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The Pens Strategy

The Pens Strategy. A strategy for writing good sentences. Why should I learn it?. Get better grades on assignments Get higher scores on my writing probes Helps get me out of special ed. You may want to take notes. Let's. Review. Requirements of Simple Sentences.

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The Pens Strategy

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  1. The Pens Strategy A strategy for writing good sentences

  2. Why should I learn it? • Get better grades on assignments • Get higher scores on my writing probes • Helps get me out of special ed.

  3. You may want to take notes

  4. Let's Review

  5. Requirements of Simple Sentences • Capital Letter at beginning • Punctuation (.?!) at end • Contains a subject • Contains a verb • Makes sense

  6. The 4 Steps of the PENS Strategy

  7. ick a formula xplore words to fit formula PENS ote the words earch and check

  8. ick a formula The formula for a simple sentence is: S V Subject Verb P Other sentences have other formulas We will learn these later

  9. xplore words to fit formula What kinds of words can we pick for the subject? - Person, Place, Thing, Ideas What kinds of words can we pick for the verb? - Action words (physical/mental) E

  10. Let's pick "Cats" as our subject

  11. Choice for our verb Played

  12. That completes step E Cat Subject Verb Played

  13. ote the words Write the words you have chosen Remember: • You need a capital letter at the beginning • Punctuation at the end N

  14. We write our words the cat played So now write your words What other words should we add to this to make sense? How about the word “the”?

  15. earch and check Ask yourself S Does my sentence meet the 5 requirements?

  16. cat played T t he . Do you remember our sentence? Subject Verb Now let’s do some together Does it start with a capital letter? Does It have a subject and a verb? Let’s add it Does it have punctuation? Let’s Change it!!

  17. V S the horse ran fast. T Here’s what I got! How’d you do?

  18. S V Peter swims every day . Here’s what I got

  19. V S My cat ate me. Scratched Here’s what I got!

  20. S V I like pizza . Here’s what I got

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