1. 3rd Grade - Write Complete Sentences
Editing Invitation
3rd Grade - Write Complete Sentences

2. Excerpt from The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
Invitation to Notice
John put a gloved thumb in his mouth and thoughtfully chewed.
Mrs. Midas looked puzzled as she waved good-bye.
Their faces were drenched with chocolate syrup.
Excerpt from The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
and Margot Apple (pg. 44, 46, 97)

3. Bonus A complete sentence contains a SUBJECT and a PREDICATE.
The subject names someone or something.
The predicate tells what the subject is doing or has done.
Their faces
were drenched with chocolate syrup.
Subject
Predicate

4. Imitate a complete sentence.
Invitation to Imitate
Imitate a complete sentence.
Their faces
were drenched with chocolate syrup. .
Subject
Predicate

5. Write a complete sentence.
Invitation to Write
Write a complete sentence. .
Subject
Predicate

6. Invitation to Celebrate
Share an original complete sentence that you created.

7. How are the sentences different from the original?
Invitation to Compare
How are the sentences different from the original?
John put a gloved thumb in his mouth and thoughtfully chewed.
Put a gloved thumb in his mouth and thoughtfully chewed.
John gloved thumb in his mouth and thoughtfully chewed.
John put a gloved thumb and thoughtfully chewed.

8. Invitation to Edit
(1) Ears grew red. (2) He knew he wasn’t supposed to eat candy before meals.
What revision, if any, should be made in sentence 1?
Ears grew redder.
John’s ears grew red.
Ears grew big and red.
Make no change.