1. November 26-30
7th Grade Bellringers 56-60

2. BR #56 November 26, 2012
In your own words, what is a subject and a predicate? What are complete, compound, and simple subjects and predicates?
Create three complete sentences and underline the subjects and predicates in each.

3. BR #56 November 26, 2012
Using your past Bellringers, write down Punctuation Rules #1-10. You do not have to write the examples.

4. BR #57 November 27, 2012
Write the following sentences on your paper. Underline the subject once and the predicate twice. Circle the simple subject and simple predicate in each sentence.
1. Whales are mammals.
2. People have hunted whales since prehistoric times.
3. Can a whale produce sounds undrewater?
4. Some whales are one hundred feet long.
5. Size varies within species.

5. BR #59 November 29, 2012 Simple and Compound Sentences:
A simple sentence has one subject and one predicate.
EX: Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring.
A simple sentence may have a compound subject, a compound predicate, or both as in the following example.
EX: Alexis and Zeely read and study books.

6. BR #60 November 30, 2012
A compound sentence is a sentence that contains two or more simple sentences joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction or by a semicolon. Examples of coordinating conjunctions: and, but, or, nor, for, and yet.
A compound sentence has two complete subjects and two complete predicates.
EX: Ecologists study nature, and rangers protect it.
EX: Some problems arise in forest environments; ecologists develop solutions to these problems.
Underline the subjects and predicates in the sentences above.