U4-L1
Verbs: Action and Being
Every sentence has an engine. Find it with a test that works even when nothing happens.
- Teacher Notes: what to say when a student is stuck
- The lesson read aloud, one line at a time, highlighted as it goes
- A test the student can run alone, not a definition to memorise
- Five worked examples, then a two-part worksheet: find the verb, then name its kind
U4-L12
Complete Subjects and Predicates
Where does the subject stop and the rest of the sentence start? Draw the line and find out.
- Teacher Notes with the grade and a reset only the teacher can reach
- A hardware store on a Saturday morning, read aloud one line at a time
- Seven sentences where you place the dividing line yourself
- Five more where the work is done and you name the half
- A printable worksheet, black and white, for doing it on paper
U4-L13
Simple Subjects and Simple Predicates
One word runs the subject and one word runs the predicate. Find them both.
- Teacher Notes with the grade and a reset only the teacher can reach
- A Saturday at a small airfield, read aloud one line at a time
- The same story again with both words marked in color
- Worked examples that say how you could have known
- One part where the words are laid out, and one where they are not
U4-L14
Finding the Subject
Most sentences say the subject first, and then a sentence turns around and hides it. Find it anyway.
- Teacher Notes written for whoever is teaching it
- The lesson read aloud, one line at a time, highlighted as it goes
- A panel that shows each example sentence as you hear it
- Three vocabulary cards, each with a check question
- Eight questions on finding a hidden subject
U4-L28
Kinds of Sentences
Four kinds of sentences, four different jobs, and the one case where the punctuation lies to you.
- Teacher Notes written for whoever is teaching it
- The lesson read aloud, one line at a time, highlighted as it goes
- Four vocabulary cards, each with a check question
- Ten questions, including the command that ends in an exclamation point