Unit 1 Lesson 2
Written and Illustrated by Tim Egan
Genre: Humorous fiction
Target Skill: Drawing Conclusions – use details to figure out ideas that the author doesn’t state
Target Strategy: Infer/Predict – use clues to figure out more about the selection
Grammar
Types of Sentences: Every sentence begins with a capital letter. There are four kinds of sentences; statements, questions, commands, and exclamation.
Statements and Questions:
-A sentence that tells something is a statement. It ends with a period. It is also called a declarative sentence.
-A sentence that asks something is a question. It ends with a question mark. It is also called an interragative sentence.
Statement/Declarative: Moose are tall.
Question/Interrogative: What are the tallest mammals?
Grammar Snap Video – Telling and Asking Sentences
Grammar Snap Video – Kinds of Sentences – Exclamatory and Command
Social Studies Connection
Judges, Juries, and Trials
The Supreme Court
Jury duty
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