This is the PENS senetnce writing strategy

1. The Pens Strategy A strategy for writing good sentences

3. You may want to take notes

4. Let's Review

6. The 4 Steps of the PENS Strategy

7. PENS ick a formula xplore words to fit formula ote the words earch and check

9. E xplore words to fit formula What kinds of words can we pick for the subject? - Person, Place, Thing, Ideas What kinds of words can we pick for the verb? - Action words (physical/mental)

10. Let's pick "Cats" as our subject

15. S earch and check Ask yourself Does my sentence meet the 5 requirements?

16. cat played Do you remember our sentence? he t Does it start with a capital letter? Let’s Change it!! T Does It have a subject and a verb? Subject Verb Does it have punctuation? Let’s add it . Now let’s do some together

17. the horse ran fast. Here’s what I got! How’d you do? T S V

18. Peter swims every day Here’s what I got S V .

19. My cat ate me. Here’s what I got! S Scratched V

20. I like pizza Here’s what I got S V .