September 29

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Use your Dance Flies or Vulture Bees outline to write a paragraph.  Your paragraph should include one sentence that begins with the subject and one sentence that begins with a preposition.

Use and mark with a (1), one subject opener

Good writing uses a variety of different sentence styles to keep a reader’s interest and create compelling prose. The easiest way to make sure that you are using an assortment of sentence styles is to start sentence differently.

Subject Openers

Subject openers are probably the easiest opener to use. This just means that the subject (and any modifying adjectives) comes first in the sentence. Subject openers are marked at the start of the sentence with a number 1. This helps you keep track of which openers you have used, and let’s me know as I grade what openers were intentional. Examples of subject openers are,

              David shivered under the tree.

              The six brown mice shivered under the tree

Both of these sentences have a subject opener because the sentence begins with the subject or its modifying adjectives.

Use and mark with a (2), one prepositional opener

Prepositional Openers

Like its name, a sentence with a prepositional opener begins with a prepositional phrase. Use the accompanying list of prepositions to help you. Here are some examples of prepositional openers:

            In the late afternoon, David shivered under the tree.

           Up above the village, Peter sat and wondered how to relieve his boredom.

• Freewriting (Suddenly, the candle went out!)