October 26, 2009

Homework:
Completing the Sentence unit 3
Pages 1 and 2 of a worksheet I handed out. Find the simple subject and simple predicate as well.

Today:
Daily Drill
Review the schedule for the week
Sentence structure, lessons 1 and 2

Daily Drill:
Monday, October 26, 2009 (T4)
1. She (don’t, doesn’t, never, always) have any coins in her pocket.
2. The old tyred dog wantz to lay down by the warm fire.
3. Are we supposed to read across the plains or mountain trek in our history books tonight
4. What two words make up “you’d?”
5. Use this homophone pair in one sentence: forth, fourth.



Notes for sentence structure:
Notes for Chapter 1: The Sentence and its parts

Lesson 1
A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.

Every complete sentence has two basic parts:
A subject and a predicate

Complete subject- all the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about.
Some architects bring nature indoors
(Who or what does something?)

Complete Predicate- verb and all the words that complete the verb’s meaning.
Some architects bring nature indoors
(What does the subject do?)

Professional Model: (find simple subject and simple verb)
This dreamer from the prairie states didn’t copy other people’s designs.



Answers page 7
1. Frank Lloyd Wright designed an unusual home in the Pennsylvania woods.

2. The owners called the house Fallingwater.

3. Sections of the house jut over a waterfall.

4. Its stone walls blend in with the natural surroundings.

5. More than 130,000 people visit the site each year.

6. Tourists can see a very different house near Spring Green, Wisconsin.

7. The architect Alex Jordan built House on the Rock on a column of sandstone.

8. Its many rooms contain unique furnishings.

9. An automated band plays music all day for the tourists.

10. This odd house attracts half a million visitors a year.


Lesson 2: Simple Subjects (Underline blue once, green, twice.)

The simple subject is the main word or words in the complete subject.
Descriptive words are not part of the simple subject.

An expectant seal builds a shelter in a snowdrift.

The cozy shelter hides her newborn pup.

When a proper noun is used as a subject, all parts of the name make up the simple subject.

Robert Peary explored the North Pole.

Practice and Apply
Write down the simple subject and simple predicate
1. Many animals need shelter from cold and predators.
2. Lodges on islands often give beavers the best protection.
3. These homes are built up from the bottom of the pond.
4. Strong saplings are anchored into the mud.
5. The sturdy rodents then pile debris into a mound.
6. Branches buried in the mud are food for the winter.
7. The whole family lives together in the snug burrow.
8. Their warm bodies keep the temperature comfortable.
9. Predators can claw at the frozen lodge.
10. The crafty beavers stay safe and warm inside.