SENTENCE WRITING FORMULASBJ MaysEDU 6104

Pathways to Success Program: Formulas

Simple Sentences SV, SSV, SVV,

SSVV Compound

Sentences I,cI and I;I

Complex Sentences ID and D,I

S= subject V= verb I = independent

clause ,c = comma and

coordinating conjunction

D = dependent clause

Examples:

Formulas

Sentence examples

SV The boy ran across the street.

SSV John and Katie have been reading a novel.

SVV Sarah has a dog and wants a cat.

SSVV The children and teachers are looking forward to school out and beginning the

summer vacation.

Examples:

Formulas

Sentence examples

SV S VThe boy ran across the street.

SSV V S S

John and Katie have been reading a novel.

SVV S V VSarah has a dog and wants a cat.

SSVV S S VThe children and teachers are looking

forward to V

school out and beginning the summer vacation.

Examples:

Formulas

Sentence examples

I,cI The boy ran across the street, for he lost his bicycle wheel .

I;I John and Katie have been reading a novel; Jason and Cheryl have been

writing a short story.

ID Sarah has a dog and wants a cat whenever she visits the humane shelter.

D,I Because the children and teachers are looking forward to school being out, summer vacation can not begin soon

enough.

FAN BOYS/ CHAD B. SWIM

FAN BOYS- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

CHAD B. SWIM- HELPING VERBS

CHAD B. SWIM

CAN, COULD BE, BEING, BEEN

SHALL, SHOULD

HAS, HAVE, HAD

WILL, WOULD, WAS, WERE

AM, ARE IS

DO, DOES, DID MAY, MIGHT, MUST

Reasoning:

It is thought that if students can learn formulas for math, students should be able to learn them for sentence writing.