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Subject and Predicate/ Parts of Speech. Writing Clinic Duration: 45 minutes. Teaching materials prepared in collaboration with: CA Unit & Sahar Gaad. WHAT IS A SENTENCE?. TODAY’S LESSON WILL EXPLAIN: WHAT IS REQUIRED IN EVERY SENTENCE? WHAT IS A SUBJECT? WHAT IS A PREDICATE?.
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Subject and Predicate/ Parts of Speech Writing Clinic Duration: 45 minutes Teaching materials prepared in collaboration with: CA Unit & SaharGaad
WHAT IS A SENTENCE? TODAY’S LESSON WILL EXPLAIN: WHAT IS REQUIRED IN EVERY SENTENCE? WHAT IS A SUBJECT? WHAT IS A PREDICATE?
WHAT IS REQUIRED IN EVERY SENTENCE? • Not every group of words is a sentence. To be a sentence, a group of words must make a complete thought AND contain: • SUBJECT • PREDICATE
Simple Subject Usually only one word. Always a noun or pronoun. Tells what or who the sentence is about. Complete Subject Can be several words or only one word. Always contains a noun or pronoun. Always includes the simple subject. SUBJECTS
SIMPLE PREDICATE • Always a verb. (A verb is a word that tells what the subject is doing or being.) There are two kinds of verbs: • Action verbs:run,jump, sit, sleep. • Being verbs:am, is, was, seem.
COMPLETE PREDICATE • Always contains the simple predicate (a verb) • Can be one word or several words. The sunset is beautiful.
BUILDING SENTENCES • William writes poems. • My friend William writes poems about nature. • My friend William wrote a poem about flowers and trees. • My kind, talented friend William wrote the poem “The Earth’s Paintings” which is about the beauty of nature.
BUILDING YOUR OWN SENTENCES • Write a two-word sentence that contains ONLY a simple subject and simple predicate. • To that sentence, add one or more words to describe the subject. • Keep that sentence and add one or more words to the predicate. • Add more words or phrases to that sentence to make it longer and more descriptive. • Underline the simple subject and simple predicate in each sentence.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES • Dogs barked. • Those big dogs barked. • Those big dogs barked loudly. • Those big dogs in the pen next door barked loudly all night.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES • Dogs barked. • Those big dogs barked. • Those big dogs barked loudly. • Those big dogs in the pen next door barked loudly all night.
WHAT IS A SENTENCE? • What must it do? • What must it contain? • What is a simple subject? A complete subject? • What is a simple predicate? A complete predicate?
QUICK PRACTICE 2 • Direction: Complete the following subject and predicate to make complete sentences. • The students • are watching their students reading their books
PARTS OF SPEECH A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea: People: farmer, mechanic, father, Professor Haskins, accountant, Marcia Places: ocean, Canada, porch, Spain, classroom Things: scissors, giraffe, pen, jet ski, fridge, skateboard, picture, pencil Ideas: love, inspiration, courage, anxiety, eagerness, happiness, kindness
PARTS OF SPEECH • An adjective modifies (qualifies or limits the meaning of ) a noun or a pronoun. It answers the questions, What kind? Which one(s)? How many? How much? • Example: • Carrie read an interesting story. (What kind of story?) • The recent article has that information. (Which article?) • Kent owns those surfboards. (Which surfboards?) • Wendy paid fifty dollars for the jacket. (How many dollars?) • Much space was devoted to her artwork. (How much space?)
PARTS OF SPEECH • A verb tells what action (often a physical action) a subject is performing, has performed, or will perform. • Example: • My father delivers packages to department stores each day. • Louie won a perfect game last night. • Suzanne skated across the rink in Central Park. • Turn at the next corner, Noel. • Oscar will help Yousuf with the project.
PARTS OF SPEECH An adverb is a word that modifies (qualifies or limits) a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. ◗ Many adverbs end in - ly. ◗ Adverbs answer any of these four questions: Where? When? How? To what extent? ◗ Adverbs make writing more specific and more exact. ◗ Here are some adverbs that do not end in -ly:
QUICK PRACTICE 3 • Direction: Write complete sentences using the following parts of speech. • shop assistant (noun) • disgusting (adjective) • earn (verb) • immediately (adverb)