Spivey Lessons

Objective of Spivey Sentences

• Today’s lesson will help us to become better writers. Learning how to make descriptive, sensory word choices, using varied sentence types, and choosing more mature paragraph structures, will make us write like real authors.

• Using the Noun + part sentence allows us to expand our sentence to include more description. This lets our readers form a picture in their minds of what we are writing about.

Objectives and Assessments• TSW review types of Spivey sentences• TSW write a sentence using Noun + part• TSW write a sentence using Part + Noun• TSW write a paragraph using four types of

Spivey sentences in the correct format. Assessment• TSW show mastery of Noun + Part by writing a

paragraph correctly incorporating a Noun + part sentence.

Let’s Review!

• Main Sentence Trunk (MST) Article Noun Verb

The horse runs.

You Write One!

Surround the Noun• Use a descriptive word BEFORE the noun

then “with” and last, a descriptive word after the noun.

The exquisite chocolate brown horse runs with long fluid strides.

You Write One!

Now, Share with your shoulder partner your MST and your Surround the Noun

Sentences.WHISPER!

Three-Action

• MST + three verbs. Make sure to put commas after each verb in a list or series.

The exquisite chocolate brown horse runs, leaps into the air, and jumps over the fence with long fluid strides.

You Write One!

Now, Listen to your shoulder partner’s Three-Action sentence and write it down if it is correct. If the sentence is not correct

help your partner fix it.WHISPER!

Re-namer• MST + more specific or more general name or term for

the noun. Use a comma between the noun and the renamer.

Lady, the exquisite chocolate brown horse runs, leaps into the air, and jumps over the fence with long fluid strides.

You Write One!

Tell your shoulder partner your Re-namer. Hold up your hand if your partner’s re-namer is AWESOME

Read the Sentence. Identify the trigger words used to

expand the sentence.Write down which expander type is

highlighted.

MST + ? trigger expander? trigger expander + MST

Lady, the exquisite chocolate brown horse, runs, leaps into the air, and jumps over the fence with long fluid strides on her way to the soft green pasture.

Where Expander

Were you right?

MST + ? trigger word expander? trigger expander + MST

At noon, Lady, the exquisite chocolate brown horse runs, leaps into the air, and jumps over the fence with long fluid strides on her way to the soft green pasture.

When Expander Were you right?

MST + ? trigger word expander? trigger expander + MST

At noon, Lady, the exquisite chocolate brown horse runs, leaps into the air, and jumps over the fence with long fluid strides on her way to the soft green pasture so that she can dine on tender grass and clover.

Why Expanders

Well… Were you right?

MST+ ? expander

Despite the rain, at noon, Lady, the exquisite chocolate brown horse runs, leaps into the air, and jumps over the fence with long fluid strides on her way to the soft green pasture where she dines on tender grass and clover.

Conditional Expanders

Last One!How did you do?

On to the New Stuff!

Noun + Part + ing

• MST + a “body” part of the noun.

Body Parts Include…• Hand • Foot• Head• Eye• Nose• Ear• Hair• Neck• Tail• Leg

• Any “Body” part of the noun is acceptable for use.

Noun + Part + ing

• The horse runs his tail swishing back and forth.

Part + Noun + ing

• Tail swishing back and forth, the horse runs.

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Noun + Part + ing

• The Horse Runs + tail

Despite the rain, at noon, Lady, the exquisite chocolate brown horse runs, leaps into the air, and jumps over the fence with long fluid strides on her way to the soft green pasture where she dines on tender grass and clover, her tail gently swishing back and forth as she grazes.

Part + ing +Noun

Despite the rain, at noon, Lady, the exquisite chocolate brown horse runs, leaps into the air, and jumps over the fence with long fluid strides on her way to the soft

green pasture where tail gently swishing back and forth, she dines on tender grass

and clover.

Noun + Part

• MST= The princess cried + face

• The beautiful, but despondent princess cried as her shimmering long golden hair fell from it’s braids onto her moist tear drenched face.

Part + Noun

• Face + comma + MST (The princess cried)

• As her shimmering long golden hair fell from it’s braids onto her moist tear drenched face, the beautiful but despondent princess cried .

You Try!

Use one of the following choices write a sentence using the noun plus the part.

Remember that you must use both words and that each sentence must have a comma.

• Greg + eyes Kevin + head• Sam + hands • Devin + wrist• Kayla + hair

You Write One!

Write a MST + Noun + PartWrite a Noun + Part + MST

Share With Your Shoulder Partner

Raise Your Hand if you have a Great Noun + Part

Make a Human Sentence!

Use each member of the group to form a human sentence.

Don’t forget the conventions

Let’s Write! In Your Journal Write a paragraph describing the animal in your

picture using as many of the Spivey sentence types as you can.

**YOU MUST USE A NOUN + PART** • part + ing +noun• one surround the noun sentence• one re-namer• one three action• one noun + part• how, when, where, why, conditional expanders

Here’s what your paragraph should sound like…

• Red and green, yellow and black, spotted and striped, the gentle graceful seahorse has an interesting method of attracting his mate. The male seahorse glides side to side, up and down, his body (noun + Part) turning every color of the rainbow wordlessly impressing the woman he loves with his elegant dance (surround the noun). Expanding, opening, and flashing his pouch (three action); he shows her the safe, comfortable cradle her children will grow in. Up and down they go in a waltz their tails hook and noses touch (noun + part). Romance is not flowers and candy, but swimming side by side using color and motion prompting the female, his companion (re-namer) to give her precious eggs to him. He will hold her tiny babies until they are ready to see the world on their own.

Let’s Write! In Your JournalWrite a paragraph describing the animal in your

picture using as many of the Spivey sentence types as you can.

**YOU MUST USE A NOUN + PART** • part + noun• one surround the noun sentence• one re-namer• one three action• one noun + part• how, when, where, why, conditional expanders

Congratulations!! Add a Branch to the Spivey Tree!