One of my all-time faves!
Overheard in my classroom today (Background: for warm-ups, we label various grammatical fun things in a sentence. Yesterday we labeled parts of speech. Today was parts of the sentence)
Me: The word "paint" needs to be labeled. The sentence reads, "We don't need any paint." So what function is "paint" serving?
Student 1: It's a noun!
Me: Yes, but that's a part of speech. We did that yesterday. What's it doing in the sentence?
Student 2: It's an adverb!
Me: No, it's a noun. But we're looking at parts of the sentence, not parts of speech today.
Student 3: It's a predicate adjective!
Me: No, it's a noun. It can't be a predicate adjective.
Student 4: It's a predicate noun!
Me: No, there's no linking verb.
Student 5: It's a preposition!
Me: NO! IT'S A NOUN! BUT WE AREN'T LABELING PARTS OF SPEECH TODAY ANYWAYS! *deep breath* Okay, look. It DIRECTLY TAKES ThE ACTION OF ThE VERB. So what function is it performing?
Student 6: Ooh--I know! It's a noun!
Me: *bangs head repeatedly against wall*
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