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2 Do Now: rewrite the sentences correctly and skip three lines in between each one

3 Head a sheet of paper and 4 index cards for Subject Verb Agreement Copy this onto the sheet of paper See Microsoft word for chart

4 Subject Verb Agreement Indefinite Pronoun may be singular …

5 Subject Verb Agreement Indefinite Pronoun May be singular, plural or both Ex.

6 Subject Verb Agreement Indefinite Pronoun Are singular, plural, or either. They refer to one(s) not specifically named. Ex. 1. Each of the poems about farm workers was written by Gary Soto. Ex. 2. Both of the poems about San Joaquin Valley were written by Gary Soto. Ex. 3. All of the house looks clean. Ex. 4. All of the houses look clean.

7 Subject Verb Agreement Clause

8 Subject Verb Agreement Clause A group of words that contains a verb and its subject and is part of a sentence.

9 Subject Verb Agreement Clause A group of words that contains a verb and its subject and is part of a sentence. Ex. 1. Ripping through the streets Ex. 2. That we read Ex. 3 where she operated a coffee plantation

10 Subject Verb Agreement length of time Is singular when the amount of time is … Ex. 1. Twenty years was … Ex. 2. Fifty percent of …

11 compound subject Is two or more subjects that have the same verb, may be singular or plural. Ex. 1 macaroni and cheese is my... Ex. 2. Roderick Usher’s sister and sole companion is Madeline. Ex. Neither the performer nor the director was eager to rehearse.

12 On the sheet of paper with the Subject Verb Agreement concept map Add the first sentence of Hemingway’s speech Having no facility for speech-making and no command of oratory nor any domination of rhetoric, I wish to thank the administrators of the generosity of Alfred Nobel for this Prize.

13 Homework Practice Elements of literature book page 694 (1-4) Write the original sentence and the correct sentence. Study for the quiz Sign up for remind if you have not done so. Check out/buy The Great Gatsby Buy your folder for the next book Write the first three paragraphs of the speech and indicate the subjects and verbs


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