Sentence+Success


 * Tips for Sentence Success!**



Every sentence must have a **subject** (who or what the sentence is about) and a **predicate** (what the subject is like or doing). A sentence must always have at least one independent clause. SUBJECT-PREDICATE VIDEO (from Teacher Tube)
 * What is a sentence? **

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 * What is a clause? ** A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate and is used as all or part of a sentence. Knowing and uses a variety of clauses in your writing can help you expand and enhance your sentences.




 * Types of Sentences: **Three different types of sentences combine one or more clauses. There are three types of sentences we will learn and use this year....simple, compound, and complex.

Try this game to practice your knowledge of these types of sentences. Sentence Sort Game


 * What are the Brush Strokes of Writing? **Brush strokes are specific words that can enhance the complexity of your writing and help the reader visualize and imagine.


 * BRUSH STROKE PRE-ASSESSMENT**

Absolute Group TEMPLATE
 * 1. ABSOLUTE BRUSH STROKES:**

Model Absolutes from our students:

**Action Verb Group Practice Template**
 * 2. ACTION VERBS BRUSH STROKES:[[file:Action Verb Brush Stroke.doc]]**

Being Verbs You Need to Know:

Appositive Group TEMPLATE
 * 3. APPOSITIVE BRUSH STROKES:**


 * 4. PARTICIPLE BRUSH STROKES:**


 * 5. ADJECTIVES OUT-OF-ORDER BRUSH STROKES:**

Brush Stroke Race:

Anderson, Jeff. Mechanically Inclined. Noden, Harry. __Image Grammar__. Perfection Learning. 2009.
 * RESOURCES**: