early writing -sentence building
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Definition of Sentence
• A group of words, usually containing a verb,
which expresses a thought in the form of a
statement, question, instruction or
exclamation and starts with a capital letter
when written.
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Sentence building definition
• Sentence is built from a group of words which
starts with a capital letter and ends with a full
stop (.), question mark (?) or exclamation
mark (!).
• A sentence contains a predicate and a
subject.
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Sentence or not a Sentence?
• One of the first things young learner
should do is to recognize sentences.They learn that sentences express a
complete idea.
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• Teaching children to write sentences can be
difficult because of the abstract concept of the
two parts of a sentence--the subject and
predicate.
• Children mistakenly use sentence
fragments( a sentence in the sense that it
cannot stand by itself) in their writing because
that is how people commonly speak.
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• Every complete sentence contains two parts: a
subject and a predicate. The subject is
what (or whom) the sentence is about, whilethe predicate tells something about the
subject.
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A sentence needs to contain the
following:
•
a capital letter at the beginning and afull stop at the end
• a subject (person / people or thing(s)
that is / are doing something)
• a verb (action or doing word).
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ACTIVITY 1
• Have each student make two cards (one will say
SENTENCE and the other will say NOT A
SENTENCE).
• The teacher then reads phrases aloud. If it's a
sentence, then children must raise the correct
card. If it is not a sentence, then they raise the
other card.
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For Example:
•Sharks are fierce hunters
Sentence
Fragments
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Afraid of sharks.
Sentence Fragments
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• Other kinds will not harm.
Sentence
Fragments
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• The great white shark will
attack people.
Sentence
Fragments
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You are correct!
That is an complete thought.
It is called a sentence .
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OOPS!
That is an incomplete thought.
It is called a f ragment .
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ACTIVITY 2
Using Question Words
1. Introduce question words to help students
remember to make complete sentences. Students
can form the subject of the sentence by answering
"who" or "what."
2. They can form the predicate part of the sentence
by answering "why," "where" or "how."
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3. Graphic organizers with boxes to write the
subject of the sentence, plus the action words,
along with the "how" or "why" are a good visual
guide for children learning to write.
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ACTIVITY 3
Silly Sentences
• Create packets with subject, verb, and
predicates.
• EXAMPLE: The big butterfly flew in a jar of jelly.
• Have students choose one strip from each
packet.
• Put the strips together to form a silly sentence.
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• Have them draw an illustration and write the
sentence underneath.
• Have them circle the subject and underline
the predicate.
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REFERENCES
• http://www.ehow.com/info_8299374_teaching-
children-write-sentences.html
• https://www.google.com.my/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=
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