Transcript Build a Sentence

Sensory Chart
• I will place an object at your table.
WAIT FOR INSTRUCTIONS!
• As a team you will either touch, smell, or
listen to the object.
• On your sensory chart, record your
description of the object in the appropriate
column. (Write it under the “Classroom
Examples”)
We instructed, rotate the items and follow
the same steps.
Activating my Senses
• I am going to show
you a series of
pictures.
• Using your 5
senses, describe
what's in the
picture.
• Record your
descriptions
(sensory chart)
Activating our Senses
Activating my Senses
Sensory Language
Sensory words are
words that
remind us of our
five senses:
-sight
-sound
-smell
-touch
Smell
Taste
Sight
Touch
Sound
Sensory
Language
Work Period: Build a Sentence
Writers use sensory
words to help their
readers experience
through sight,
sound, smell, touch
and taste what the
story is about.
Building a sentence is
like looking at a
picture frame.
Follow me as I show
the frame and
picture symbols for
building a sentence.
The Frame = Who or What?
Persons
Things
Places
Living Things
Build A Sentence: Subject
Pick a Who or a What…………Nouns
Persons
Places
Things
Ideas
children
school
books
beauty
girl
classroom
clock
dream
teacher
library
computer
love
What’s happening? = Picture (Predicate)
Physical
Mental
Ask yourself questions like: What
color? What
size? What sound? What smell?
Where,When,Why, What, Whom or
How to the action verb.
Let’s add a sensory word to the subject
noun and a Where,When,Why, What,
Whom or How to the action verb.
The tiger walked.
What color was the tiger?
The orange, striped tiger walked.
Where did the tiger walk?
The orange, striped tiger walked
in the water.
Why did the tiger walk through the grass?
The orange, striped tiger walked
in the water, looking for food.
Stretch Your Sentence!!!!
STRETCH YOUR SENTENCES!!
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1. Look at the picture at your table group.
2. Choose at least 3 different action verbs
3. Write 3 simple sentences (more if you can)
4. Stretch both the noun and the verb.
Example:
lizard lounged
lizard speculated
lizard glanced.
lizard considered
lizard pursued
lizard slumbered.
STRETCH YOUR SENTENCES!!
• 1.Now, choose 6 lines from your narrative
• 2. In your Source book, title the entry
“Building Sentences: Sensory Words”
• 3. Stretch both the noun and the verb.
• Ask yourself questions like: What color?
What size? What sound? What smell?
When? Where? How? Why?