From Fragments to Complete Sentences: Mastering English Writing

From Fragments to Complete Sentences: Mastering English Writing
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From Fragments to Complete Sentences: Mastering English Writing

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Learning Objective
At the end of the lesson, you will be able to identify and differentiate between complete sentences, sentence fragments, and run-on sentences in English writing.

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Introduce the learning objective of the lesson to the students.
Complete Sentences
Complete sentences express a complete thought and contain a subject and a verb. Example: She ran to the store.

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Explain the concept of complete sentences to the students and provide an example.
Sentence Fragments
Sentence fragments are incomplete thoughts that are missing either a subject or a verb, or both. Example: Running to the store.

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Explain the concept of sentence fragments to the students and provide an example.
Run-On Sentences
Run-on sentences are two or more complete sentences joined together without the correct punctuation. Example: She ran to the store she bought some milk.

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Explain the concept of run-on sentences to the students and provide an example.
Identifying Sentences
Identify whether the following is a complete sentence or a sentence fragment: 'Ran to the store.'

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Ask the students to identify the sentence structure and provide feedback.
Identifying Sentences
Identify whether the following is a complete sentence or a sentence fragment: 'She ran to the store.'

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Ask the students to identify the sentence structure and provide feedback.
Identifying Sentences
Identify whether the following is a complete sentence or a run-on sentence: 'She ran to the store she bought some milk.'

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Ask the students to identify the sentence structure and provide feedback.
Correcting Fragments
Which of the following is a complete sentence? A) Walked to the park. B) I walked to the park.

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Ask the students to identify the complete sentence and explain why.
Correcting Run-Ons
How would you correct the following run-on sentence? 'She ran to the store she bought some milk.'

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Ask the students to correct the run-on sentence and provide feedback.
Practice Exercise
Identify whether the following sentences are complete sentences, sentence fragments, or run-on sentences: 'The cat sat on the mat. And then it slept all day. Running through the park. She saw a squirrel.'

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Provide an exercise for the students to practice identifying sentence structures.
Practice Exercise
Correct the following sentence fragment: 'Jumped over the fence.'

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Provide an exercise for the students to practice correcting sentence fragments.
Practice Exercise
Correct the following run-on sentence: 'She went to the store she bought some bread and butter.'

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Provide an exercise for the students to practice correcting run-on sentences.
Common Mistakes
Common mistakes include forgetting to use punctuation in run-on sentences, and not having a subject or verb in sentence fragments.

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Highlight common mistakes and provide examples.
Review
What is a complete sentence? What is a sentence fragment? What is a run-on sentence?

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Review the concepts covered in the lesson with the students.
Quiz
Provide a quiz for the students to check their understanding of sentence structures.

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Create a quiz for the students to complete as an exit ticket.
Conclusion
Congratulations! You now have a better understanding of sentence structures in English writing.

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Conclude the lesson and provide encouragement to the students.
Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Slide 18 - Open question

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.