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Haiku Course Session 5Review and Work Samples for Bound Predicate

Andy Stetkevich and Judy FuhrmanStaff Development SpecialistsRiverside, California

Prior to viewing this PowerPoint,watch unit 5 of the FYT DVD

Bound Predicates Bound Predicate Words and Completers Tense and Number of Bound Predicate

Words

Guide5-5 BOUND PREDICATESFORMS OF BE AND SOME ACTION

VERBSREQUIRE A COMPLETER

We use these symbols to represent the function of the completers.

Guide5-8 to

5-9

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Lucky is

Lucky is a collie.

Lucky is handsome.

Lucky is at the table.

Lucky is begging.

Lucky has an attitude.

Lucky had more than scraps.

Should Lucky be disciplined?

Use these symbols to

complete the thoughts.

BOUND PREDICATE PRACTICE

1. The new Tiffany lamp is beautiful.

2. That kid is my best friend.

3. Those boys are on the team.

4. Fifi and Fido were running after the kite.

5. My son has the newspaper in his backpack.

6. The birds in the cage are finches.

7. Wrinkles was chasing our neighbor’s cat.

8. The chocolate cake looks delicious.

9. Mrs. Hansen does the dishes each evening.

All Cal ever wanted to be was a ballplayer.

A ballplayer was all Cal ever wanted to be.

FOR A CHALLENGE, DIAGRAM THIS

Try it now.

When words and phrases are equal to

each other, they can be reversed.

Guidep. 5-44

SUBJECT

+ ______________TOPIC SENTENCE

KEY POINT

Beavers are inventive.

Beavers are skillful builders.

KEY POINT

THESE SYMBOLS ARE USEFUL IN WRITING TOPIC SENTENCES

4th Grade

Diagram the topic sentence

of this paragrap

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Roller coasters are a scary but exciting experience.

In this paragraph, the topic sentence

is also the concluding

sentence. It works well at the end, because this student skillfully increased the

suspense.

2nd Grade

Note: These students primarily use action verbs,

but the bound predicates work well for topic and

conclusion sentences.

44thth Grade CST Released Item Grade CST Released ItemRead the excerpt below and answer the question on the following slide.

55thth Grade CST Released Item Grade CST Released ItemRead the excerpt below and answer the question on the following slide.

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TOPIC SENTENCE

VS.

POSITION STATEMENT/THESIS

Subject +

Subject +

focuses a paragraph

focuses an essay and provides a

strong opinion or statement of

position

Medals Track and field Illegal use of steroids Two year ban from track

Use the clues to write a position statement/thesis about Marion Jones.

Subject +

Marion Jones is a talented track and field athlete.

Marion Jones is a disgraced Olympian.

Marion Jones is a misunderstood competitor.

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Use the symbols to guide your thinking.

• He/Him and me/I take guitar lessons from the same teacher.

• The Wilsons and we/us live on the same street.

• My friends are he/him and she/her.

• The coach gave them/it (the team) a new vision.

• The waiter showed Ryan and she/her to the table.

• The salesperson showed sweaters to mom and I/me.

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