From Fragments to Complete Sentences: Mastering English Writing

From Fragments to Complete Sentences: Mastering English Writing

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to identify and differentiate between complete sentences, sentence fragments, and run-on sentences in English writing.

Introduce the learning objective of the lesson to the students.

Complete Sentences

Complete sentences express a complete thought and contain a subject and a verb. Example: She ran to the store.

Explain the concept of complete sentences to the students and provide an example.

Sentence Fragments

Sentence fragments are incomplete thoughts that are missing either a subject or a verb, or both. Example: Running to the store.

Explain the concept of sentence fragments to the students and provide an example.

Run-On Sentences

Run-on sentences are two or more complete sentences joined together without the correct punctuation. Example: She ran to the store she bought some milk.

Explain the concept of run-on sentences to the students and provide an example.

Identifying Sentences

Identify whether the following is a complete sentence or a sentence fragment: 'Ran to the store.'

Ask the students to identify the sentence structure and provide feedback.

Identifying Sentences

Identify whether the following is a complete sentence or a sentence fragment: 'She ran to the store.'

Ask the students to identify the sentence structure and provide feedback.

Identifying Sentences

Identify whether the following is a complete sentence or a run-on sentence: 'She ran to the store she bought some milk.'

Ask the students to identify the sentence structure and provide feedback.

Correcting Fragments

Which of the following is a complete sentence? A) Walked to the park. B) I walked to the park.

Ask the students to identify the complete sentence and explain why.

Correcting Run-Ons

How would you correct the following run-on sentence? 'She ran to the store she bought some milk.'

Ask the students to correct the run-on sentence and provide feedback.

Practice Exercise

Identify whether the following sentences are complete sentences, sentence fragments, or run-on sentences: 'The cat sat on the mat. And then it slept all day. Running through the park. She saw a squirrel.'

Provide an exercise for the students to practice identifying sentence structures.

Practice Exercise

Correct the following sentence fragment: 'Jumped over the fence.'

Provide an exercise for the students to practice correcting sentence fragments.

Practice Exercise

Correct the following run-on sentence: 'She went to the store she bought some bread and butter.'

Provide an exercise for the students to practice correcting run-on sentences.

Common Mistakes

Common mistakes include forgetting to use punctuation in run-on sentences, and not having a subject or verb in sentence fragments.

Highlight common mistakes and provide examples.

Review

What is a complete sentence? What is a sentence fragment? What is a run-on sentence?

Review the concepts covered in the lesson with the students.

Quiz

Provide a quiz for the students to check their understanding of sentence structures.

Create a quiz for the students to complete as an exit ticket.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You now have a better understanding of sentence structures in English writing.

Conclude the lesson and provide encouragement to the students.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.