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Two-Word Smack Down! Mechanically Inclined Writing Secret
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Please write one sentence. What did you do? How did you know that was a sentence? What makes a sentence a sentence?
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What is a sentence? subject + verb= simple sentence Sentence test…does it have a subject and a verb? From Spinelli’s Loser… “They race” Is this a sentence? How do you know? YES!
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It is a sentence if… it answers the following two questions: Who or what did something? (Subject: They) What did they do? (Verb: race) “The core of any sentence is a subject and a verb.”
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Let’s simplify these sentences… The lights cluster brilliantly up the street at Claudia’s house. What is the subject? lights What is the verb? cluster
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Now we are ready to… do a sentence smack down! “Are you ready to grammar?”
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Sentence Smack Down! 1. Identify the subject and verb of your group’s sentence first. Underline the subject and put explosion marks around the verb. 2. Assign roles: A. Reader: B. Subject: C. Verb: Let’s look at the handout and the “Examples” You will have an opportunity to “perform” for the class! DJ will play the music
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