Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- A complete simple sentence includes a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete thought.
- A complete compound sentence includes two subjects and two predicates and expresses two complete thoughts.
- A complete compound sentence must include a coordinating conjunction to link the two complete thoughts.
- A complex sentence expresses two thoughts, one complete thought and one incomplete thought, that are joined by a subordinating conjunction or relative pronoun.
- A subject and its verb must both be singular or both plural.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Write simple sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.
- Write compound sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.
- Write complex sentences with correct subject-verb agreement.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- There are different types of sentences, and writers vary the types of sentences they use to create variety in their writing.
- In all sentences, the subject must agree with the verb: singular subjects use singular verbs and plural subjects use plural verbs.
Vocabulary
- Compose
- Simple sentence
- Compound sentence
- Complex sentence
- Subject-verb agreement
