A word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
Fragment or Sentence
piece of pie
Fragment
A noun phrase that more fully describes the previous noun.
What is an appositive?
Identify the coordinating conjunction in the sentence:
Today is Friday, and I can't wait for school to get out.
What is and?
The letters SPO stand for this.
What is Single Paragraph Outline?
Name the adjective in this sentence: The lovely flowers wave in the wind.
What is lovely?
Fragment or Sentence
mom yelled
Sentence
Find the appositive:
Horizon Academy, a school for kids with dyslexia, is located in Roeland Park, Kansas.
What is a school for kids with dyslexia?
Identify the subordinating conjunction in the sentence:
Although the Royals have started strong, the season still has a long way to go.
What is although.
The letters BBS stand for this.
What is because, but, so?
Add an adjective to the sentence: The students sat at the desk.
What is The (incredible, smart, attentive, etc) students sat at the (small, large, red, etc) desk.
What two parts does a sentence require?
What is the who and the what?
What is the subject and the verb?
Find the appositive:
My favorite movie, Star Wars, is playing at the drive-in this weekend.
What is Star Wars?
Jim played his best game __________________ he did not get a good night of sleep.
because if even though
What is even though?
The 5W's 1H.
What is who, what, when, where, why, how?
Provide an adjective for the following image.
What is (playful, terrifying, ferocious)?
Many acceptable answers
Restate the fragment as a sentence:
three more weeks
Multiple acceptable answers
What is, "We have three more weeks of school until summer break."
Fill in the blank with an appositive:
Mrs. Altman, ________________________, is retiring at the end of this school year.
What is the principal of Horizon Academy?
Join these two sentences using a conjunction:
We will practice our red words.
We will not have time to finish our math.
What is:
We will practice our red words, but we will not have time to finish our math.
Three strategies for writing a Topic Sentence.
What are appositives, subordinating conjunctions, and sentence types?
Name all the adjectives in the following sentence:
My incredible mother baked a chocolate cake for my birthday party.
What are incredible, chocolate, and birthday?
Restate the fragment as a complete sentence.
poison dart frogs
Multiple correct answers
Poison dart frogs live in South America.
Create a sentece with an appositive about the Kansas City Royals.
What is:
The 2014 World Series Champions, the Kansas City Royals, are off to a strong start this season.
(many acceptable answers)
Finish the sentence:
After___________________________________________________________________________________.
Multiple answers accepted.
After the rain, we will look for the rainbow in the sky.
A Civil Rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
Who is Rosa Parks?