Sentence Smack Down!
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Two-Word Smack
Down!
Mechanically Inclined
Writing Secret
Please write one sentence.
What did you do?
How did you know that was a sentence?
What makes a sentence a sentence?
What is a sentence?
subject + verb= simple sentence
Sentence test…does it have a subject and a verb?
From Spinelli’s Loser…
“They race”
Is this a sentence? How do you know?
YES!
It is a sentence if…
it answers the following two questions:
Who or what did something? (Subject:
What did they do? (Verb: race)
They)
“The core of any sentence is a subject and
a verb.”
Let’s simplify these
sentences…
The lights cluster brilliantly up the street
at Claudia’s house.
What is the subject?
lights
What is the verb?
cluster
Now we are ready to…
do
a sentence smack
down!
“Are you ready to
grammar?”
Sentence Smack Down!
1. Identify the subject and verb of your
group’s sentence first. Underline the subject
and put explosion marks around the verb.
2. Assign roles:
A. Reader:
B. Subject:
C. Verb:
Let’s look at the handout and the “Examples”
You will have an opportunity to “perform” for
the class! DJ will play the music