The Sentence: A Way of Thinking Lesson One: Fragments.
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Transcript of The Sentence: A Way of Thinking Lesson One: Fragments.
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The Sentence: A Way of Thinking
Lesson One: Fragments
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Task: Write one sentence in your Writer’s Notebook. How do you know that was a sentence?
Essential Question: What makes a sentence a sentence?
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Mentor Texts: Are these sentences and how do you know? They race. (pg. 5 – Loser by Jerry Spinelli)
Matt winces. (pg. 364 – House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer) Maria flinched. (pg. 366) Matt froze. (pg. 370) Matt nodded. (pg. 372)
Tad watched. (pg. 6 – Cujo by Stephen King) Blood flew. (pg. 111) He sprung. (pg. 128)
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Notes:
A sentence must contain:At least one subject (Who or What did
something?)At least one verb (What did they do?)Form a complete thought
A fragment is missing one element of a sentence.
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Formula for a sentence:
Subject + Verb = Simple Sentence
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Practice: Pick out the subject and verb in the following sentences. The lights cluster brilliantly up the street at
Claudia’s house. (pg. 174 – Loser by Jerry Spinelli)
He reaches back to touch the door.
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Activity: Sentence Smackdown
Groups of 3. Roles: Reader, Subject, Verb Directions Practice:
Example #1: Then he lowers his hand.Example #2: His ears echo the thousand
warnings of his mother: “Don’t cross the street.”
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Are you ready to grammar?