Grammar Notes

Definition: A sentence expresses a complete thought. The Sentence Every sentence has a purpose. Definition: A sentence expresses a complete thought. Examples: School is fun. 2. After Rob pitched the tent, he rested.

Sentence Fragment A sentence fragment is a group of words that look like a sentence but does not contain both a subject and a verb OR does not express a complete thought. Ex. Sailing around the world. After Rob pitched the tent.

A sentence includes a subject and a predicate. Parts of a Sentence A sentence includes a subject and a predicate. Subject: whom or what the sentence is about. Predicate: describes or tells what the subject is doing.

Identifying the subject When asked to identify the subject of a sentence, ask yourself this question. Who or what is the sentence describing? or Who or what is doing something?

Identifying the subject The subject may come at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence. The pitcher struck Felicia out. After practicing, Tim bowled five strikes. When will the afternoon train arrive? Hiding in the tall grass was a baby rabbit.

Simple and Complete Subject Complete Subject: consists of all the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about. Simple Subject: is the main word or word group in the sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about.

Agenda Read AR book Handbook p.7-8 Ex. 2 and Ex. 3

10-24-13 You have 5 minutes to study your vocabulary words. After the test, please correct last night’s Ex. 2 and 3. I will post to my website if you take the entire class for the test. Agenda: Read AR book and Grammar worksheet.

Exercise 2 - p.7 1. Momaday 2. father 3. Momaday 4. he 5. book 6. The Way to Rainy Mountain 7. works 8. William Least Heat-Moon 9. he 10. Readers

Exercise 3 – p.8 1. Ray Bradbury 2. The Golden Apples of the Sun 3. your favorite story in that book 4. The main character in the story 5. Mr. Eckels 6. He 7. Bradbury’s hero 8. trouble On the safari, trouble develops. 9. the past Because of one mistake, the past is changed. 10. the results of that mistake The results of that mistake do affect the future.