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Sentence of the Week. Discovering the Rules of Standard English. What is SOTW?. A new way to learn grammar where you act as a detective and discover the rules of writing by examining master sentences. How does it work?. Examine master sentences Answer What do you notice? Discuss.
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Sentence of the Week Discovering the Rules of Standard English
What is SOTW? • A new way to learn grammarwhere you act as a detective and discover the rules of writing by examining master sentences
How does it work? • Examine master sentences • Answer What do you notice? • Discuss. • Write the rule. • Imitate. • Locate.
SOTW 1 – What makes a sentence? • My locker smells like old meat. • Chelsea and Maria are going to play football with the boys. • Justin forgot his homework on his desk. • What do you notice? Make notes of the similarities between the three sentences.
SOTW 1 – What we notice • Subject: Who or what the sentence is about • Predicate: What the subject did or is