Video Lesson | Introduction to Sentence Structure and Basic Sentence Detail

The overall goal of lesson 1 is to introduce students to English sentence structure and provide them with basic questions that drive sentence detail .

Do your students have trouble adding details to sentences? As you work through the provided examples of sentences that answer WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, and HOW with them, they will pick up on some of the expressions and slowly become more ready to write sentence details themselves in the future. For now, let's encourage them to develop a detail-oriented approach to writing through examples.

On the same note, students should be exposed to visuals of English sentence structure. Regularly showing the relative position of grammatical structures in a sentence visually is vital to a student's eventual grasp of structure and correct word placement. Therefore, all my lessons contain plenty of detailed flowcharts and diagrams to assist and strengthen structural understanding of correct construction as much as possible.

Here's the outline:

Lesson 1A: Introduction to Sentence Structure and Basic Sentence Detail

• Distinguishing between NOUNS, VERBS, and ADJECTIVES

• An Overview of Parts of a Sentence

• Your VERB CHOICE Changes WHAT the Sentence's Predicate Does

• WHAT Should You Write after an ACTION VERB?
• Describe (WHO/WHAT/WHEN/WHERE/HOW)
• WHAT Should You Write after a LINKING VERB?
• Describe (HOW/WHEN/WHERE)
• WHAT Should You Write after a “BE” VERB?
• Describe (HOW/WHO/WHAT/WHEN/WHERE)

Lesson 1B: Common Mistakes

• INCORRECT Word Order

• Using a Determiner (a/an/the/my/his/her…)

• Words You CANNOT use after Helping Verbs or Modal Verbs

• (be/have/do/can/could/will/would/may/might/must)

• Words You Can Use after Helping Verbs

• Subject-Verb Agreement

• S-V agreement with (SINGULAR/ PLURAL) nouns
• S-V agreement with “or”

• Sports Names used as Action Verbs

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