SENTENCE SENTENCE

EXPANSION:EXPANSION:““WHERE”WHERE”

The Where Group

Now that you have the main trunk of your sentence, you have to begin to build on that trunk using different groups. You can add more than one group to a sentence. We are going to work with one group at a time, and continue to build on our sentences.

Main Sentence

Trunk

Who/Whatsubject

Actionverb

Where

above, across, against, along, alongside, among, around,at, before, behind,below, beneath,beside, between, beyond, by, down,from, in, inside, into, near, off, on, onto, out, outside, over, past, through, to, toward, under, up, upon

Noun Describers

Describer noun

Describer, Describer, and Describer

Noun, describer and describer

Noun + ing

Renamer

Renamer, Repeat

Jane, my sister, helps me.

My pet, the chubby hamster in the cage, keeps me awake all night.

When

as, after, before, since, until, when, while, during

How

like/as

with/without/by

ly

Condition

although, if, though, unless, even though

Why

because, so that, since, to + verb

Day Three

TRIGGER WORDS

Noun Part

Where Wordsabove, across, against, along, alongside,

among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, down, from, in, inside, into, near, off, on, onto, out, outside, over, past, through, to, toward, under, up, upon

Where GroupPATTERN

“Where group,” + Who/What + Action Any group that comes at the beginning is followed by a comma unless it is a single

word!

Who/What + Action+ Where group

The Where Group

Example

The where groupInside the football stadium,

Who/whata stream

flooded the bleachers.Action

Dry Erase Board ActivityListen for the teachers instructions.

You will create a sentence using on your dry erase board.Let’s Try One Together:

Molly walked.

Across from my house, Molly walked her new beagle puppy.

I was happy.

At my birthday party, I screamed with joy, jumped up and down, and hugged my mother when she handed me my new puppy.

Now you try.

Write 1 sentence that express

Who/What + Action+Where.

Write 1 sentence that express

Where, Who/What + Action.