Even though she was disoriented, she ran alongside Seth to the bed, sensing

something in pursuit.

Brandon Mull, Fablehaven (2006)

Invitation to Notice: What do you see with your reader’s eyes? What do you see with your writer’s eyes?

Parts of Speech

• Nouns= 2 Gerund= 0• Pronouns= 3 Participle tense= 1• Verbs= 5 Infinitive= 1• Prepositions= 2 Article= 1• Adjectives= 1• Adverbs= 1• Conjunction= 1

Even though she was disoriented, she ran alongside Seth (to the bed), sensing

something in pursuit.

Brandon Mull, Fablehaven (2006)

Wednesday Directions: Research in the pink pages and find the part of speech for each word in the sentence.

Sub conj

Nom pron

hv Av, past p

art

Nom pron

Av, past

adv

Proper nPrep, art, op,cn/sg

Av, pres

Indef pron Prep, v==infinitive

Parts of the Sentence

• Subject = 2• Predicate = 2• Simple Subject = 1• Simple Predicate = 1• Complements (DO, IO, predicate nominative, predicate

adjective) = 1• Transitive or Intransitive=1• Appositive = 1• Objects (of prep) = 1• Phrases (prep, gerund, participle, infinitive) = 2

Even though she was disoriented, she ran alongside Seth (to the bed), <sensing

something in pursuit>.

Brandon Mull, Fablehaven (2006)

Thursday Directions: Research in the pink pages and identify the parts of a sentence.

v sssub pred

ssSp,int

io

Clauses, Sentence Type/Purpose

• Clauses (independent or dependent?)• Sentence Type (Simple, Compound, Complex,

Compound Complex)• Sentence Purpose (Declarative, Imperative,

Exclamatory, Interrogative)

{Even though she was disoriented}, she ran alongside Seth to the bed, sensing

something in pursuit.

Brandon Mull, Fablehaven (2006)

Friday Directions: Research and identify the clauses and sentence purpose/type

Declarative, complex

Often I like grits, cheesy and hot, with my eggs; often I just prefer eggs by themselves.

Mrs. Garrison, 2010

Your turn! Imitate the sentence we’ve been working with all week.