Fundamentals of Sentence Writing
The 5 Components of a Complete Sentence
What is
1. Starts with a Capital Letter
2. Has Ending Punctuation
3. Has a Subject
4. Has a Verb
5. Makes Sense
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The Mnemonic device for The Inference Strategy
What is "INFER"?
The subject of this sentence:
After work, Mr. Lyons likes to watch TV.
What is "Mr. Lyons"?
The two main types of questions you see on reading tests.
What is "Factual" and "Think and Seek"?
The verb in this sentence:
Mrs. Lyons sleeps all day on snow days.
What is "sleeps"?
Factual Questions usually start with these words
What is "Who, What, When, Where, or How"?
The corrections for this sentence:
gracie is walking the bus to work
What is
Capital G
walking to riding
Ending punctuation (.)
Subject: Gracie
Verb: Riding
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The Three Types of "Think and Seek" questions
What is "Predicting", "Clarifying", and "Big Picture".
PENS MARK Mnemonic Device
What is...
Pick a Formula
Explore the words
Note the words
Search and Check
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M (skip)
Ask "Is there a verb?"
Root out the subject
Key in on the details (beginning, ending, makes sense)
INFER Mnemonic Device
What is
Interact with the questions and passage
Note what you know
Find the Clues
Explore the supporting details
Return to the Question
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