English: Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013 Handouts: * Grammar #4, Subjects and Predicates: Compound * If you were absent yesterday, pick up make-up work. * Hand in late work and make-up work to Mrs. D Homework: * Grammar #4 (Unless you finish in class) Assignments due: * Grammar #2, Exclamatory and Imperative Sentences

Lesson Goal: Students will learn to identify compound subjects and compound predicates. Outcomes: Be able to . . . Define and describe the term “sentence.” Infer the meaning of compound subject by identifying a term you know. Infer the meaning of compound predicate by comparing it with the term compound subject.

Starter #1 Take out your comp book. Turn to the first blank page Starter #1 Take out your comp book. Turn to the first blank page. In the upper right hand corner, write the following: Thurs., Aug. 30, 2018 QW #8: Best Friend Then copy this bold print prompt on the top lines: Looking back over your whole life, who is the best friend you ever had? Name that person and describe him/her. Tell when and how you met that person. Explain why that person is the best friend you ever had. Include the qualities you look for in a friend. Describe how that person demonstrated those qualities. Finally, share what makes your friendship with that person so special.

Starter #2 Can you recall what we learned yesterday? * What is an “exclamatory sentence”? * What is an “imperative sentence”? Today we are going to learn about compound subjects and compound predicates. When you see the term “compound subject,” does it remind you of another phrase, one you learned in grade school? Based on the answer you just gave, can you guess what a compound subject might be?

If a compound word is two words put together to make one word, what do you think a compound subject might be? Two subjects in the same sentence—they share the same predicate. So, what is a compound predicate? Two predicates that share the same subject Turn to today’s handout, Grammar #4