S ENTENCE U NIT

SUBJECT AND PREDICATE

Love stinks. Do these two words make a sentence?

S UBJECT /P REDICATE A grammatical sentence contains a subject (who or what the sentence is about) and a predicate (what the subject is or does) and expresses a complete thought. “Love” is the subject of the sentence and “stinks” is the predicate. These words have multiple meanings and can act as different parts of speech than they’re being used as here. It depends on their purpose. Here, though, love is a noun and stinks is a verb.

S UBJECT /P REDICATE A sentence’s subject often contains a noun and a sentence’s predicate contains a verb. New York Times Article On your own paper please write a list of any nouns you find interesting or challenging and any verbs you find interesting or challenging (two lists).

S UBJECT /P REDICATE Let’s discuss the article: Do you believe that chess saved Shawn Martinez’s life? How could both of these perspectives be supported by quotes from the article? (specific quotes) How would Shawn Martinez answer this question?

S UBJECT /P REDICATE Groups (I already have your groups ready) In your groups you will show all of your lists and choose 2 nouns and 2 verbs. Please write your 2 nouns and 2 verbs on the provided index cards (1 on each). You must define the word and cite where it was found in the article Word Wall on board

S UBJECT /P REDICATE Each group will now mix and match all of the words on the word wall to create 5-6 original sentences. You will use the nouns as the subjects and the verbs as the predicates. Add words and change tense in order to create challenging sentences. Underline the subject with an “s” underneath, underline predicate with a “p” underneath! Present your sentences to the class.