Sentence Unit

1. Sentence Unit

2. SUBJECT AND PREDICATE

3. Love stinks. Do these two words make a sentence?

4. Subject/Predicate • A grammatical sentence contains a subject (who or what the sentence is about) and a predicate (what the subject is or does) and expresses a complete thought. • “Love” is the subject of the sentence and “stinks” is the predicate. • These words have multiple meanings and can act as different parts of speech than they’re being used as here. It depends on their purpose. Here, though, love is a noun and stinks is a verb.

5. Subject/Predicate • A sentence’s subject often contains a noun and a sentence’s predicate contains a verb. • New York Times Article • On your own paper please write a list of any nouns you find interesting or challenging and any verbs you find interesting or challenging (two lists).

6. Subject/Predicate • Let’s discuss the article: • Do you believe that chess saved Shawn Martinez’s life? • How could both of these perspectives be supported by quotes from the article? (specific quotes) • How would Shawn Martinez answer this question?

7. Subject/Predicate • Groups (I already have your groups ready) • In your groups you will show all of your lists and choose 2 nouns and 2 verbs. • Please write your 2 nouns and 2 verbs on the provided index cards (1 on each). • You must define the word and cite where it was found in the article • Word Wall on board

8. Subject/Predicate • Each group will now mix and match all of the words on the word wall to create 5-6 original sentences. • You will use the nouns as the subjects and the verbs as the predicates. • Add words and change tense in order to create challenging sentences. • Underline the subject with an “s” underneath, underline predicate with a “p” underneath! • Present your sentences to the class.