Grammar Skill - Subjects and Predicates
Objectives and Standards
Objectives:
1. Identify subjects and predicates
2. Proofread and correct sentences with grammar and spelling errors.
3. Combine sentences to improve writing.
4. Learn academic language: subjects and predicates
California Content Standards: LC 1.2 and LC 1.4
1. Identify subjects and predicates
2. Proofread and correct sentences with grammar and spelling errors.
3. Combine sentences to improve writing.
4. Learn academic language: subjects and predicates
California Content Standards: LC 1.2 and LC 1.4
Daily Language Practice
Day 1
What makes a sentence complete?
1. Every sentence has two parts.
2. The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about.
3. The predicate tells what the subject does or is.
Look at the paper on the left. Identify the subject and predicate of each sentence.
1. Every sentence has two parts.
2. The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about.
3. The predicate tells what the subject does or is.
Look at the paper on the left. Identify the subject and predicate of each sentence.
Day 2
Complete practice page 48.
| ppb48form.pdf |
Day 3 - Subject Starters
Materials:
Red and Green colored pencils
Sentence strips
note cards
Each student gets 2 note cards.
Each one writes a subject on a card using RED.
Exchange your subjects with a classmate.
Complete the sentence by writing a predicate in a different color.
Add your sentences to the chart.
Share sentences!
Red and Green colored pencils
Sentence strips
note cards
Each student gets 2 note cards.
Each one writes a subject on a card using RED.
Exchange your subjects with a classmate.
Complete the sentence by writing a predicate in a different color.
Add your sentences to the chart.
Share sentences!
Day 5 - Sentence Comics
Using the comic strips paper write 5 complete sentences.
Underline the subjects and circle the predicates.
Illustrate your sentences using your best artistic ability. Be Creative!
Upload your comics to your website.
Underline the subjects and circle the predicates.
Illustrate your sentences using your best artistic ability. Be Creative!
Upload your comics to your website.
Links to Other Pages for this Story
Reading - Vocabulary, Cause and Effect
Word Work - Inflected Endings, Spelling (VCE) and Parts of a Dictionary
Writing and Language - Subjects and Predicates
Reading - Vocabulary, Cause and Effect
Word Work - Inflected Endings, Spelling (VCE) and Parts of a Dictionary
Writing and Language - Subjects and Predicates
