Theme
What is a theme?
Theme is the moral of a story, or a life lesson.
What is the three reasons author's write stories?
inform, persuade, entertain
I like to go to the store and shop for shoes that I really like and I like to shop on the weekend.
run on: periods between "like" get rid of "and"
What are the four different types of sentences?
declarative, imperative, interrogative, exclamatory
What is a cause? What is an effect?
cause = reason; effect = result
My best friend was having a party Friday night, but I also had a baseball game. This was going to be a tough decision. If I do not go to the game, I will let my team down. What is the theme?
sacrifice
Read story. Question 1.
D. to persuade
The dog
fragment
What is a declarative sentence and give an example?
Declarative is a boring sentence/a statement.
What is a simple subject?
a noun
She sobbed for hours trying to think of a way out of having to tell her father she wrecked her new car. After stewing over it for quite some time, she called her father on his cell phone. What is the theme?
honesty
Read story. Question 2.
D. baseball is a great sport to play.
Who would
What is an imperative sentence and give an example?
Imperative is a demanding sentence or bossy sentence.
What is a simple predicate?
a verb
The phone rang. She dropped the phone and tears began to drop onto her cheek. Her lip quivered s she pictured the scene that was described to her "No!" she wailed. What is the theme?
loss/grief
Read story, question 3.
b.
There are so many different books that you can find at the library the library has books about animals and I really like to read books about animals.
run on
What is an exclamatory sentence? Give an example.
Exclamatory is a sentence with high emotion.
What three things do you need when writing dialogue?
quotation marks, comma, a capital letter if it's the beginning
What is another theme?
student response
What is the author's message in this story...
To persuade the reader to join baseball.
What is a run on sentence? What is a sentence fragment?
Run on: a sentence that continues on and is more than one idea in a whole sentence. Fragment is a piece or part of a sentence, either the subject or the predicate.
What is an interrogative sentence and provide an example.
Interrogative is a sentence that asks a question.
What is a common noun? What is a proper noun?
Common = regular boring noun, proper = a name of a person, place, or thing