a linking verb and renames the subject. Have volunteers share their answers with the class.
demonstrate an understanding of nouns used as subjects or subject complements.
TEACHING OPTIONS
APPLY
ASSESS
APPLY IT NOW Have students brainstorm a list of historical figures. Encourage students to write about a figure from the list. After students have finished, have them rewrite their sentences, reversing each subject and subject complement. Explain that if a revised sentence does not make sense, it should be doublechecked to confirm that the word following the verb is a subject complement. Students should
Note which students had difficulty identifying nouns as subjects or subject complements. Assign Practice Book page 10 for further practice.
Give each student two note cards with nouns that can be used as the subject and the subject complement of a sentence (inventor, Thomas Edison; mice, rodents). On the board write:
WRITING CONNECTION
Reteach
Subject = Subject Complement is are
Use pages 224–225 of the Writing portion of the book.
Ask volunteers to use their cards to write two sentences each, alternating the nouns as subjects and subject complements. Explain that this shows that the subject and the noun subject complement are interchangeable because they rename each other.
Cooperative Learning Have students play a matching game with subjects, linking verbs, and subject complements. Write subjects on note cards. On separate note cards, write a variety of subject complements for each subject. Have students create several sentences, using a subject card and several subject complements, and adding a linking verb. Continue the activity until students recognize that subjects are equal to subject complements.
6. The changed because of King’s work. 7. King’s most famous had the words “I Have a Dream.”
8. A
in Alabama honors him and others who died for civil rights.
EXERCISE 2 Identify the subject in each sentence.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Martin Luther King Jr. skipped ninth and twelfth grades. Morehouse College admitted him at the age of 15. His ordination as a minister occurred in 1948. A church in Montgomery, Alabama, offered him the position of pastor. The young minister became an important figure in the civil rights movement, a crusade for equal rights for African Americans.
6. People admire King for his courage. 7. His message was one of nonviolent protest. 8. African Americans sought the equal right to use public facilities and
Meeting Individual Needs
schools.
Extra Support Write on the board am, is, are, was, and were. Have small groups write on note cards subjects and subject complements. Ask students to write the linking verbs from the board on separate cards. Have students make complete sentences using the cards.
9. King’s vital personality attracted many followers. 10. A march brought together 200,000 people in Washington, D.C. 11. A national holiday in January marks his birthday. EXERCISE 3 Identify the subject in each sentence. Then identify the subject complement.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Gandhi was an inspiration to Martin Luther King Jr. Gandhi was a supporter of nonviolent protest in India. King was a determined leader. An early protest was a bus boycott. Birmingham was the place of the protest. King was a powerful speaker. His speech was an invitation to action. King was the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
9. King was the victim of an assassination in 1968.
10. Coretta Scott King was King’s widow. 11. Mrs. King was a supporter of her husband’s work.
Mahatma Gandhi was known for being a peaceful protester.
Diagram It!
APPLY IT NOW Write three sentences about a historical figure. Use at least two nouns as subject complements.
Common Core Standards
Underline the subjects and the subject complements in
CCSS.ELA.L.5.1 CCSS.ELA.SL.5.1
your sentences. Nouns
Section 9.3 uses these concepts in the context of diagramming.
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