Imagine you are the star player on your favorite sports team ◦ Write as if you are in the middle of a tie with your least favorite sports team OR Imagine you are the lead singer of your favorite band ◦ Write as if you are competing in the final round of a “Battle of the Bands”

Today Ms. Reinke’s classis learning about sentence fragments!

Don’t worry Ralph, we can help you fix it. Does anyone want to guess how he made two sentence fragments?

Today Ms. Reinke’s classis learning about sentence fragments!

A complete sentence needs at least one subject and one verb, and an object if necessary. When Ralph split that sentence it created two fragments. Today Ms. Reinke’s class + is learning about sentence fragments = complete sentence SubjectVerbObject We want to avoid sentence fragments in our writing since they may confuse the reader. Incomplete sentences: Today Ms. Reinke’s class. Today Ms. Reinke’s class…what? What did we do? Is learning about sentence fragments. Who is learning about sentence fragments?

Stanley looked at the cot and nodded. He wasn't particularly thrilled. About sleeping in the same cot. That had been used by somebody named Barf Bag. Seven crates were stacked in two piles at one side of the tent. The open end of the crates faced outward. Stanley put his backpack, change of clothes, and towel in. What used to be Barf Bag's crate. It was at the bottom of the stack that had three in it. Squid returned. With four other boys. The first three were introduced by Mr. Pendanski as José, Theodore, and Ricky. They called themselves Magnet, Armpit, and Zigzag. Stanley looked at the cot and nodded. He wasn't particularly thrilled about sleeping in the same cot that had been used by somebody named Barf Bag. Seven crates were stacked in two piles at one side of the tent. The open end of the crates faced outward. Stanley put his backpack, change of clothes, and towel in what used to be Barf Bag's crate. It was at the bottom of the stack that had three in it. Squid returned with four other boys. The first three were introduced by Mr. Pendanski as José, Theodore, and Ricky. They called themselves Magnet, Armpit, and Zigzag.

Fill out as much of the worksheet you can on your own. You will have 2-3 minutes. Check and discuss your worksheet with your partner. If you both disagree on something, I encourage you to discuss why you disagree. You will have 3-4 minutes. Wait patiently for other groups to finish.

Go back through your journal and circle any sentence fragments you may have. After you’ve circled them, correct your sentence by rewriting it. Be sure it has both a subject and verb, as well as an object if it is needed. If you would like, write any last questions you may have about today’s lesson. I will be looking at your journals after you hand them in on Friday.

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