Features All Together Now…
Shurley English has assembled a unique combination of features to help students build a solid literacy foundation. Our experts organized the series logically, sequentially, and systematically for success.
Abstract language arts concepts become clear and logical, using concrete, multi-sensory strategies that support all types of learners.
Grammar definitions that
• incorporate rhythm, rhyme, and movement.
• provide domain-specific language.
• allow for critical reading during sentence analysis.
Oral Sentence Classification that • includes brain-compatible strategies.
• makes English grammar logical and systematic.
• serves as a formative assessment.
Sample Sentence:
Adding Interrogative Sentences to the Question and Answer Flow Is Carla working on her science project today?
1. Who is working on her science project today? Carla – Subject Noun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Write SN above Carla.)
2. What is being said about Carla? Carla is working – Verb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Write V above working.)
3. Is – Helping Verb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Write HV above is.) 4. Is working – Verb Phrase 5. On – Preposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Write P above on.) 6. On what? project – Object of the Preposition . . . . . . (Write OP above project.) 7. What kind of project? science – Adjective. . . . . . . . . . (Write Adj above science.) 8. Whose project? her – Possessive Pronoun Adjective . (Write PPA above her.) 9. Is working when? today – Adverb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Write Adv above today.)
10. Subject Noun, Verb, Pattern 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Write SN V P1 in the blank.) 11. Skill Check!
(On her science project) – Prepositional Phrase
Question mark, question, interrogative sentence (Write Int at the end of the sentence.)
Go back to the verb. Divide the complete subject from the complete predicate.
(NOTE: Draw the vertical line in front of the main verb.)
SN V P1
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Student Tip… D
HV SN V P PPA Adj OP Adv Is Carla
/working (on her science project) today? Int
English
Listening and Speaking Recite the Sentence Jingle with your teacher.
Jingle 2 The Sentence Jingle
A sentence, sentence, sentence
Is complete, complete, complete
When five simple rules It meets, meets,
meets.
It has a subject, subject, subject
And a verb, verb,
verb.
And it makes sense, sense,
With every word, word,
sense word.
Add a capital letter And a punctuation mark.
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And now our sentence Has all its parts!
But REMEMBER— Subject and verb and complete sense, With a capital letter And an end mark, too.
Our sentence Is complete, And now we’re through!
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