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Journal

Journal. What is your favorite book? Why? What is your least favorite book? Why?. Kinds of Sentences. Kinds of Sentences. A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. Kinds of Sentences. A declarative sentence makes a statement. It ends with a period

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Journal

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  1. Journal • What is your favorite book? Why? • What is your least favorite book? Why?

  2. Kinds of Sentences

  3. Kinds of Sentences • A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.

  4. Kinds of Sentences • A declarative sentence makes a statement. It ends with a period • Edgar Allan Poe wrote suspenseful short stories.

  5. Kinds of Sentences • An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark. • Did Poe also write poetry?

  6. Kinds of Sentences • An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. • Read “The Pit and the Pendulum.”

  7. Kinds of Sentences • An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point. • What a great writer Poe was! • How I enjoy his stories!

  8. Identifying kinds of sentences: • Write declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory to identify each sentence. 1. Are elephants the largest land animals? _______ 2.You can reach California by traveling west. _______ 3. Don’t forget your mother’s birthday. _________ 4. Bring me those papers on the desk. _________

  9. Identifying kinds of sentences: • Write declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory to identify each sentence. • Are elephants the largest land animals? Interrogative • 2.You can reach California by traveling west. Declarative 3. Don’t forget your mother’s birthday. Imperative 4. Bring me those papers on the desk. Imperative

  10. Identifying kinds of sentences: 5. How hot it is today! ________ 6. Have you ever seen a live kangaroo? ___________ 7. What a great fireworks display that was! __________ 8. Construction of the new school will begin in the spring. ________ 9. My little brother’s favorite movie is The Lion King. ________ 10.Let me help you with those heavy suitcases. __________

  11. 5. How hot it is today! Exclamatory 6. Have you ever seen a live kangaroo? Interrogative 7. What a great fireworks display that was! Exclamatory 8. Construction of the new school will begin in the spring. Declarative 9. My little brother’s favorite movie is The Lion King.Declarative 10.Let me help you with those heavy suitcases. Imperative

  12. Sentences and Fragments • Every Sentence has two parts: a subject and a predicate. • Emily Dickenson wrote poetry. • Subject Predicate

  13. Sentences and Fragments • Emily Dickenson wrote poetry. • Subject Predicate • The subject part of a sentence names whom or what the sentence is about. • The predicate part of a sentence tells what the subject does or has. It can also tell what the subject is or is like.

  14. Sentences and Fragments • A sentence fragment does not express a complete thought. It may also be missing a subject, a predicate, or both. • The poems. • Lacks a predicate • Wrote about her emotions. • Lacks a subject • Of meaning. • Lacks a subject and a predicate

  15. Identifying Sentences and Fragments: • Write sentence or fragment for each item. Underline the subject part once and the predicate part twice. For each fragment, add a subject or a predicate or both to make it a sentence. 1. Mr. Wilson teaches life science at the middle school. 2. Over the river and through the woods. 3. Showed me a book about pioneers in Montana. 4. Am having a good time at summer camp.

  16. Identifying Sentences and Fragments: 1. Mr. Wilsonteaches life science at the middle school. Sentence 2. Over the river and through the woods. Fragment 3. Showed me a book about pioneers in Montana. Fragment 4. Am having a good time at summer camp. Fragment

  17. Identifying Sentences and Fragments: 5. Jacob writes a letter to his parents once a week. 6. Frogs begin life as tadpoles. 7. This unusual photograph shows a sandstorm in the desert. 8. Everywhere on this planet and throughout the solar system. 9. Won the game by just two points. 10. A huge green and white beach umbrella.

  18. Identifying Sentences and Fragments: 5. Jacobwrites a letter to his parents once a week. Sentence 6. Frogsbegin life as tadpoles. Sentence 7. This unusual photographshows a sandstorm in the desert. Sentence 8. Everywhere on this planet and throughout the solar system. Fragment 9. Won the game by just two points. Fragment 10. A huge green and white beach umbrella. Fragment

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