Sentence of the Week

Discovering the Rules of Standard English

What is SOTW?

0A new way to learn grammar where you act as a detective and discover the rules of writing by examining master sentences

How does it work?

0Examine master sentences0Answer What do you notice?0Discuss.0Write the rule.0Imitate.0Locate.

SOTW 1 – What makes a sentence?

0My locker smells like old meat.0Chelsea and Maria are going to play

football with the boys.0Justin forgot his homework on his desk.

0What do you notice? Make notes of the similarities between the three sentences.

SOTW 1 – What we notice

0Subject: Who or what the sentence is about0Predicate: What the subject did or is

SOTW 1 - Imitate