Weekly Grammar Bell Ringers - Scholastic

[Pages:1]Weekly Grammar Bell Ringers

Focus of the week: Simple Sentences

Due Date: September 15, 2017

Directions: Use this handout to complete each part of the five-day bell ringer activities.

Sentence Source: "From War to Freedom" by Kristin Lewis

ADJ

N

NV V

ADV PREP PN N

ADJ N

Fifteen-year-old Francois Jacob was jolted awake by his mother's urgent voice.

Part 1: Invitation to Notice

List 3 things that you "notice" about the mentor sentence.

1. There are hyphens in Jacob's age: Fifteen-year-old. 2. There is an `s after mother, showing possession or ownership. 3. Fifteen is spelled out and capitalized.

Part 2: Label the Sentence

Write the part of speech above each word in the mentor sentence in the box above: noun (n), pronoun (p), verb (v), adverb (adv), adjective (adj), preposition (prep), conjunction (conj), or determiner (deter).

Identify the parts of the mentor sentence. Type each part into the table below.

Subject: Fifteen-year-old Jacob Predicate: was jolted awake by his mother's urgent voice.

Part 3: Grammar Rule

Write a grammar rule related to the focus of the week. A complete sentence has to have a subject (noun) and a predicate (verb) that completes a thought.

Part 4: Revise

Revise the mentor sentence by changing or adding words or phrases to improve the sentence.

Fifteen-year-old Francois Jacob was jostled awake by his mother's urgent voice, pleading with him to move quickly.

Part 5: Create

Write your own sentence that imitates the structure of the mentor sentence.

Answers will vary.

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