lesson 1

Writing in Complete Sentences



What things do we need to

remember when writing in
complete sentences?
Write them down.
Lets think
About what we
already know:
You need to start with a capital letter.
Antime you start a sentence, you need to start with a
capital letter.

End in punctuation.
End either in a period, a exclamation mark, or a
quetsion mark.
Subject and
Predicate
Complete sentences have subjects and
predicates.
subjects and predicates go together like PEANUT
BUTTER and JELLY. A COMPLETE SENTENCE
needs a subject and predicate. A SUBJECT is who
or what the sentence is about. A PREDICATE is
what action the subject does or links the subject by
telling what the subject is.
Let's come up
with sentences
using Subjects +
Predicites
Let's do it together. Make sure you are
still using upper case letters and
punctuation.
These are
called
simple
sentences.
Using what you learned
today with me, write down 3
complete sentences.
Lesson 2
Adding Detail
What's wrong
with simple
sentences?
Hmmm.. do professional writers only use
simple sentences?
Too many simple sentences strung together can be a
problem, especially in essays. Now listen to me as I read
this paragraph of simple sentences. Afterwards, let’s
talk about what we heard.


"The boy went to the store. He got food.

He got soup. He got salad. He got
strawberries. He got bored. He went
home. He got home and played outside.
He played with his dog. He played with
his cars. He had a nice day. "
Let's talk
What did you think about how
this paragraph is written? How
did it sound? Each sentence in
the paragraph is a simple
sentence
How can we give our simple
sentences more detail?
Let's look at this simple sentence.
"The boy went to the store."
Lesson 3
Writing Compound Sentences
First, Let's
Review
Write a simple sentence for me.
Make sure it's a complete
sentence.
A simple
sentence has:
A subject and a predicate.
Remember- peanut butter and jelly.
"The boy went to the store."

"The girl was hungry."

Compound
sentences
We can combine simple sentences with a
conjunction to form another type of
sentence: the compound sentences.

A conjunction is a joining word. Words like: for, and, but, not,

or, so, yet.

When we combine simple sentences, we change the name of

a simple sentence to an independent clause.

A simple sentence is an independent clause. Two or more

joined independent clauses form a compound sentence.
Let's make
compound
sentences:
Let's look at our story.
"The boy went to the store."

"The boy went to the store so that he could get some food."

Circle the conjunction word.



"The boy went to the store so he could get

some food. He got soup, salad and yummy
red strawberries. He got bored and went
home, but wanted to eat his food. He
played outside for it was a beautiful sunny
day. He played with his dog, but had some
ate some snacks too. He also played with
his cars. It was an awesome day. "
What do you
notice?
Does this revised paragraph
provide the same information
as the first? What did you think
about how this revised
paragraph is written? How did
it sound?
 Simple Sentence Add a conjunction Compound Sentence
Simple sentences have a subject For, and, not, yet, but, so, or Compound sentences is two or more
and predicate. simple sentences.
Learn about Complex
sentences: