Building Great Sentences A StepbyStep Guide to Descriptive

Building Great Sentences A Step-by-Step Guide to Descriptive Writing for Young Learners Part I- The Sentence

Building Great Sentences A Step-by-Step Guide to Essay Writing for Young Learners Part 1 - The Sentence

What makes a good sentence? All writing begins with a great sentence! Before we can move to a great essay, we have to write a great paragraph- and the great paragraphs start with great sentences! What does a good sentence include?

What makes a good sentence? A sentence is a complete thought. It has a subject and a predicate. The subject is who or what the sentence is about. The predicate is what the subject is, does, or has. Example: James is a teacher. This sentence is about James is the subject. The rest of the sentence tells what James is- is a teacher is the predicate.

Let’s get some practice! Read each sentence below. Circle the subject. Underline the predicate. 1. Thomas is a basketball player. 2. Jennifer and Kate are beautiful. 3. Eric is slim. 4. I am happy. 5. Paul is smart.

Writing Descriptive Sentences

Let’s get some practice! Use the correct form of the verb to be to complete the following sentences. 1. She ______ hungry. 2. We ______ excited. 3. I ______ tired. 4. They ______ beautiful. 5. You ______ great! I am You are He/She/It is We are They are

Describing Sentences with “to be” Choose the correct word to complete the following sentence. They are ______. A) tired B) sad C) hungry D) tall

Describing Sentences with “to be” Choose the correct word to complete the following sentence. She is ______. A) angry B) excited C) thirsty D) smart

Adjectives If we look at all the sentences in our last activity, the verb “to be” is used to connect ideas. The word that follows the verb “to be” is an adjective. It describes the subject of the sentence. Big Angry Silly Round Red Old Ugly Muscular Wet Loud Small Smart Green Pretty Many Three

What other adjectives do you know? Write your ideas inside the shapes

Using Adjectives Now that we know what adjectives are, let’s think of adjectives we can use to describe the following pictures. Describing Words ____________

Using Adjectives Describing Words ____________

Using Adjectives Describing Words ____________

Using Adjectives Do your answers look like this? Describing Words Cute Small Young Now, let’s use this to write descriptive sentences!

Using Adjectives Do your answers look like this? Describing Words Cute The bear is small. The bear is young. Small Young The bear is cute.

Using Adjectives Use the adjectives you came up with in the previous activity to create three sentences about the pictures below. _____________________________ _____________________________

Descriptive Sentences with the Verb “to have” We can use the verb “to be” to link the person or thing we are describing with an adjective. We can use the verb “to have” to give more information about the characteristics of a person or a thing. Let’s look at an example. She has pink hair. She has brown eyes.

Let’s get some practice! 1. He ______ long hair. 2. We ______ blue eyes. 3. I ______ a nice smile. 4. You ______ white teeth. 5. It ______ long legs. I have You have He/She/It has We have They have

Descriptive Sentences with the Verb “to have” Now let’s put our ideas into sentences. Complete the sentence stems below. He has… ____________

Descriptive Sentences with the Verb “to have” Now let’s put our ideas into sentences. Complete the sentence stems below. She has… ____________

Descriptive Sentences with the Verb “to have” Now let’s put our ideas into sentences. Complete the sentence stems below. They have… ____________

Descriptive Sentences with the Verb “to be” + Verb + ing He is wearing a hat. He is wearing a necklace.

Complete each sentence… The clown is wearing _______.

Complete each sentence… The girl is wearing _______.

Complete each sentence… The lady is wearing _______.

Putting It All Together We are going to use what we have learned in this unit to write three descriptive sentences about the following pictures. One sentence should use the verb, “to be. ” One sentence should use the verb, “to have. ” One sentence should use the verb, “to be” + verb + ing to describe what the character is wearing. FOR EXAMPLE: He is tall. He has long hair. He is wearing a hat.

Describe the lady on the left… She is _____. She has _____. She is wearing ________.

Describe the boy on the left… He is _____. He has _____. He is wearing ________.

Describe the man on the left… He is _____. He has _____. He is wearing ________.

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