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Grammar Bytes: Fragments
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Source: Grammar Bytes: Fragments Interactive Exercises (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])
In this activity, students practice their skills in identifying sentence fragments. There are seven interactive exercises each with its own worksheet. Most exercises have twenty questions. This activity works well in a computer lab or as a classroom presentation.
Grammar Bytes is a contemporary-looking site with an Index of Grammar Terms, Interactive Exercises with accompanying Handouts For students, and Grammar Rules. It includes PowerPoint presentations that will cut down on your preparation time and a few YouTube videos. It makes a difficult topic enjoyable.
Grammar Bytes exercises cover the following topics:
- Comma Splices &Fused Sentences
- Fragments
- Irregular Verbs
- Commas
- Parallel Structure
- Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
- Apostrophes
- Pronoun Agreement
- Pronoun Case
- Pronoun Reference
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Word Choice
Preparation
- Make sure the site is not blocked at your school.
- Preview the site. It includes terms, exercises, handouts, and PowerPoint presentations; however, this activity focuses on fragment exercises.
- Decide which exercises you will use.
- Download and print the worksheets needed for the selected exercises.
- Create a formative quiz to check for understanding.
How-To
- Introduce the topic of sentence fragments.
- Discuss the topic in class.
- Present the Example Web Site (link above) and explain how it works.
- Go over the handout.
- Do the first three questions in the exercise as a class. Be sure to point out the explanation link.
- If you have access to a computer lab, allow students to work individually or in pairs.
- Give a formative quiz to check for understanding.
- Fill in any gaps in understanding and assign another exercise if necessary.
Teacher Tips
- Review the exercise questions to make sure you agree with the answers.
More Ways
- Divide the class into groups and have teams play against each other to answer each exercise question. This works well if you only have one computer and a projector.
Program Areas
- ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation
- ABE: Adult Basic Education
- ASE: High School Diploma
Levels
- Intermediate
- High
Subjects
- Language Arts - Writing
- Language Facility
- Writing Conventions
- Reasoning Through Language Arts
- Mechanics (Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling)
- Sentence Structure
- Writing
- Mechanics (Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling)
Standards
- Language
- CCR Anchor 1 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Tags
Grammar, chomp chomp, chompchomp, comma splices, coordination and subordination, fragments, fused sentences, grammar bytes, grammarbytes, misplaced modifiers, misused words, parallel structure, parts of speech, prefix, pronoun reference, pronoun shift, pronouns, punctuation, sentence, sentence fragments, spelling, subject-verb agreement, suffix, tense shifts, verb forms, adjectives, adverbs, capitalization