Learning Objective combine short related sentences with appositives

Learning Objective: combine short related sentences with appositives Writing conventions 1. 2

Appositives • Appositive – a word or group of words that tell more about the subject. Example: Mrs. Fajardo, our principal, wants us to do well on the CSTs. • What is an appositive?

Steps for Combining sentences using appositives 1. Read the two sentences. 2. Identify how the two sentences are related. 3. Choose the appositive that will describe the subject. 4. Combine the sentences using commas before and after the appositive. 1. Our soccer team lost the game. 2. Our team is called the Wildcats. • Our soccer team, the Wildcats, lost the game last night.

Steps for Combining sentences using appositives 1. Read the two sentences. 2. Identify how the two sentences are related. 3. Choose the appositive sentence that will describe the subject. 4. Combine the sentences using commas before and after the appositive. 1. Sarah is going to the park. 2. Sarah is my sister. Sarah , my sister, is going to the park.

Steps for Combining sentences using appositives 1. Read the two sentences. 1. My favorite movie is about monkeys in space. 2. Identify how the two sentences are related. 2. My favorite movie is Space Chimps. 3. Choose the appositive that will describe the subject. • My favorite movie, Space Chimps, 4. Combine the sentences is about monkeys in space. using commas before and after the appositive.

What did we use to combine sentences? Why is knowing how to combine sentences with appositives important? • Combine the following sentences with an appositive 1. Mr. Nuno will teach us about math today. 2. Mr. Nuno is a teacher. Mr. Nuno, our teacher, will teach us about math today. 1. 2. 3. 4. Read the two sentences. Identify how the two sentences are related. Choose the appositive that will describe the subject. Combine the sentences using commas before and after the appositive.