About the
The Whole Thing - Learning about Complete Subjects
Lesson
Summary
Learning about complete subjects.
Lesson Objectives
• Review complete subjects.
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Give brief explanations and definitions of complete subjects.
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Students read a list of sentences.
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After looking at the underlined complete subjects, they write the simple subject on the line.
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Students read sentences and write down the complete subject.
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This is a good review to see if students have grasped the material.
Suggested Grades
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
Lesson Excerpt
Every sentence must have a subject and a predicate. Subjects answer the question ? who or what is the sentence about? Subjects come from two parts of speech ? nouns or pronouns. Subjects can be either simple or complete.
A simple subject is the main noun or pronoun that names the subject. It is the most important word in the complete subject.
Simple subjects can be one word or more than one word. If a subject is a proper noun ? like Mark Twain ? it is still considered a simple subject. Any proper noun that is a name - Six Flags over Texas - or a book title would be considered a simple subject too.
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