TV411: Sentence Fragments
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Activity Description
Grammar is not a favorite topic for many students. This Web site includes an entertaining video on Sentence Fragments. Watch the video then discuss clauses, independent clauses, and dependent clauses, do a recognition activity in groups/pairs, and do an independent worksheet on finding sentences with dependent and independent clauses.
The site also offers a wide variety of other topics in video format, many with worksheets or other resources to use. See the More Ways section below.
Preparation
- The video comes from Vimeo which may be blocked at your school. So test the site to be sure the video will play at your school.
- Preview the video and resources at the site. Set the volume appropriate for your classroom.
- Download and print the Dependent & Independent Clauses worksheet (PDF) from the TV411 Web site.
- Also print the Example Document: Independent and Independent Clauses
Teacher Tips
- Beware of the advertising sections on each page. Avoid them and teach your students to do like wise.
- Discuss vocabulary: clause, dependent clause, independent clause, complex sentence, subordinate conjunction
More Ways
- This TV411 Web site is full of writing activities including: creative and personal writing, and grammar. To find these, select Writing on the navigational bar near the top of the page. Videos are included as well as lessons and worksheets to download. Topics of interest include:
- Grammar: Apostrophes, Figures of Speech, and Transitions
- Writing for Work: Cover Letter, Create a Data Shee, Model Resume
- If you are looking for reading, vocabulary, basic math, basic science, and finance, the site offers a variety of other entertaining videos and other resources. Titles you may be interested in include:
- Reading: Summarizing, Poetry, Campaign Literature, Glossary, Leases, Road Map, Globe, Medicine Labels, Newspaper Headlines, Newspaper, Restating legalese
- Vocabulary: Words with Multiple Meanings, Using Dictionaries, Learning New Words, What is a Thesaurus?, Compound Words, Homonyms, Medical Words, Prefixes, Suffixes, Synonyms and Antonyms
- Basic Math in Everyday Life: Figuring Area, Budgets, Multiplication, Carpenter Math, Estimating a Painting Job, Computing Take Home Pay, Tracking Weight Loss, Utility Bills, Ratios in the Kitchen, Computing Averages, Comparing Cell Phone Plans, Math and Money Schemes, Travel Math, Unit Pricing, Football: Percentages, Decimals, and Probability, Basketball: Percentages and Fractions, Fractions and Rhythm, Store Discounts, Smart Shopping, Tipping, Basic Geometry in Origami, Baseball: Perimeter
- Science: Bacteria, Heat, Carbohydrates, Photosynthesis, Elements
Program Areas
- ABE: Adult Basic Education
- ESL: English as a Second Language
- ASE: High School Equivalency Preparation
Levels
- All Levels
- Intermediate Low
- Intermediate High
- Advanced
