1. What is a sentence?

2. A sentence has a subject, a predicate, and expresses a complete thought.

3. Subject
The mouse

4. Subject + Predicate
The mouse ran

5. Subject+Predicate+Complete Thought
The mouse ran across the floor.

6. S P
The mouse / ran across the floor.

7. Sentence?
The mouse across the floor.

8. Sentence?
Ran across the floor.

9. Sentence?
Across the floor ran a mouse.

10. Sentence?
The mouse ran across the floor it disappeared behind the bookcase.

11. Sentence?
When the mouse ran across the floor.

12. Clauses
An independent clause has a subject, a predicate, and expresses a complete thought.
A dependent clause has a subject and a predicate but does not express a complete thought.

13. Clauses A sentence must have at least one independent clause.
A dependent clause must be joined with an independent clause to form a complete sentence.

14. Finish the sentence
When the mouse ran across the floor,

15. Flip it
_____________________ when the mouse ran across the floor.

16. New sentence
_____________ the mouse ran across the floor,

17. Add and replace
The ___________ mouse _______ across the floor.

18. The enormous mouse waddled across the floor.
The crippled mouse limped across the floor.