Grade Level:
Subject:
Length of
For Post-Secondary Students who are non-English
speakers and are learning English.
Language - learning English
Homework should not take more than an hour.
time:
Description:
Objectives:
Materials
Needed:
Pervious
Knowledge:
Procedure:
This lesson is for Post-Secondary Students who are
leaning English and are at the Elementary School
level.
Given this lesson plan, students should be able to
identify simple subjects, identify compound subjects,
and complete exercises on simple and complex
subjects.
 Kidblog
 Computer
 Internet
 Students should know what a subject and a
verb are.
 Students should know simple vocabulary
words.
1. Give the students an example of what you are
looking for in an answer on a post in Kidblog.
Example below in “Example for Simple Subject”
and “Example for Compound Subject.”
2. Explain what a simple subject is and what a
Example for
Simple
Subject:
Exercises for
Simple
Subject:
compound subject is within the same post.
Simple Subject: a noun or pronoun that tells
who or what is doing something.
Compound Subject: nouns or pronouns that tell
whom or what are doing something, there are
more than one.
3. Give the students exercises to complete in a
post of their own on Kidblog. The exercises are
below in “Exercises for Simple Subject” and
“Exercise for Compound Subject”
4. Grade their answers and give them feedback.
Tell them what they are doing wrong. Tell
them how to do it properly. If they are doing
everything well tell them they are
understanding the material and to keep up the
good work. You need to encourage them to
keep working at the lesson if they are doing
well or if they are not doing well.
5. If the students do not get a good grade, they
should only miss one on each section, then you
should repeat the lesson for them on Kidblog
and have them identify more sentences.
The tall girl with long wavy brown hair stood on the
porch steps.
Answer: The simple subject is girl
Locate the simple subject of the following sentences:
1. The dog chased the squirrel.
Answer: dog
2. Sidney barked at the people walking in the
street.
Answer: Sidney
3. The basketball player tossed the ball in the
basket with three seconds left.
Example for
Compound
Subject:
Exercise for
Compound
Subject:
Answer: player
4. The dark clouds formed above.
Answer: clouds
5. The deer dashed into the woods.
Answer: deer
6. The blue bird flew onto a tree to build their
home.
Answer: bird
7. The tall brown haired girl was watching her
brother play basketball at the park.
Answer: girl
8. Gregory hit the baseball very hard.
Answer: Gregory
9. The telephone rang five times before Tiffany’s
mom answered it.
Answer: telephone
The girl with the long brown wavy hair and the boy
with short dark brown hair jogged down the street.
Answer: The girl with the long brown wavy hair and
the boy with short dark brown hair
Locate the compound subject of the following
sentences:
1. The skinny looking girl with the short hair and
glasses was the life of the party.
Answer: the skinny looking girl with the short
hair and glasses
2. Greg and his little brother played catch until it
was dark outside and their mother told them
they had to come inside.
Answer: Greg and his little brother
3. The yard with the white fence and the yard
across the street needed to be mowed because
the grass was very long.
Answer: the yard with the white fence and the
References:
yard across the street
4. The gray house and the blue house are my
friend’s houses Trina and Greg.
Answer: the gray house and the blue house
5. Greg, Fred, and Albert went to the store and
bought eggs, potatoes, chicken, and a pie.
Answer: Greg, Fred, and Albert
6. Caroline and Luke did not watch to watch the
football game but Matt and Hillary did.
Answer: Caroline and Luke
7. The couch and the chair were very old.
Answer: the couch and the chair
8. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday were all the
days that Frank had to go to baseball practice.
Answer: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
9. Christina, the cat, Jasmine, the dog, and Jake,
the fish, were all Taylor’s pets.
Answer: Christina, Jasmine, and Jake
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Indiana
WRITING: English Language Conventions - 1.6
Academic
Standards:
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Students write using Standard English
conventions appropriate to this grade
level.