1. Subject/Verb Agreement
Grade 9 | Minilesson: Subject/Verb Agreement

2. What do you Notice?
“This is a snail shell, round, full, and glossy as a horse chestnut.” - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Gift from the Sea
Grade 9 | Minilesson: Subject/Verb Agreement

3. Invitation to Imitate
This is a sweet sound, angelic, lilting, and fragile as a house of glass.
These are sweet sounds, angelic, lilting, and fragile as glass houses.
- Anonymous Classroom Teacher
Grade 9 | Minilesson: Subject/Verb Agreement

4. Invitation to Imitate Your turn…
This is a ________, ________, ________, and ________ as ___________. These are ________, ________, ________, and ________ as ___________.
Grade 9 | Minilesson: Subject/Verb Agreement

5. Invitation to Revise
Using the list of nouns and verbs, write several sentences, some plural and some singular:
Woman/women Walk
Dog/dogs Bark
Teacher/teachers Write
Friend/friends Like
Car/cars Drive
Fan/fans Cheer
Choir/choirs Sing
Band/bands March
Grade 9 | Minilesson: Subject/Verb Agreement

6. Invitation to Edit
This is a snail shell, round, full, and glossy as a horse chestnut.
This is a snail shell, round full and glossy as a horse chestnut.
This are a snail shell, round, full, and glossy as a horse chestnut.
This is a snail shell; round, full, and glossy as a horse chestnut.
This is a snail shell, round, full, and glossy as a Horse Chestnut.
Grade 9 | Minilesson: Subject/Verb Agreement

7. Invitation to Write
Write a short passage using any of the nouns/verbs from Day 3 paying close attention to correct subject/verb agreement:
Woman/women Walk
Dog/dogs Bark
Teacher/teachers Write
Friend/friends Like
Car/cars Drive
Fan/fans Cheer
Choir/choirs Sing
Band/bands March
Grade 9 | Minilesson: Subject/Verb Agreement