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Warm-Up A fragment is not quite a whole sentence because it is missing either the subject or the main verb. Slipping down the muddy bank and plopping into the river. Who is slipping and plopping? The subject is missing. Belinda, who came all the way from South Africa by plane. What about her? What did she do? The predicate is missing.

Warm-Up A fragment is not quite a whole sentence because it is missing either the subject or the main verb. Slipping down the muddy bank and plopping into

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Page 1: Warm-Up A fragment is not quite a whole sentence because it is missing either the subject or the main verb. Slipping down the muddy bank and plopping into

Warm-Up

A fragment is not quite a whole sentence because it is missing either the subject or the main verb.

Slipping down the muddy bank and plopping into the river.

Who is slipping and plopping? The subject is missing.

Belinda, who came all the way from South Africa by plane.

What about her? What did she do? The predicate is missing.

Page 2: Warm-Up A fragment is not quite a whole sentence because it is missing either the subject or the main verb. Slipping down the muddy bank and plopping into

Warm-Up

A nominative pronoun can be used as the subject or as a predicate nominative.

I am the lion tamer, and you are just the lion.

It was she who did that.

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Warm-Up

Two sentences can be joined together by a coordinating conjunction and a comma to form a compound sentence.

I am the teacher, and you are wonderful students.

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Homework: Monday

can you come to my birthday party

Monday: Find the part of speech for each word (noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, verb, preposition, conjunction, interjection. Insert editing marks to correct capitalization and punctuation.

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Homework: Tuesday

can you come to my birthday party

Tuesday: Find the sentence parts (simple subject, simple predicate, complete subject, complete predicate) and prepositional phrases.

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Homework: Wednesday

can you come to my birthday party

• Wednesday: Identify the clauses as independent or dependent; identify the sentence structure (simple, compound, or complex); identify the sentence purpose (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative).

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Homework: Thursday

• Thursday: Practice your skills.

Can Jillian come to my house after school today?

a. What is the purpose of this sentence (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative)?

b. What is the subject of this sentence?c. What is the complete predicate of this

sentence?d. Identify the prepositional phrases.