Language and Grammar: Make Comparisons

Group Share Work with a small group. Take turns making comparisons between the planets in our solar system. Use nouns in the subjects and predicates of your sentences.

Venus is closer to the Sun than Saturn.

Saturn and Neptune are both gas giants.

Writing and Grammar: Write About Astronomy

Study the Models When you write, you need to use naming words correctly in the different parts of your sentences. The correct use of words makes your writing clear and precise.

NOT OK

My classmates and me visited an observatory. Us used a giant telescope to look at the stars and planets. Some of my classmates saw detailed images of the moon’s surface. Them also saw a comet streaking through the sky. This trip inspired we to learn more about the solar system. They also inspired I to become an astronomer.

This writer uses naming words incorrectly so the ideas are confusing.

OK

My classmates and I visited an observatory. We used a giant telescope to look at the stars and planets. Some of my classmates saw detailed images of the moon’s surface. They also saw a comet streaking through the sky. This trip inspired us to learn more about the solar system. It also inspired me to become an astronomer.

This writer uses naming words correctly. The ideas are clear.

Add Sentences Add two sentences to the OK model above. Be sure to use naming words correctly.

Illustration of the pen icon Write On your Own Write about a time you observed the sky at night. What did you see? Use naming words correctly.

Subject PronounsIyouhesheitweyouthey
Object Pronounsmeyouhimheritusyouthem
Remember

  • • A noun or pronoun used as a subject tells whom or what the sentence is about.

  • • A noun or pronoun used as an object tells who or what receives the action of the sentence.