It all builds on one little green sheet of paper

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It all builds on one little green sheet of paper
sentencebasics
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What is a Sentence?
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What Does a Sentence Need?

• A subject
• the person, place, thing, or idea of a sentence
  that is doing or being something
• A verb
• word that carries the idea of being or action in
  the sentence
• Punctuation
• An initial capital letter

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Example Sentence
The prospective student requested a tour of the
campus.
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And the student becomes the teacher
Very good, grasshopper
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How do I teach a mini-lesson?

• Explain clearly your understanding of the topic
  and then give an example
• Guide your classmates through a practice activity
  and/or more examples
• Provide a creative way to test your classmates
  understanding and ability to apply the new
  material

Teaching Tip Be focused and be creative.
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Mini-lesson 1 What is subject verb agreement?
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Subjects and Verbs Must Agree

• A singular subject needs a singular verb.
• A plural subject needs a plural verb.

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Singular vs. Plural
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Example Sentence
A good student knows the value of communication
skills.
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Subject-Verb Agreement
student knows
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Example Sentence
Good students knows the value of communication
skills.
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Subject-Verb Disagreement
students knows
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Some Common Rules
With Use a
I singular verb (no s)
You plural verb (no s)
He, She, It singular verb (s)
We plural verb (no s)
You plural verb (no s)
They plural verb (no s)
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Mini-lesson 2 Agreement with Compound Subjects
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Special Agreement Rules

• When the subject is made up of two or more nouns
  connected by and, use a plural verb.
• She and her friends are

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Special Agreement Rules

• When the subject is made up of two or more
  singular nouns connected by or, use a singular
  verb.
• The book or the pen is

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Special Agreement Rules

• When the subject is made up of singular and
  plural nouns connected by or, the verb should
  agree with the part of the subject that is closer
  to it.
• The president or his assistants run

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Special Agreement Rules

• When the subject is made up of singular and
  plural nouns connected by or, the verb should
  agree with the part of the subject that is closer
  to it.
• His assistants or the president runs

singular verb
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Mini-lesson 3 Phrases that Confuse Things
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Dont Be Misled

• Dont be misled by phrases that come between the
  subject and the verb.
• one of the boxes is
• the people who read that report are
• the team lead, as well as his developers, is
• the manual, including all the chapters in the
  first section, is
• the woman with all the answers sits

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Mini-lesson 4 Singular or Plural?
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Always Singular

• The following words are always singular and
  require a singular verb
• each, each one
• either, neither
• everyone, anyone, someone, no one
• everybody, anybody, nobody

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Always Singular

• Even though the following nouns end with an s,
  they are singular and require a singular verb
• civics
• mathematics
• dollars
• news

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Almost Always Singular

• Collective nouns that refer to more than one
  person are usually treated as a single unit
• group
• team
• committee
• class
• family

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Always Plural

• Nouns like the following are always plural
  (because they are made of two parts)
• scissors
• tweezers
• trousers
• pants
• shears

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Mini-lesson 5 Neither Here nor There
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There is Never the Subject

• In sentences starting with the word there, the
  subject usually follows the verb.
• There are many questions.

subject
verb
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There is Never the Subject

• In sentences starting with the word there, the
  subject usually follows the verb.
• There is a question.

subject
verb
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The Same is True for Here

• In sentences starting with the word here, the
  subject usually follows the verb.
• Here are your keys.

subject
verb
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The Same is True for Here

• In sentences starting with the word here, the
  subject usually follows the verb.
• Here is your key.

subject
verb