The document discusses the Sentence Writing Strategy, which teaches students how to write simple sentences that have a subject and a verb. It defines what constitutes a simple sentence and its core components: a subject, a verb, a capital letter at the beginning, ending punctuation, and an overall understandable meaning. Examples are provided of student writing before and after learning this strategy to show the improvement in sentence structure and clarity. Key elements like subjects, verbs, action verbs, linking verbs, and identifying these in sentences are explained.

1. Sentence Writing Strategy — Presentation Transcript
1. The Sentence Writing Strategy
2. Why Learn It? Improve Your Grades Teachers think you are trying harder Express your true thoughts Help you get
out of special education
3. Where can you use it? Writing Letters Job applications Writing a letter to your girlfriend explaining why you were seen
with another girl
4. Examples Book reports Essay questions Job applications Thank you notes Writing letters
5. Results Writing becomes easier Your Ideas are easier to understand Your writing is interesting to read
6. Student work Before Why I love Weekends I love weekends. so I can get away from school for a will. Mainly so I can
do some homework that I did not get dun at school. There are also thens I like besides school helping my dad working
the yard or working on the car.
7. Student work after learning strategy Santiago’s Bravery Santiago was very brave when he was fighting off the sharks.
When the first shark came at the fish Santiago was ready with the harpoon in his hand. The shark came with his mouth
open, and he took 40 lbs of the fish. That is when Santiago jammed the harpoon in the shark’s head and killed it. He
had lost his harpoon, and the fish was bleeding. He knew that there would be more sharks coming, so he took his knife
and lash it to one of the oars. Another group of sharks came at the fish , and he got each and every one of them. There
was really nothing left of the large fish which the sharks had torn apart. Santiago was very brave during his moment of
truth.
8. So lets Get started
9. Simple Sentence Definition: A simple sentence is a sentence that is made up of one independent clause
10. Independent Clause Definition: A group of words that make a complete statement and can stand alone (by itself)
Example: Susan Ran Subject Verb
11. What makes up a simple sentence Start with a capital letter End with punctuation (.?!) Have a subject Have a verb It
has to make sense
12. All Simple Sentences Have Two things - Subject - Verb
13. Subject Person Thing Idea Place Quality Nouns
14. Verb Shows Action physical Mental
15. Finding The Subject & Verb Look for the action to find the verb Example: Kevin reported the theft. Ask yourself “who
or what” to find subject Example: Paula is an astronaut. Verb Subject
16. Not so fast
17. Let’s look at that sentence again! Paula is an astronaut. We said Paula is the subject right? Subject But, there is no
action Verb? Butt… There is a linking Verb What’s a linking verb? Linking Verb
18. Linking Verb A linking verb is a word that shows the subjects state of being Words like: is are were Glad you asked
19. Let's find subjects and verbs together
20. Jane went to the pool What is our action word? Correct.. It is went Verb Place a V over went V Who or What went?
Correct … Jane Subject Now place an S Over Jane S Great Job
21. Try This one On your own
22. Paul is a very nice guy. Did you get it right V And Paul is the subject S “ Is” is the Verb Great Job Pal You give it a
try
23. Vince Lombardi – Hall of Fame coach Let’s Try Another one Cakes lined the store window. What did you put for The
action verb? Lined? Great!! V And Cakes Is the subject S Go Team
24. One More Time I love chocolate ice cream. So what’d Ya get Here’s what I got V S Awesome
25. Review 5 requirements of simple sentence Start with a capital letter End with punctuation (.?!) Have a subject Have
a verb It has to make sense