1. Two-Word Smack Down! Mechanically Inclined Writing Secret

2. Please write one sentence. What did you do? How did you know that was a sentence? What makes a sentence a sentence?

3. 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!

4. 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.”

5. 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

6. Now we are ready to… do a sentence smack down! “Are you ready to grammar?”

7. 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