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Grammar Bytes: Fragments
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Activity Description
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.
Exercises at Grammar Bytes
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.
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.
- Is Canvas Instructure your learning management system? Try one of our new modules! Search "Grammar Bytes!" in the Commons. Each module includes five 10-item quizzes and other materials that you can import into a course.
Program Areas
- ASE: High School Diploma
Lesson Plan
• Begin with a quick, interactive game called "Fragment or Complete?"
• Display sentences on the board (mix of fragments and complete sentences).
• Students hold up a green card for complete sentences and a red card for fragments.
• Briefly discuss why the fragment examples are incomplete.
• Introduce the concept of sentence fragments.
• Explain why sentence fragments can make writing unclear.
• Show an engaging short video that introduces sentence fragments.
• Highlight the Grammar Bytes website and its resources.
• Walk through examples of sentence fragments and how to correct them.
• Use a handout from Grammar Bytes to illustrate common types of fragments (e.g., dependent clauses, missing subjects).
• Demonstrate using the "Explanation" links on the Grammar Bytes exercise page.
• Complete the first three questions from the Grammar Bytes fragment exercise as a class, emphasizing how to use the explanation feature.
• If available, have students work individually or in pairs on additional exercises in a computer lab.
• If technology is limited, divide the class into groups and turn the exercise into a competitive game using a projector.
• Administer a short formative quiz with sentences that require identifying and correcting fragments.
• Review answers as a class to clarify misunderstandings.
• Fill in any gaps in understanding with additional examples or exercises if necessary.
• Have students write a short paragraph on a given topic.
• In pairs, students review each other’s work to identify and correct any fragments.
• Volunteers can share sentences with the class for group correction.
Documents
- Exercises at Grammar Bytes!.png - Exercises at Grammar Bytes
Subjects
- English Language Arts
- English 1-4
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