Sentences are the building blocks for all other writing. 
In my paragraph classes, I see students that need help developing strategies for writing sentences that express a complete thought.

This class is for beginning sentence writers as well as emerging writers who want to learn how to improve their sentence writing and make it more interesting.

Each week will include a review of the parts of a sentence (subject/verb), capitalization, and punctuation and focus on particular part of speech within our sentences (see weekly topic schedule below).

After review,  I will show a picture from which to build a sentence. 
We will discuss what details could be added to the sentence to make it more interesting using the focus for the week (see below).
Students will be encouraged (but not required) to share their completed sentence(s).

A sample class might look like this:
Adjective review - show picture of dog on screen
We discuss details -- what color? size? what is the dog doing?
Students will be encouraged to add details to their sentences:
     *I see a dog.
     *I see a brown and black dog.  
     *I see a brown and black dog playing with a ball. 
Then, another picture: a tree.
    *I see a tree.
    *There are red apples on the tree.


Writers will check their final sentences for CUPS: 
Capitalization
Understanding
Punctuation
Spelling.

Students should bring paper and pencil OR a dry erase board with markers for class each week.

2024 topics (subject to change)
week of June 10: adjectives (before and after noun)
week of June 17: verbs what can you do at the beach
week of June 24: adverbs answer questions

NO CLASS week of July 1st
week of July 8: nouns (plural nouns with s/es)
week of July 15: to/two/too
week of July 22: sentence fragments
week of July 29: verbs shades of meaning

week of Aug 5: verbs (past tense)
week of Aug 12: nouns (plural nouns with s/es)
week of Aug 19: verbs (shades of meaning)
week of Aug 26: you're/your

NO CLASS week of Sept 2
week of Sept 9: more plural nouns (-f, -y) (no Monday class)
week of Sept 16: adjectives (shade of meaning)
week of Sept 23: verbs: what can you do on the farm?
week of Sept 30: prepositions

week of Oct 7: nouns (person, place, thing)
week of Oct 14: homonyms: to/two/too
week of Oct 21: adjectives: opposites
week of Oct 28: Sentence fragments

week of Nov 4: action verbs 
week of Nov 11: writing questions
week of Nov 18: nouns abstract/concrete
NO CLASS week of Nov 25th

week of Dec 2:  their/ they're/there
week of Dec 9: prepositions (in the snow)
week of Dec 16: nouns scavenger hunt (in the snow)
(break until 2025!)