As I understand, you were commanded not to look out the

window.

Brandon Mull, Fablehaven (2006)

Invitation to Notice: What do you see with your reader’s eyes? What do you see with your writer’s eyes?

Parts of Speech

• Nouns= 1 Gerund= 0• Pronouns= 2 Participle tense= 1• Verbs= 4 Infinitive= 1• Prepositions= 2 Article= 1• Adjectives= 0• Adverbs= 1• Conjunction= 1

As I understand, you were commanded not (to look) (out the window).

Brandon Mull, Fablehaven (2006)

Wednesday Directions: Research in the pink pages and find the part of speech for each word in the sentence.

Sub co

nj

Nom pron

Av, pres

Nom pron

hv Av, past part

advprep v

infinitiveprep

art

Cn, sg, op

Parts of the Sentence

• Subject = 2• Predicate = 2• Simple Subject = 1• Simple Predicate = 1• Complements (DO, IO, predicate nominative, predicate

adjective) = 1• Transitive or Intransitive=1• Appositive = 0• Objects (of prep, infinitive, gerund) = 1• Phrases (prep, gerund, participle, infinitive) = 2

<As I understand>, you were commanded not (to look) (out the window).

Brandon Mull, Fablehaven (2006)

Thursday Directions: Research in the pink pages and identify the parts of a sentence.

s

Dependent clause

v ss Sp, int

IOopinfinitive

Clauses, Sentence Type/Purpose

• Clauses (independent or dependent?)• Sentence Type (Simple, Compound, Complex,

Compound Complex)• Sentence Purpose (Declarative, Imperative,

Exclamatory, Interrogative)

<As I understand>, {you were commanded not to look out the window}.

Brandon Mull, Fablehaven (2006)

Friday Directions: Research and identify the clauses and sentence purpose/type

Declarative, complex

Often I like grits, cheesy and hot, with my eggs; often I just prefer eggs by themselves.

Mrs. Garrison, 2010

Your turn! Imitate the sentence we’ve been working with all week.