Syntax and Sentence Fluency Poem

1. Syntax and Sentence Fluency Poem Based on Anthem by Ayn Rand

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3. Examples: Mrs. Carreño, my English Teacher,Union 9th Grade center, previously know as the I-High,Make an appositive phrase for “Olympics”______________________________________________________Make an appositive phrase for “Spring Break”_______________________________________________________ Appositive Phrase - a group of words that renames, re-identifies, or amplifies the word(s) that preceded the phrase.

4. Examples: Crunching caramel corn for the entire movie,Washedwith soap and water,Formulate a Participial phrase for “Jogging”______________________________________________________Formulate a Participial phrase for “Passing period”_______________________________________________________ Participial Phrase = begins with a present or past verb. If the participle is present, it will end in “ing” , if it is past it will end “ed”.

5. Examples: To kick the ball past the dazed goalie,To lick the grease from his shiny fingers, Create an infinitive phrase for “write”______________________________________________________Create an infinitive phrase for “smile”_______________________________________________________ Infinitive Phrase = begins with “to” followed by a verb. It will also include objects and/or modifiers.

6. Examples: (begins with a subordinate conjunction)When I think about graduation,If you don’t have good attendance,Write a dependent clause about “football”______________________________________________________Write a dependent clause about “Acting”_______________________________________________________ Dependent Clause= is a group of words that has both a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a sentence.

7. Examples:Without my homeworkOutside the baseball stadiumWrite a dependent clause about “wrestling”______________________________________________________Write a dependent clause about an “arena”_______________________________________________________ Prepositional Phrase= begins with a preposition and ends with a noun

8. write a six line poem about the topic given at the beginning of the hour. The format should be as follows: Ln 1: Appositive Phrase Ln 2: Participial Phrase Ln 3: Infinitive Phrase Ln 4: Dependent Phrase Ln 5: Participial PhraseLn 6: Prepositional Phrase Assignment:

9. Example (App Ph) Mrs. Carreño, my English teacher, (Part Ph) Allowing full credit, (InfPh) To make-up zeros, (DepCls) If students are willing, (Part Ph) Opening the door Thursday, (Prep Ph) During both lunches,