Delete text and place photo here. English 105 Tosspon Meeting 5 Agenda Review: Citations Fragments Compare/Contrast Peer review Need 2 copies, do NOT turn in Until next week. Meeting 5 Due today: Grammar Log* for Narrative

Citations & Credibility Use your handouts, book, and handbook to answer the questions

Talking in fragments Many times, when we speak, we use fragments. By the context, we can tell what the other person means. Doug: Had any test results yet? Nelida: Nothing statistically significant. Doug: Not good. Nelida: Back to step one.

Talking in fragments However, when we write (unless we are directly quoting a conversation), we need to formalize the writing. By the context, we can tell what the other person means. Doug: Have you had any test results yet? Nelida: The results weren’t statistically significant. Doug: That is not good. Nelida: We will have to go back to step one.

Complete Sentences a subject and a verb express a completed idea. To be complete, a sentence must have a subject and a verb express a completed idea.

Fragment A Fragment is piece of a sentence can be missing a subject, can be missing a verb, or can fail to express a completed idea.

Fragments The architect to my office. Brought the plans to my office. No VERB: Doesn’t express the action Brought the plans to my office. No SUBJECT: Doesn’t explain who or what The architect brought. No COMPLETED IDEA. Brought what?

Identify Fragments: Exercise 1

How do you correct a fragment? Add the missing parts! Join the fragment to the sentence where it belongs. Remove the adverb/prepositional phrase causing fragmentation.

Exercise 2 Betsy can’t have the meeting at her house because her little brother has the measles. 1. Betsy can't have the meeting at her house. Because her little brother has the measles. 2. Electricity is everywhere around us. It is in the air and in the ground. 3. We cleaned the three little fish. Hoping that nobody would ask to see our catch. 4. Thoreau spent more than two years at Walden Pond. Living in a one-room shed. 5. I promised to go to the movies with Elaine. Who would never forgive me if I went swimming instead. 2.No Change 3. We cleaned the three little fish hoping that nobody would ask to see our catch. 4. Thoreau spent more than two years at Walden Pond living in a one-room shed. 5. I promised to go to the movies with Elaine, who would never forgive me if I went swimming instead.

Exercise 2 6. Many students belong to Junior Achievement. Founded in 1919, it is a national organization that helps to develop leadership. 6. Many students to Junior Achievement. Founded in 1919, it is a national organization that helps to develop leadership. 7. Pollyanna never gossips. If she can't think of something nice to say about another girl, she doesn't say anything. 8. Maria Martinez, an Indian girl, gained fame for her outstanding pottery. Based on ancient methods. 9. the fisherman put (complete the though). 10. "A stitch in time saves nine" is an old.. 7. No change. 8. Maria Martinez, an Indian girl, gained fame for her outstanding pottery which was based on ancient methods. 9. No Change. 10. "A stitch in time saves nine" is an old proverb which can be applied to many daily situations.

Watch Out for a Common Trap! Just because you write a lot of words, you don’t necessarily have a complete sentence. Although I have tried many ways to get an “A”, such as paying off the professor and offering to carry her books to class each day and assuring her that I love my writing class more than life itself. FRAGMENT! You haven’t finished the “although” idea, so you haven’t finished your thought.

But you knew that, because you remembered that… …a sentence is not complete or correct, unless It has a subject; it has a verb, and it expresses a complete idea.

Compare Contrast Peer review Due next week: Final draft (online) 2 copies Rough Drafts Peer Review Papers Compare Contrast Peer review Select a partner May NOT be the same partner you used for the Narrative essay Read the essay aloud to the author (allow author time to make changes on his/her own work) Obtain the packet (due next week). Complete the packet (both peer & author).