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AFTER READING
OBJECTIVES
  • Define and identify
    imperative and
    exclamatory sentences.
  • Distinguish between exclamatory sentences
    and interjections.
  • Use imperative and
    exclamatory sentences
    correctly in writing.
  • Become familiar with
    imperative and
    exclamatory sentence assessment on
    high-stakes tests.
Monitor Progress
then… provide additional instruction and practice in The Grammar and Writing Book pp. 56–59.
If… students have diffculty identifying imperative and exclamatory sentences,
Grammar
Spiral REVIEW
DAILY FIX-IT
This week use Daily Fix-It
Transparency 2.
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ELL
Grammar Support See the Grammar Transition lessons in the ELL and Transition Handbook.
DAY 1
Teach and Model
DAY 2
Develop the Concept
DAY 3
Apply to Writing
DAY 4
Test Preparation
DAY 5
Cumulative Review
READING-GRAMMAR CONNECTION
Write the following sentences:
Fetch us a squirrel.
This is an amazing dog!
Explain that the first example is
an imperative sentence. It
gives a command or makes a
request and usually begins with
a verb. The second example is
an exclamatory sentence. It
shows strong feeling or surprise
and ends with an exclamation
mark.
Display Grammar Transparency 2. Read aloud the definitions and sample sentences. Work through the items.
Grammar Transparency
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DAILY FIX-IT
  1. A big dog like seaman might frightin some people. (Seaman; frighten)
  2. Do you think, he will bite me. (think he; me?)
GUIDED PRACTICE
Review the concept of imperative and exclamatory sentences. Add the concept of interjections.
  • An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request.
  • An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling or surprise. It ends with an exclamation mark.
  • An interjection also shows strong feeling or surprise, but it is not a complete sentence.
Grammar and Writing Practice Book
Grammar and Writing
 Practice Book p. 5
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DAILY FIX-IT
  1. What a enormous country this is. (an; is!)
  2. The Mississippi River. Is one of the biggest river in the world. (River is; rivers)
HOMEWORK Grammar and
Writing Practice Book p. 5. Work
through the first two items with
the class.
MAKE YOUR WRITING EXCITING
Point out that commands and
exclamations can give narrative
writing a strong voice and an
exciting style.
  • Have students review something they have written to see if they can improve it by adding imperative and
    exclamatory sentences.
Grammar and Writing Practice Book
Grammar and Writing
 Practice Book p. 6
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DAILY FIX-IT
  1. The river was a heighway for Lewis and clark. (highway; Clark)
  2. Tell me more about why they made her expedition? (their; expedition.)
HOMEWORK Grammar and
Writing Practice Book p. 6.
DAILY FIX-IT
  1. Sacagawea is remembered
    because she help Lewis and
    Clark! (helped; Clark.)
  2. She was only 16 years old,
    her husband was a French
    trader (old. Her; trader.)
Test Tip
Remember that an imperative
sentence generally begins
with a verb.
Tell your dog to stay.
Sometimes, however, another
word or phrase may come first.
Please tell your dog to stay.
A good rule to remember
is "When the subject is an
unspoken you, the sentence
is imperative."
HOMEWORK Grammar and
Writing Practice Book p. 7.
Grammar and Writing Practice Book
Grammar and Writing
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STANDARDIZED TEST PREP
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE
Assign pp. 56–59 in The Grammar
and Writing Book.
EXTRA PRACTICE Grammar
and Writing Practice Book
p. 123.
ASSESSMENT
CUMULATIVE REVIEW Grammar
and Writing Practice Book p. 8.
Grammar and Writing Practice Book
Grammar and Writing
 Practice Book p. 8
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DAILY FIX-IT
  1. Its funny to read a story
    telled by a dog. (It's; told)
  2. Ask the librarian for more
    books about the Lewis an
    Clark expedition? (and;
    expedition.)
Grammar Imperative and Exclamatory Sentences