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The document outlines an 11-lesson curriculum for teaching students the fundamentals of sentence writing. Each lesson focuses on a different grammatical concept like complete sentences, subjects, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases. The lessons provide examples, explanations, and cue cards or worksheets for students to practice applying the concepts through filling in sentences. The overall goal is to build students' understanding of sentence structure piece by piece to enable them to independently write simple sentences.

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Cue Cards Fund Sent Writing-LSheets

The document outlines an 11-lesson curriculum for teaching students the fundamentals of sentence writing. Each lesson focuses on a different grammatical concept like complete sentences, subjects, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases. The lessons provide examples, explanations, and cue cards or worksheets for students to practice applying the concepts through filling in sentences. The overall goal is to build students' understanding of sentence structure piece by piece to enable them to independently write simple sentences.

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Fundamentals in

the Sentence Writing Strategy


Cue Cards with Learning Sheets

The University of Kansas


Center for Research on Learning
NAME
The Unit Organizer Fundamentals of Sentence Writing DATE
9 Expanded Unit Map

Filling in the gaps


prior to writing
simple sentences

Through teaching these concepts and skills

Lesson 1: pg 9 Lesson 2: pg16 Lesson 3: pg24 Lesson 4: pg30 Lesson 5: pg38 Lesson 6: pg47
Complete PENS Steps, Linking Verb Infinitive Prepositional SSV
Sentence MARK Cue Cards Cue Cards #8 Phrase Cue Card: Simple
Cue Cards #1-3 Cue Cards #4-5 #4,5,6,7 LS# 6A-7H Cue Cards# 8-10 Sent Checklist
LS# 1A-H LS# 2A-3H LS# 4A-5H LS# 8A-11H LS# 12A- 13-H

Lesson 7: Lesson 8: pg63 Lesson 9:


pg55 pg71
Lesson 10: pg78 Lesson 11: pg87
SSVV
SVV Adjective, Complete verbs, Adverb
Cue Cards:
Cue Card: Simple Sent main subject helping verbs Cue Cards #12-13
Simple Sent Checklist Cue Card # 11 Cue Cards# 12-13 LS 26A-27H
Checklist LS# 17A- 19H LS # 20a-22H LS# 23A-25H
LS# 14A- 16-H

10 1. What are the requirements of a complete sentence?


QUESTIONS
SELF-TEST

2. Explain the steps of the “PENS” Strategy.


NEW
UNIT

3. How can the MARK steps help us check our sentences?


Lesson 1

Complete Sentences
Complete Sentence
1.Start with a capital letter

2.Have end punctuation (. ? !)

3.Have a subject (S)

4.Have a verb (V)


5.Make sense
S V .?!
Subject
The person, place, thing, quality, or
idea that the sentence is about.

• Examples

Jenna went for a walk. (Person)


The store was closed. (Place)
Balloons rose into the sky. (Things)
Silence filled the streets. (Quality)
Peace was declared at midnight. (Idea)
Action Verb

A word that shows the action of the


subject of the sentence.

• Examples:
Body Actions Mind Actions
walk think
run want
Lesson 2

PENS & mARK


The PENS Strategy

Pick a formula
Explore words to fit the formula
Note the words
Search and check
Search & Check Step
M
Ask ”Is there a verb?"
Root out the subject
(ask, ”Who or What _____?")
Key in on the
– beginning
– ending
– meaning
Lesson 3

Linking Verbs
9 Linking Verbs
Words that link the subject to another
word that describes the subject.

Am Was
Are Were
Is Seem
Be
Been
Become
Verb
(Action & Linking)

A word that shows


the action or state-of-being
of the subject
Lesson 4

Infinitives
Infinitives
• Usually made up of 2 words: the word “to”
in front of an action verb

Examples: I
Madonna likes to sing.
I
Sarah wants to ride the bus.
I
Tikki yearns to play football.
Lesson 5

Prepositional Phrases
Search & Check Step
Mark out imposters
– infinitives
– prepositional phrases
Ask ”Is there a verb?"
Root out the subject
(ask, ”Who or What _____?")
Key in on the
– beginning
– ending
– meaning
Prepositions
about down past
above during
across since
after except
against through
along for throughout
amid from to
among toward
around in
at inside under
into underneath
before until
behind like up
below upon
beneath near
with
beside of within
between off without
beyond on
by over
out
outside of
Prepositional Phrase
A group of words that show place or time
(where or when the action takes place)
•Each prepositional phrase contains a preposition
and at least one word, either:
•Person
•Place
•Thing

P
A Bee flies above the jar.
Lesson 6

Simple Sentence Pattern


SSV
Types of Simple Sentences

SV "One person doing one thing"

SSV "Two people doing one thing"


Lesson 7

SVV
Simple Sentence Pattern
Types of Simple Sentences

SV "One person doing one thing"

SSV "Two people doing one thing"

SVV "One person doing two things'


Lesson 8

SSVV
Simple Sentence Pattern
Types of Simple Sentences

SV "One person doing one thing"

SSV "Two people doing one thing"

SVV "One person doing two things'

SSVV "Two people doing two things"


Lesson 9

Adjectives
&
Main Subjects
Adjective

A word that
describes a noun.
Main Subject

The one word


that best tells
what the sentence
is about.
Lesson 10

Complete Verbs
&
Helping Verbs
Helping Verbs

Words that help


the main verb
show the action
in a sentence.
Helping Verbs
am
is
are

can may
could might
must
do
shall
does
should
did
was
has were
have
had will
would

be being been
Recall Device for Helping
Verbs

C H A D B. S W I M
2323 3 2 4 13

Chad B. Swim is 23 years old


Lesson 11

Adverbs
Adverbs

Words that add information about the


action of the subject of the sentence.
They show:
– when
– where
– how
– to what extent (how often, how much)
the action takes place

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