Two-Word Smack
Down!
Mechanically Inclined
Writing Secret
Please write one sentence.
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What did you do?
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How did you know that was a sentence?
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What makes a sentence a sentence?
What is a sentence?
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subject + verb= simple sentence
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Sentence test…does it have a subject and a verb?
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From Spinelli’s Loser…
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“They race”
Is this a sentence? How do you know?
YES!
It is a sentence if…
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it answers the following two questions:
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Who or what did something? (Subject:
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What did they do? (Verb: race)
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They)
“The core of any sentence is a subject and
a verb.”
Let’s simplify these
sentences…
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The lights cluster brilliantly up the street
at Claudia’s house.
What is the subject?
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lights
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What is the verb?
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cluster
Now we are ready to…
do
a sentence smack
down!
“Are you ready to
grammar?”
Sentence Smack Down!
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1. Identify the subject and verb of your
group’s sentence first. Underline the subject
and put explosion marks around the verb.
2. Assign roles:
A. Reader:
B. Subject:
C. Verb:
Let’s look at the handout and the “Examples”
You will have an opportunity to “perform” for
the class! DJ will play the music