Mentor Sentence Grammar Lessons 2 Wednesday Mentor Sentence

Mentor Sentence Grammar Lessons #2 Wednesday Mentor Sentence #2 He was glad for one thing: the rope was off his neck. That had given them and unfair advantage; but now that it was off, he would show them. -Call of the Wild by Jack London

Mentor Sentence Grammar Lessons What do you notice about this week’s mentor sentence? Suggestions for you to notice:

Mentor Sentence Grammar Lessons Week 2 Wednesday Mentor Sentence #2 He was glad for one thing: the rope was off his neck. That had given them and unfair advantage; but now that it was off, he would show them. -Call of the Wild by Jack London Some things you noticed about this sentence: q Semi colon and colon – what is the difference between their use q Sentence 1 – compound q Sentence 2 – compound-complex q Use of pronouns (don’t have proper nouns)

Mentor Sentence Grammar Lessons Week 2 Wednesday Write each of these punctuations and their definitions on the back of your worksheet: Colon: use colons to introduce an item or a series of items. Don’t capitalize the first item after the colon (unless it is a proper noun) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=f 9 K 0 dn. A 2 K 4 Y ex: I want the following items: sugar, flour, and butter. Semi-colon: semi-colons indicate an audible pause – slightly longer than a comma, but short of a period full stop. To join two independent clauses without using a conjunction. https: //www. grammarly. com/blog/semicolon/ ex: I have one goal; it is to find her.

Mentor Sentence Grammar Lessons Week 2 Thursday Label the entire part of speech for the sentence He was glad for one thing: the rope was off his neck. That had given them and unfair advantage; but now that it was off, he would show them. -Call of the Wild by Jack London

Mentor Sentence Grammar Lessons Week 2 Thursday Label the entire part of speech for the sentence he pronoun, was linking verb, glad adjective, for sub. conjunction, one adjective, thing noun, the article, rope noun, was linking verb, off adverb, his poss. pronoun, neck noun. that pronoun, had helping verb, given verb, them pronoun, an article, unfair adjective, advantage noun, but sub conjunction, now adverb, that conjunction, it pronoun, was linking verb, off adverb, he pronoun, would helping verb, show verb, them pronoun -Call of the Wild by Jack London

Mentor Sentence Grammar Lessons Week 2 Friday Write each of these types of pronouns and their definitions: Possessive pronouns: my, mine, yours, theirs, his, hers, its ex: That is YOUR coat. Relative pronouns: who, whom, which, whoever, whomever, whichever, that ex: The driver WHO ran the stop sign was careless. Demonstrative pronouns: these, those, this, that, such ex: THOSE are totally awesome. Pronouns: he, she, it, we, you, they, I

Mentor Sentence Grammar Lessons Week 2 Friday He was glad for one thing: the rope was off his neck. That had given them and unfair advantage; but now that is was off, he would show them. -Call of the Wild by Jack London Make the mentor sentence better Ex: Buck was glad for one thing: the rope was off his neck. The rope had given the men an unfair advantage; but now that the rope was off, Buck would show the men.

Mentor Sentence Grammar Lessons Week 2 Monday He was glad for one thing: the rope was off his neck. That had given them and unfair advantage; but now that is was off, he would show them. -Call of the Wild by Jack London Create a new sentence that uses the same pattern as the mentor sentence. Use the grammar skills we learned this week as well. Ex: Mrs. Badgley was so relieved: the students were finally doing their work. It had taken her almost a year; but now that they were independent, they were working so well on their own.

Mentor Sentence Grammar Lessons Week 2 Tuesday Quiz Review 5 minutes to study Know: How a colon is used Know: How a semicolon is used Know: review compound and complex sentences Know: all the pronouns in the two mentor sentences