PREPOSITIONS

6th Grade ELA

PREPOSITIONS

Prepositions are words that show

location OR a relationship

between a noun and another word.

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

PREPOSITION +

Sometimes a helping word (the, a or an)

+ NOUN

(person, place, or thing) =

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

FOR EXAMPLE: The puppy is (on the floor).

COMMONLY USED PREPOSITIONS:aboard around beyond fromonto about as butin out under towardabove at by underneathInside outside across beforeinto over until untoafter behind despite likepast up against belowdown near since uponalong beneath during of tothrough with amid besideexceptoff for throughoutamong between on within

Describe the picture using Prepositions! (The Peaceable Kingdom, Edward Hicks)

ON-LEVEL 1. Think of a place in the school.

2. Give directions to that place from Ms. Cox’s room. (You must write at least 5 sentences.)

3. [Bracket] the prepositional phrases and underline the prepositions.

PRE-AP 1.Draw a treasure map.

2.Write directions to the treasure using prepositions.

3.Underline the prepositions and enclose prepositional phrases in parentheses.

4.Be creative!!

PRE-AP Treasure Map RubricEight directional sentences with

prepositional phrases [bracketed] and prepositions underlined (40 points)

Title (5 points) Compass Rose (10 points)Map Key (10 points)Landform (10 points)Water Element (10 points)Neatness (5 points)Creativity (5 points)Name, Date, Period (5 points)

PREPOSITION SONG(To the tune of Jingle Bells)

aboard, about, above

across, after, against

along, among, around

at, before, behind.

below, beneath, beside,

besides, between, beyond,

but, by, coming, down, during, except, for, from, inside

OH-H-H! 

into, like, near, of, off

on, out, over, past

since, through, throughout, till, to, toward,

under, underneath

until, up, upon, with

within and without

Now I know my prepositions

Of that there's no doubt!