1. Writer’s Workshop: Simple sentences

2.  A sentence must have a subject and verb  Ask yourself “Who or what did or is something?”  That is your subject.  Ex. My hair wakes up stupid.  Who or what is the sentence about?  …My hair

3.  My hair is the subject, now what is the verb  Ask yourself, “ What are they or what did they do?”  That is your verb.  Ex. My hair wakes up stupid.  What does my hair do?  …wakes

4.  Fragments are missing a subject or verb  Do not assume that a capital letter and a period make a sentence complete  Ing form of a verb does not make a sentence. Ex. Students read. (sentence)  Students reading. (not a sentence)

5.  My sweat smells like peanut butter.  Who or what did or is something?  My sweat  What are they or what did they do?  Smells  My sweat smells.  Is that a sentence?  Yes!

6.  Jeff sighed.  Is that a sentence?  Yeppers!  Homework link  C:\Users\Phylissa\Documents\technology\sent ence worksheet.docx C:\Users\Phylissa\Documents\technology\sent ence worksheet.docx