• The direct object is a noun or a pronoun. Direct
  objects answer the question whom or what after
  the verb. They are the person or thing that
  receives the action.

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Direct Objects
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Indirect object is a noun or pronoun following
the action of the verb and answers the question
to whom, to what, for whom, or for what.
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Answers

• Direct Objects
• S-you v-did eat do-piece
• S-Barb v-finished do-report
• S-neighbors v-are painting do-fence
• S-I v-visited do-her

• Indirect Objects
• S-you v- would give do-message io-Pat
• S-waitress v-served do-lunch io-us
• S-Carol v-knitted do-scarf io-Larry
• S-you v-give do-letter io-parents
• S-Marco v-did show do-car io-you

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Direct and Indirect objects in Poetry

• Imagine a salesperson in a dept. store
• He has sold_______to a ________.
• See the poetry form and lets create a class poem
  using direct and indirect objects.

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Independent Work

• In the novel Out of the Dust we have gotten to
  know Billie Jo, write a best seller poem
  describing the talents and skills Billie Jo uses
  to help her overcome the obstacles and challenges
  she faces in her daily life.
• Illustrate the background and identify the direct
  objects and indirect objects used in your poem.