LANGUAGE CIRCLE PROJECT READ FRAMING YOUR THOUGHTS Haiku

LANGUAGE CIRCLE PROJECT READ FRAMING YOUR THOUGHTS Haiku Course Session 3 Review and Work Samples for Subject Describers Andy Stetkevich and Judy Fuhrman Staff Development Specialists Riverside, California

Prior to viewing this Power. Point, watch unit 3 of the FYT DVD Subject Describers Subject Describer – Looks Like/Physical Characteristics Subject Describer – Behavior/Personality Subject Describer – Number Subject Describer – Ownership Subject Describer – Set-Apart

Unit 3: Subject Describers Looks Like / Physical Characteristics These are descriptive words and phrases which modify the subject piece of the sentence. Behavior/Personality Number/Quantity Ownership Set-Apart

Which apple would you rather eat? • a big, red apple • a crisp, juicy apple Teach students to use descriptions beyond color, size, and shape.

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Vocabulary, vocabulary! 3 rd grade

Sequence these words along a continuum from least happy to most happy. We may not have 100% • glad agreement on our order, but the • pleased discussion will build a deeper • cheerful understanding of vocabulary. • • • overjoyed ecstatic content delighted jolly

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2 nd Grade: one sentence per day

This teacher asks students to create barebones sentences for their spelling words and then expand them. 2 nd Grade

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Note: Slithering, flapping, and diving would normally be classified as verbs, but they are functioning as subject describers (adjectives describing the subject) in this student’s sentences. 3 rd Grade Teach students to add –ing to verbs and move them in front of subjects to form subject describers.

Some students find it easier to practice sentence fluency by writing captions rather than paragraphs. 4 th Grade

Generate a sentence about this picture. Include two subject describers “Like a supermodel, the beautiful, glistening amphibian patiently poses for the wildlife photographer. ” 5 th Grade

Change the Mood An energetic youngster bursts out of the house and skips down the garden path. With the grace of a gazelle, he leaps over a newly planted daffodil border and lands sure-footedly on the sidewalk in front of his home. As the boy nears the ball park, he anticipates a carefree day of sport and amusement. By substituting just a few words, one can create a completely different mood. • An angry youngster bursts out of the house and stomps down the garden path… • A frightened youngster bursts out of the house and tears down the garden path… • A lethargic youngster…

Two 7 th grade boys A skillful use of humor and shock.

OWNERSHIP APOSTROPHE RULES 1. Add ’s to singular describers The hiker’s tent is cozy. 2. Add ’ to plural describers ending in s The twins’ room is cozy. 3. Add ’s to plural describers not ending in s The men’s cabin is cozy. 4. Do not add ’ when it owns something Its doghouse is cozy. Hold students accountable. Display a poster with the rules. Every time students use apostrophes, they must cite the rule.

Generate a sentence about this picture. Include ownership. “The school-girl’s bubble rapidly expands as she blows with all her might. 6 th Grade

e her w The puppy slept on my bed. set-apart e er wh The puppy on the left slept on my bed. • We find a where predicate expander in this sentence. • This sentence appears to contain a second where expander. • Remember, only –ly expanders can be found between the subject and predicate. “On the left” does not tell where the sleeping took place, so it is not a predicate expander. • “On the left” modifies the subject, puppy, setting one puppy apart from the other. It is a subject describer telling which puppy did the sleeping. SET-APART SUBJECT DESCRIBERS

4 TH GRADE READING LIONS ITEM Identify the simple subject in the sentence below: Set-apart telling which beauty The beauty of San Francisco Bay excited the young man from Japan.

Set-apart telling which box Students without a deep understanding of function will be tempted to think “cookies are on the table” rather than “box is on the table. ” CAHSEE sample items

WHAT DOES THIS SENTENCE MEAN? USE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF INTERRUPTERS TO ANALYZE. 100 Years in Photographs, by George Sullivan The Persian Gulf War, a conflict between an alliance led by the United States and the Iraqi army under Suddam Hussein, n whe erupted on August 2, 1990, after Iraq invaded Kuwait, Iraq’s tiny neighbor to the south, and threatened to take control of oil supplies in the region. • • If we see a comma after the subject, we know we have an interrupter. It can be lifted out for now. Find the barebones and answer the questions you can. Then, go back and see if the interrupter can be used to additional knowledge. In this case, the interrupter is an appositive; it defines the subject, Persian Gulf War.

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7 th Grade CST Released Item Some interrupters are set-off by dashes. This is common if the interrupter states an opinion or is particularly abrupt.

A NOTE ABOUT COMMAS BETWEEN DESCRIBERS When describers can be reversed, you place commas between them: , , The redheaded freckle-faced child sang. The freckle-faced redheaded child sang. When describers are typically found in a certain order, do not use commas. The big brown mutt ran. That little dilapidated hunting cabin sold.

CONDITIONS FOR COMMAS IN PROSE Series , Compound , , , Sentence Introductory Reversible , Sentence Describers Interrupters , Predicate Expanders , , ,

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