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AFTER READING
OBJECTIVES
  • Define and identify
    subjects and predicates.
  • Distinguish between
    complete and simple
    subjects and predicates.
  • Use subjects and
    predicates correctly in
    writing.
  • Become familiar with
    subject and predicate assessment on
    highstakes tests.
Monitor Progress
then… provide additional instruction and practice in The Grammar and Writing Book pp. 62–65.
If… students have difficulty identifying subjects and predicates,
Grammar
Spiral REVIEW
DAILY FIX-IT
This week use Daily Fix-It
Transparency 3.
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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 this sentence from
Grandfather's Journey on the board:
The Pacific Ocean astonished him.
Point out that the words
underlined once are the
complete subject. It tells whom
or what the sentence is about.
The words underlined twice are
the complete predicate. It tells
what the subject is or does.
Display Grammar Transparency
3. Read aloud the definitions
and sample sentences. Work
through the items.
Grammar Transparency
Grammar Transparency 3
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DAILY FIX-IT
  1. The hot springs at Yellowstone National Park is amazing? (are amazing.)
  2. We saw an eagel. At our
    campsite. (eagle at)
GUIDED PRACTICE
Review the concept of subjects
and predicates.
  • Every sentence has a subject and a predicate.
  • The subject is the part of the sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about.
  • The predicate is the part of the sentence that tells what the subject is or does.
  • A sentence that is missing a subject or a predicate is called a sentence fragment.
Grammar and Writing Practice Book
Grammar and Writing
 Practice Book p. 9
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DAILY FIX-IT
  1. Mr and mrs. Kim entertained us in San Francisco. (Mr. and Mrs.)
  2. They, were at the airport to great us. (They were; greet)
HOMEWORK Grammar and
Writing Practice Book p. 9. Work
through the first two items with
the class.
ADD SPECIFIC DETAILS
Point out that specific details
make writing more interesting
to read.
  • Have students review something they have written to see if they can improve it by adding specific details to subjects and predicates or by combining simple sentences into sentences with compound subjects or predicates.
Grammar and Writing Practice Book
Grammar and Writing
 Practice Book p. 10
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DAILY FIX-IT
  1. What an amazing sity San
    Francisco is. (city; is!)
  2. My dad, my mom, my brother, and I. Went to chinatown. (I went; Chinatown)
HOMEWORK Grammar and
Writing Practice Book p. 10.
DAILY FIX-IT
  1. Mr. Sakata, our neighbor, was borned in Japan? (born; Japan.)
  2. He speaks English, he speaks and write Japanese. (English. He; writes)
Test Tip
A simple subject can be more
than one word, for example,
a name:
San Francisco is a city in California.
A simple predicate can be
more than one word, for
example, a main verb and
any helping verbs:
We are going to California.
HOMEWORK Grammar and
Writing Practice Book p. 11.
Grammar and Writing Practice Book
Grammar and Writing
 Practice Book p. 11
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STANDARDIZED TEST PREP
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE
Assign pp. 62–65 in The Grammar
and Writing Book.
EXTRA PRACTICE Grammar
and Writing Practice Book
p. 124.
ASSESSMENT
CUMULATIVE REVIEW Grammar
and Writing Practice Book p. 12.
Grammar and Writing Practice Book
Grammar and Writing
 Practice Book p. 12
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DAILY FIX-IT
  1. Your going to love the Rocky Mountains in colorado. (You're; Colorado)
  2. They are higher then the mountains. Where we live. (than; mountains where)
Grammar Subjects and Predicates