Transcript Cue Cards for

Fundamentals in
the Sentence Writing Strategy
Cloze Note Cue Cards
for students
The University of Kansas
Center for Research on Learning
The Subject
Complete Sentences
1.Start with a ______________.
2.Have ___
________________(. ? !)
3.Have a _________. (S)
•Examples
Jenna went for a walk.
The store was closed.
Balloons rose into the sky.
Silence filled the streets.
Peace was declared at midnight.
4.Have a _________. (V)
5.Make _________.
S
V
The_____, _____, _____, _______, or
_____ that the sentence is about.
.?!
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Action Verb
The PENS Strategy
A word that _____ ___ _______of the
________of the sentence.
•Examples:
_____ Actions
walk
run
(________)
(_______)
(______)
(______)
(______)
P_____ a formula
E______ the words to fit the formula
______ Actions
think
want
N_____ the words
S_______ and_______
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Linking Verbs
Search & Check Step
M
Ask ”Is there______?"
Root out the_______
(ask, ”Who or What _________?")
Key in on the
– ____________of the sentence
– ____________of the sentence
– ____________of the sentence
Words that link the _______to another word that
describes the ________.
Am
Are
Is
Was
Were
Seem
Be
Been
Become
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Verb
Infinitives
A word that shows the _____ or _____-________ of the subject.
Usually made up of 2 words: the word
“___” in front of an ______ verb
Examples:
Madonna likes to sing.
Examples:
Action
State-of being
__________
___________
__________
___________
__________
___________
Sarah wants to ride the bus.
Tikki yearns to play football.
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Search & Check Step
Mark out __________
•
•
_________
______________ _________
A___ ”Is there a _____?"
R_____ out the subject
(ask, ”Who or What _____?")
K____ in on the
– beginning
– ending
– meaning
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Linking Verbs
Mark out imposters
–infinitives
–prepositional phrases
Ask ”Is there a verb?"
Root out the subject
(ask, ”Who or What _____?")
Key in on the
–beginning
–ending
–Meaning
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Prepositions
about
above
across
after
against
down
during
along
amid
among
around
at
for
from
before
behind
below
beneath
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beside
between
beyond
by
past
since
except
in
inside
into
like
through
throughout
to
toward
under
underneath
until
up
upon
near
of
off
on
over
out
outside of
with
within
without
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Prepositional Phrase
Adjective
A group of words that show ________or
A word that describes a ______.
______________.
(where or when the action takes place)
•
•
•
Each prepositional phrase contains a
_________ and at least one word, either:
•
_________
•
_________
•
_________
Examples:
The new black bike was Tom’s birthday present.
The last girl in line wore a blue shirt.
A bee flies _______ the jar.
A bee flew around the bottle for an hour.
A terrible storm damaged the trees
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Helping Verbs
Main Subject
The one word that best tells
what the sentence is about.
Example:
The new movie was exciting.
•complete subject:_____________
•complete verb________________
My little sister is five.
•Complete subject:_____________
•Complete verb:_______________
Words that help the ________________
show the action in a sentence.
Helping verbs join with a ______ verb to form a
complete verb.
Examples:
Latasha can play the guitar.
The bird will build the nest.
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Helping Verbs
Types of Simple Sentences
SV
"One person doing one thing"
SSV
"Two people doing one thing"
SVV
"One person doing two things'
SSVV
“Two people doing two things"
am
are
is
may
might
must
can
could
do
dies
did
shall
should
was
were
will
would
has
have
had
be being been
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Adverbs
Recall Device for Helping Verbs
C H A D
2 3 2 3
B.
3
S W I M
2 4 1 3
Chad B. Swim is 23 years old
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Words that add information about the ______of
the subject of the sentence.
They show:
•_______
•_______
•_______
•To what extent the action takes place
•_______
•_______
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