Honors Understanding Nonfiction 1.1.5

predicate: describes what the subject does

Predicate

subject: a person, place, or thing that performs an action or is described or discussed

Subject

• Also known as a sentence fragment

• A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.

• A fragment must be added to an independent clause to make it complete.

Dependent Clause

• This is a complete thought that can stand alone.

• Independent clauses have a subject and predicate

Independent Clause

A run-on sentence joins two or more complete sentences (independent clauses) into a single sentence without proper punctuation or conjunctions

​Run on Sentence

A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence or thought that cannot stand on its own. A fragment is missing either a subject or a predicate.

Sentence Fragment

We will review the process of FIXING run-ons and sentence fragments.

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Tomorrow:

Author's Purpose, Central Idea, and Supporting Details

Today, you will take another look at ”Revealed: How Indigenous Australian Storytelling Accurately Records Sea Level Rises 7,000 Years Ago.”

This article discusses the way the Indigenous peoples of Australia recorded and preserved historical information about changes in the environment through their storytelling practices.

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Read Aloud

Central Idea: Formula

Topic + What the author say's about the topic = Central (main) idea.

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