Downloadable Resources for the Sentence Smart System
Subjects and Predicates: the fundamental structure of all sentences
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Lesson 1: What is a sentence? (5:22)
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Lesson 1A: What is a sentence? Reviewing the concept for mastery (5:23)
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Lesson 2: Reviewing Subjects and Predicates (8:08)
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Lesson 3: How to use subjects to create sentences (5:41)
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Lesson 4: How to begin sentence diagramming by separating your sentences into subjects and predicates (3:43)
Mastering the Parts of Speech
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Lesson 5: Introduction to nouns & verbs (3:31)
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Lesson 6: Let's have fun with nouns (3:00)
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Lesson 7: More about Nouns (7:04)
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Lesson 8: An easy way to identify nouns
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Lesson 9: Introducing pronouns (2:01)
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Lesson 10: More about pronouns (3:41)
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Lesson 11: How to replace nouns with pronouns (10:30)
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Lesson 12: How to use possessive pronouns (3:42)
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Lesson 13: How to find objective pronouns (5:50)
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Lesson 14: Practice finding different types of pronouns
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Lesson 15: Introduction to verbs (3:04)
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Lesson 16: More about verbs (9:45)
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Lesson 17: How to use pronouns to find verbs (1:23)
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Lesson 18: Let's review linking verbs (2:18)
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Lesson 19: How to use verb cards to create sentences (2:05)
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Lesson 20: Helping verbs (6:07)
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Lesson 21: Verb tenses (4:32)
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Lesson 22: Summary of Subjects & Predicates (5:13)
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Lesson 23: How to use verbs to find subjects (3:32)
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Lesson 24: Objects and Complements (3:29)
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Lesson 25: More about objects (5:18)
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Lesson 26: Adjectives (2:38)
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Lesson 27: More about Adjectives (2:22)
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Lesson 28: Introducing Adverbs (3:46)
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Lesson 29: More about Adverbs (2:16)
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Lesson 30: Prepositions (4:39)
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Lesson 31: More about Prepositions (10:46)
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Lesson 32: Prepositional Phrases (3:59)
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Lesson 33: Conjunctions (4:44)
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Lesson 34: More about Conjunctions (5:26)
In this section students will learn to recognize the natural relationships or connections that occur among the parts of speech. This will improve their reading and writing skills as they learn to discover and imitate the way writers organize words and groups of words to create meaning.
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Overview: how to create relationships between the parts of speech (11:15)
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How to create subject-verb relationships (9:51)
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How to create adjective-noun relationships (5:29)
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How to create adjective-noun relationships (part 2) (2:54)
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How to create verb-adverb relationships (11:50)
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How to color code sentences in your notebook (4:20)
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How to create a Linking verb-Action verb relationship (4:11)
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How to create preposition-noun relationships (5:45)
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How to create noun-appositive relationships (3:37)
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How to create noun-relative pronoun relationships (8:16)
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Why we teach the parts of speech (0:27)
Sentence Analysis and Expansion: In this section students will learn to apply grammar directly to sentence comprehension and composition by using questions to analyze and expand sentences.
