Mentor Sentences!
What is a noun?
Person, place, thing, or idea.
What is an action verb?
Give an example.
Any word that tells what the subject is doing.
Amy was riding home in the car with her mom after school. She could barely keep her eyes open. Her mom was talking to her about her day and asking her questions, but she hardly heard anything she said. Before she knew it, she opened her eyes and they were pulling up to her house.
How is Amy feeling?
Sleepy, tired.
Lawrence could not stop laughing. He knew it would probably get him in trouble, but it seemed like every time someone said something it was hilarious! He tried holding it in, but then someone sneezed really loud and he lost it!
How is Lawrence feeling? how do you know?
Silly.....he kept laughing
Gino and Peter are watching a movie with robots in it when Gino's phone rings. Peter starts to get mad and tells him to turn his stupid phone off. When they return their attention to the screen there are no more robots, just what appear to be cars and trucks.
What are they watching?
watching Transformers
robots, turn into cars and trucks
What kind of sentence is this?
Adam is a really fun guy, and he really likes water skiing.
Declarative
Compound Sentence.
Notice the comma, the coordinating conjunction, and the 2 simple sentences.
common noun, pronoun, proper noun
Proper noun
Isaiah's grandmother could not believe her ears! When Miss Johnson told her how great Isaiah's day had been, she wanted to cry. She could only hope tomorrow would be just as great.
How is Isaiah's grandmother feeling?
Surprised/excited
Jaclyn was so excited about playing Fern in Charlotte's Web! However, when she woke up, she felt weak and her nose was runny. Her forehead felt warm and she was really tired. "Uh Oh!" she thought.
how is Jaclyn feeling? Prove it.
Sick....weak and runny nose
Is there anything wrong with this sentence? If yes, what?
Tina exclaimed, I love school so much!
Tina exclaimed, "I love school so much!"
What kind of noun are he, she, her, it, him, I, you, examples of?
common nouns, pronouns , proper nouns
pronouns
After ordering, I waited patiently for my dinner to be brought to the table. Lots of other families were eating dinner, it was hard not to look at their food I was so hungry. Finally, I saw the waitress come toward our table with the food.
What is the setting of this passage?
a restaurant
India rolled her eyes as Kaleb let out that funny sneeze he always did. Then, when he started dancing, she felt like she was going to be sick. To make things even worse, he was sitting next to her making those funny noises. "Ugh, she thought to herself, "I have to get away from him!" Kaleb, however, thought it was hilarious! (How was India feeling?)
Annoyed or irritated
India rolled her eyes and wanted to get away from Kaleb
Clue: Use the phrases -
Now I ____, Yesterday I ____, Tomorrow I will ____.
Present - ride
Past - rode
Future - will ride
What is it called when an author uses the same beginning sound/letters in words closely connected in the same sentence.
Silly Sammy sipped six sodas and got sick, sick, sick.
Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration
Alliteration
We ran from hay bale to hay bale trying not to step on any cow pies. Uncle Joe picked us up with his tractor and gave us some fresh milk to drink. We helped with the garden and fed the chickens.
What is the setting of this passage?
a farm
John needs to practice before his band's performance on Saturday. The problem is that his strings are all broken and the store is closed.
What might John play in the band? Prove it.
Guitar, violin, viola,
strings
What kind of sentence is this:
The man is going to work.
Declarative
The girl has curly hair.
What is the adjective in the sentence?
curly describes the hair
so
curly is the adjective
Last Saturday night, my cousin slept over at my house. We roasted marshmallows at the bright fire and chased fireflies. We caught 10 fireflies and watched them glow in a jar. Afterward, we set them free.
Setting: When
Nighttime / summer
Neil gets paid every Tuesday. He has been broke for the last 6 days, but right now he is on his way to the mall and do some shopping.
What day is it in this passage? Prove it.
he's going shopping after being broke for 6 days