‘Schoolhouse Rock’



Schoolhouse Rock: Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here!

February 28th, 2008 at 1:01 am

So far, we’ve learned about nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
Here is a quick review of each of those three parts of speech: Nouns are people, places, or things that are also usually the subjects of sentences. Verbs are whatever the subjects in the sentences are doing or being. And, adjectives modify […]




Schoolhouse Rock: Unpack Your Adjectives

February 24th, 2008 at 1:01 am

Now that you’ve learned about nouns and verbs, it’s time to learn how to make these parts of speech more exciting. First, we’ll modify nouns with adjectives in this article. Then, we’ll modify verbs with adverbs in the next article.
In the Schoolhouse Rock animation short film called “Unpack Your Adjectives,” a little girl […]




Schoolhouse Rock: Verb–That’s What’s Happenin’

February 20th, 2008 at 1:01 am

Verbs are the parts of speech that show what the subject (usually a noun) of a sentence is doing or is being. See “Schoolhouse Rock: A Noun Is a Person, Place, or Thing” for the lesson on nouns.
As I suggested in that article, if you want to learn English quickly and […]




Schoolhouse Rock: A Noun Is a Person, Place, or Thing

February 16th, 2008 at 1:01 am

I learned more English from Sesame Street and Schoolhouse Rock than I did from my elementary school teachers back in the early 1970s.
If you want to learn English, I suggest watching Sesame Street and Schoolhouse Rock, even if you are an adult. You’re never too old to learn lessons in an easy […]