1. The BIG question… How do I know if I have too little in a sentence?
How do I know if I have too much in a sentence?

2. A sentence must have:
A subject
A verb
And a complete thought

3. Subject
a noun or pronoun that comes before and controls the main verb.
My dog ate the treat.
My dog is the subject

4. Verb A word used to describe an action. Ate is the verb
My dog ate the treat.
Ate is the verb

5. Examples
David plays the piano. The police interviewed all the suspects. Test: change it to a question.

6. What can’t you do?
You cannot take two incomplete sentences and make it complete by adding a comma.

7. Coordinating Conjunction
Takes two complete sentences and connects them with a comma followed by the coordinating conjunction.
FANBOYS
For
And
Nor
But Or
Yet So

8. Examples
To survive the fetal pig dissection, Rinalda agreed to make all of the incisions and Frances promised to remove and label the organs.
Kyle refused to eat the salad served with the meal nor would he touch any green vegetable put on his plate.

9. Joe spent seven hours studying calculus at the library so now he can ace the test.
While I am at work, my dog Floyd sleeps on the bed and my cat Buster naps in the bathtub.
My dog Floyd has too many fleas and too much hair.
My cat Buster has beautiful blue eyes but a destructive personality.

10. Today You Will…
Go through your paper and make sure you have commas in the correct spot.
Look for coordinating conjunctions

11. Highlighting Your Own Paper
Introduction
Blue: Hook
Pink: Background Info
Green: Argument
P.E. should be banned because reason one, reason two, and reason three.
DO NOT HIGHLIGHT IF IT IS INCORRECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Box anything in that needs to be cited and is NOT.
Make a key at the bottom

12. Body Paragraphs Highlight BOTH of your body paragraphs
Blue: Topic Sentence
Make sure it does not say ______ should/should not be banned because….
Green: Evidence
Need to have 2 or 3 pieces of evidence.
Number the evidence
Make sure it’s cited correctly.
Pink: Your own words
You cannot only used evidence. Add in your own thoughts about the evidence you used.
DO NOT HIGHLIGHT IF IT’S NOT THERE!!!!

13. If you do not highlight correctly…
You receive a zero for this activity.
If you do not have the paragraphs, you receive a zero and it cannot be made up.