SENTENCE OF THE WEEK CHECKLIST 1. Please place a check next to the skills that can be found in your portfolio. 2. Write the page number where taht skill can be found in your portfolio. 3. Highlight and number each of the skills in your portfolio. Lesson Skill Taught Mentor Sentences Points to emphasize 1 Identify a subject and a verb Jerry ate the pizza. Mike and Lisa are happy. Miguel was running in the race. FILLED IN WHEN IN CLASS 2 A FANBOYS sentence I am late, but I still want to play. Sam ate the entire sandwich, and I waatched him do it. You were rude, so they will not speak to you. 3 Semicolon usage The dinner was great; the dessert was average. The movie was interesting; however I fell asleep before it ended. 4 An AAAWWUBBIS sentence 5 A non- AAAWWUBBIS front branch sentence After the game, I went hom. Since it s raining, the concert ws canceled. Although it s cold, Vanessa did not wear a jacket. Tired, we collapsed as soon as we arrived home. Laughing hard, tears ran down our faces. Without giving it a second thought, we
helped the victims. 6 A middle-branch sentence 7 A quotation with end attribution 8 A quotation with front attribution 9 A quotation with middle attribution 10 A sentecne with a hyphen in it John, fourteen, is too young to drive. My friend, who is afraid of snakes, refused to go. The player, exhausted from the long game, collapsed. I have arrived, said Jack. That hurts! screamed Mary. Are you sure?: asked Joe. Jack said, I have arrived. Mary screamed, That hurts! Joe asked, Are you sure? I was thinking, Lisa said, that this might not be a good time. If you don t leave, she screamed, you will be sorry! Do you think, Mark asked, that the Angels will win? He loved chocolate-covered peanuts. She is a well-known student. She was thirty-seven years old. The five-year-old boy was scared. 11 An apostrophe to That is Mik s book.
show possession 12 An apostrophe to show a contraction 13 One of the following capitalization rules: school subjects/ directions/ seasons/school grade levels 14 Subject/pronoun agreement 15 A sentence in active voice That is Ross s pencil. Cesar s and Larry s parents will both be there. It s not funny. It s been fun. Can t you see he isn t sad? You re right about him. He drove his Ford south to get to the South. The president will address Congress. My Uncle Dave studies biology, and my mom is an English teacher. During the game, a player may forget his plays. If a person wants to succeed in life, he or she has to work hard. If people want to succeed in life, they have to work hard. If any one of the studetns wants to talk, have him or her call me. The pizza was eaten by John. Hohn ate the pizza. The game was won by Bob. Bob win the game. 16 Using items in a series She went to the store and bought
milk, bread, and cereal. He ran to the field, jumped over the fince, and sprinted to the parking lot. She was a tacher who arrived early, who worked hard, and who ran a tight ship. The player is strong, quick, and experienced. 17 All of the following: your/you re; it s/its; there/their/they re 18 A sentence with corrct colon usage 19 A sentence with a number spelled out AND a sentence with a numeral. You re on the right path to achieve your goal. It s funny to watch the dog chase its tail. They re not happy that their ball landed there. The plumber brought the following: a wrench, a socket, and a hammer. I have three brothers: Mike, John, and James. There was only one possible explanation: they got lost. I a going to buy twenty-five cups. I am going to buy 125 cups. The school ahs niney-six boys and 112 girls. One hundred twelve girls attend this
school We ate a million potato chips. 20 An indirect quotation Todd said that he was hungry. Isa said it hurt a lot. She asked me if I felt well. 21 Italics I read a review of Hatchet in the Detroit Free Press. I like Gary Soto s poem, Baseball in April, which is found in Living up the Street. You should not do that!