Simple Sentences
What is a subject?
- A Person, Place, or Thing
- A Noun
- What the sentence is about
Which is a compound sentence?
a) The baby cried loudly.
b) The dog barked, and the cat ran away.
c) I like ice cream.
The dog barked, and the cat ran away.
What are the 3 parts of an Into Paragraph?
1) Hook
2) Overview
3) Thesis
What are the 4 parts of a Body Paragraph?
1) Topic Sentence
2) Evidence
3) Analysis
4) Conclusion
What are the 5 sentences of a Conclusion Paragraph?
1) Restate Thesis
2) Summarize Body Paragraph 1
3) Summarize Body Paragraph 2
4) Summarize Body Paragraph 3
5) Call to Action/ strong last thought
What is a predicate?
- Action
- Verb
- What the subject is doing
What is a Conjunction?
- FANBOY
- for, and, nor, but, or, yet
What are 2 things your Overview could include?
- Name of book/article
- The author of the book/article
- Important Characters
- relevant facts
Thesis: Dogs make great pets because they are loyal, fun to play with, and can help keep you safe.
Pick a Topic sentence for Body Paragraph 1:
Dogs love to play fetch with a ball.
One reason dogs make great pets is because they are very loyal to their owners.
Dogs like to bark at the mailman.
One reason dogs make great pets is because they are very loyal to their owners.
What is a synonym?
Different words that mean the same thing
Circle the Subject and underline the Predicate and of this sentence?
The red flowers bloomed in the garden.
Subject: The red Flowers
Predicate: Bloomed in the garden
What are the four rules of writing a compound sentence?
- 2 subjects
- 2 predicates
- Both parts need to make sense when they stand alone
What does a Thesis include?
Topic + Opinion + Reasons
Fix my citation!
Sam ran quickly to catch the bus.” (L.5)
author: L. Martinez
quote: Sam ran quickly to catch the bus.
page #: 5
The text stated, "Sam ran quickly to catch the bus"(Martinez 5).
Which sentence should I look at to help me write the first sentence of my conclusion paragraph.
1) Hook
2) Overview
3) Thesis
- Introduction paragraph
-Thesis statement
What type of sentence is this?
- I Love to drink coffee in the morning!
Exclamatory Sentence
Combine these two sentences into a compound sentence:
Bob had to wash the dishes.
Nick had to mop the floors.
Bob had to wash the dishes and Nick had to mop the floors.
- Start with a capital letter
- Conjunction
- End with a period
Is this a Strong or Weak Thesis Statements? Why?
Dogs are great pets because they are loyal, easy to train, and provide companionship.
- Strong
- opinion and reasons
Write a topic sentence for the Second body paragraph.
Thesis: Playing sports is good for kids because it builds teamwork, keeps you healthy, and is fun.
- Sentence starter
- includes reason 2: keeps you healthy
- start with a capital sentence
- end with a period
Which sentence should I look at to help me summarize each body paragraph in my conclusion paragraph.
a) Topic sentence
b) evidence
c) analysis
d) conclusion
Topic sentence