Sentence Objects
A transitive verb passes its action to a noun or pronoun. That word is the object of the verb, and it lives in the predicate.
Preview how it deepens, Grades 3 through 6.
Build one yourself.
Pick one chip at each station and snap them together. The Mayor inspects the finished sentence, a quick taste of how the parts combine.
1 · Nelson's office · the subject
2 · Vinny's stage · the verb
3 · the object the action lands on
A change order drops: make it plural, give it an adverb, swap in a pronoun. Re-tool the sentence and roll it back onto the line.
Play Sentence Surgeon →Slang builds a sentence that follows every rule of grammar and still means nonsense. Catch which rule he really broke, and let the Mayor judge.
Play Garbage Sentences →Not every noun after the verb is the object.
Park follows the preposition to, so it is the object of a preposition. The running does not land on it.
The ball catches the kick. It answers kicked what?, so it is the direct object, boxed inside the predicate.
The characters host. The sentence is the star.
The same concept, deeper every grade.
Sentence Objects runs the length of the Factory, Grades 3 through 6. The lesson meets the standard at each grade, across all four frameworks.