Fundamentals in the Sentence Writing Strategy Cloze Note

Fundamentals in the Sentence Writing Strategy Cloze Note Cue Cards for students The University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning

The Subject Complete Sentences 1. Start with a _______. 2. Have __________(. ? !) 3. Have a _____. (S) • Examples Jenna went for a walk. The store was closed. Balloons rose into the sky. Silence filled the streets. Peace was declared at midnight. 4. Have a _____. (V) 5. Make _____. S V The_____, _______, or _____ that the sentence is about. . ? ! Cue Card 2 Cue Card 1 Action Verb The PENS Strategy A word that _______of the ____of the sentence. • Examples: _____ Actions walk run (____) (_______) (______) P_____ a formula E______ the words to fit the formula ______ Actions think want N_____ the words S_______ and_______ Cue Card 3 Cue Card 4

Linking Verbs Search & Check Step M Ask ”Is there______? " Root out the_______ (ask, ”Who or What _____? ") Key in on the – ____________of the sentence – ______of the sentence Words that link the _______to another word that describes the ____. Am Are Is Was Were Seem Be Been Become Cue Card 6 Cue Card 5 Verb Infinitives A word that shows the _____ or _____-____ of the subject. Usually made up of 2 words: the word “___” in front of an ______ verb Examples: Madonna likes to sing. Examples: Action State-of being ___________ ___________ Sarah wants to ride the bus. Cue Card 7 Tikki yearns to play football. Cue Card 8 a

Search & Check Step Mark out _____ • ______________ A___ ”Is there a _____? " R_____ out the subject (ask, ”Who or What _____? ") K____ in on the – beginning – ending – meaning Cue Card 8 b Linking Verbs Mark out imposters –infinitives –prepositional phrases Ask ”Is there a verb? " Root out the subject (ask, ”Who or What _____? ") Key in on the –beginning –ending –Meaning Cue Card 8 b (complete) Prepositions about above across after against down during along amid among around at for from before behind below beneath Cue Card 9 beside between beyond by except in inside into like near of off on over outside of past since throughout to toward underneath until up upon within without Cue Card 10 a

Prepositional Phrase A group of words that show ____or _______. (where or when the action takes place) • • • Each prepositional phrase contains a _____ and at least one word, either: • _________ • _____ Adjective A word that describes a ______. Examples: The new black bike was Tom’s birthday present. The last girl in line wore a blue shirt. A bee flies _______ the jar. A bee flew around the bottle for an hour. A terrible storm damaged the trees Cue Card 11 a Cue Card 10 b Helping Verbs Main Subject The one word that best tells what the sentence is about. Example: The new movie was exciting. • complete subject: _______ • complete verb________ My little sister is five. • Complete subject: _______ • Complete verb: ________ Words that help the ________ show the action in a sentence. Helping verbs join with a ______ verb to form a complete verb. Examples: Latasha can play the guitar. Cue Card 11 b The bird will build the nest. Cue Card 12

Helping Verbs Types of Simple Sentences SV "One person doing one thing" SSV "Two people doing one thing" SVV "One person doing two things' SSVV “Two people doing two things" am are is may might must can could do dies did shall should was were will would has have had be being been Cue Card 13 a Adverbs Recall Device for Helping Verbs C H A D 2 3 B. 3 S W I M 2 4 1 3 Chad B. Swim is 23 years old Cue Card 13 b Words that add information about the ______of the subject of the sentence. They show: • _______ • To what extent the action takes place • _______ Cue Card 14