1. Learning Objective: combine short related sentences with appositives
Writing conventions 1.2
Do gestures with students. Open one hand for compare and another hand for contrast and ask students to repeat

2. Appositives
Appositive – a word or group of words that tell more about the subject.
Example: Mrs. Fajardo, our principal, wants us to do well on the CSTs.
What is an appositive?
CFU: Ask students what is an appositive?
Why is “our principal” an appositive? (because it gives more description)

3. Steps for Combining sentences using appositives
Read the two sentences.
Identify how the two sentences are related.
Choose the appositive that will describe the subject.
Combine the sentences using commas before and after the appositive.
1.Our soccer team lost the game.
2.Our team is called the Wildcats.
Our soccer team, the Wildcats, lost the game last night.
Read each step and model process
CFU: Discuss with partner how the two sentences are related , How are two sentence related(call on non volunteer
CFU: Discuss the appositive that would describe the subject what word or words would be the appositive

4. Steps for Combining sentences using appositives
Read the two sentences.
Identify how the two sentences are related.
Choose the appositive sentence that will describe the subject.
Combine the sentences using commas before and after the appositive.
Sarah is going to the park.
Sarah is my sister.
Sarah ,my sister, is going to the park.
Remember to release
TPS: How are to sentences related
TPS: What word would be the appositive and why?
W/B On your boards combine the sentences using an appositiv

5. Steps for Combining sentences using appositives
Read the two sentences.
Identify how the two sentences are related.
Choose the appositive that will describe the subject.
Combine the sentences using commas before and after the appositive.
My favorite movie is about monkeys in space.
My favorite movie is Space Chimps.
My favorite movie, Space Chimps, is about monkeys in space.
Remember to release
TPS: How are to sentences related
TPS: What word would be the appositive and why?
W/B On your boards combine the sentences using an appositive

6. Mr. Nuno, our teacher, will teach us about math today.
What did we use to combine sentences? Why is knowing how to combine sentences with appositives important?
Combine the following sentences with an appositive
Mr. Nuno will teach us about math today.
Mr. Nuno is a teacher.
Mr. Nuno, our teacher, will teach us about math today.
Closure
CFU: What did we use to combine sentences
CFU: What is an appositive
CFU: Using your white boards combine these two sentences with an appositive
Read the two sentences.
Identify how the two sentences are related.
Choose the appositive that will describe the subject.
Combine the sentences using commas before and after the appositive.