Persuasive Writing Ideas Page 11
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12Some sentences have compound subjects (more than one subject):
Examples: Eric and Justin play football at recess every day. (no comma
before ‘and’)
My pet cat and her three little kittens chased after the ball all
afternoon. (no comma before ‘and’)
Some sentences have compound predicates (more than one predicate):
Examples: Eric plays football and rides his bike every day after school.
(no comma before ‘and’)
My pet cat meowed and scratched at the door all night.
(no comma before ‘and’)
How do we encourage writers to use these types of sentence constructions in
their writing?
Display charts in your room labeled with ‘Compound Sentences’, ‘Compound
Subjects’, and ‘Compound Predicates’. Ask students to look through their
current writing to see if they have already included some of these types of
sentences in their writing. If they find an example, they may write the
sentence on a sentence strip and tape it to the chart (adding their name to
give themselves credit!)
Now ask students to see if they can combine some of their
sentences by combining more than one subject, or more
than one predicate, or by combining two complete
sentences! Again, have them display their newly
constructed sentences on your charts with their names
added. Over time, as more and more sentences are added,
remove the first sentence strips to make room for the new
sentences they want to add.
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