1. CAPTAIN CAPITALS & THE COMPLETION TEAM Schedule: 1.Mustang Minute 2.Notes: Intro to Captain Capitals & the Completion Team

2. CAPTAIN CAPITAL  The letter “I”  My mother and I went to the Tulip Festival.  Beginning of a sentence  H ow old are you?  Names of people, places, and holidays  My friend, N ancy wants to go to T hanksgiving P oint and get a M other’s D ay gift.  Months & days of the week  The last day of school is on F riday M ay 29 th !  Titles of Books, games, programs, or people  I watched “ T he I mitation G ame” and loved it.  The P resident of the United States is a leader.

3. The Subject and The Predicate are members of the Completion Team (AKA parts of a sentence), and they have the power to form strong complete sentences. The Subject: the someone or something the sentence is about. The Predicate: tells (verbalizes) something about the subject.

4. A SUPER (SIMPLE) EXAMPLE The hero rescued the crowd.

5. THE SUBJECT SUPER POWER: The Subject has the power to be someone or something that a sentence is talking about. FINDING THE SUBJECT: To find the subject of a sentence, ask yourself: Who or What is the sentence talking about? The subject can take the form of: A person A place A thing

6. THE SUBJECT Super Examples Write the example and underline the Subject of the sentence. 1.Mr. Muscles can bench- press a lot. 2.The capital city is protected. 3.The time bomb is ticking. 4.Greed is a powerful force. Last Facts Weaknesses: If The Subject is ever separated from The Predicate, he becomes incomplete, and that makes him weak. Watch out for an attack from that crumbly villain, The Fragment. Super Teamwork Always works together with The Predicate because they get their strengths and powers from working with each other.

7. THE PREDICATE SUPER POWERS: The Predicate has the power to verbalize a statement about the subject of a sentence. FINDING THE PREDICATE: To find the predicate, ask yourself: what is the sentence verbalizing (expressing in words) about the subject?

8. THE PREDICATE Super Examples Write the example and circle the Predicate of the sentence. 1.The evil scientist invented a new weapon. 2.The cat burglar is stealing cats. 3.The Mermaid swam to their rescue. 4.The robbers took everything. Last Facts Weaknesses: If The Predicate is ever separated from The Subject, she becomes incomplete, and that makes her weak. Watch out for an attack from that crumbly villain, The Fragment. Super Teamwork: Always works together with The Subject because they get their strengths and powers from working with each other. The Predicate always includes a verb. Verbs empower the predicate to express action or state-of-being.

9. THE FRAGMENT SUPER POWERS: The Fragment sneaks into your writing and makes your sentences crumble and fall apart, just like he does. If a sentence is missing either the subject or predicate, then it’s not really a sentence—it’s only a weak fragment.

10. THE FRAGMENT Super Examples Write the example and fix it by adding either a subject or a predicate. 1.The Mole King an his legions. The Mole King and his legions are attacking. 2.Eating up the entire city. Hipposaurus Rex is eating up the entire city. 3.With his x-ray vision. View Master spotted the bomb with his x-ray vision. STOPPING THE FRAGMENT: He is no match for the combined strength of The Subject and The Predicate. If you don't want your sentences to crumble and fall apart—never let The Fragment break up the Completion Team!