2019-08-27 Writing: paragraph format and fragments

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - Notes from all classes
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Homework: p. 5-6 - Answer the questions about the two model paragraphs.
1 The conclusion states the opinion and the reasons. (The topic sentence only states the opinion.)
2 There are 11. (All the sentences between the topic sentence and the conclusion sentence are supporting sentences.)
  - They support it by telling a story.
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p. 12 - Fix the mistakes in this writing assignment, based on the guidelines p. 9 gives for handwritten writing.
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Sentence Errors
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A sentence needs, at least, a subject and a verb. Some verbs always need objects. In addition, at least one subject and verb must be in an independent clause.
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p. 15 practice 4 - Identify whether each group of words is a sentence or not. Why not?
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englishforeveryone handout: mark each phrase as a sentence or a fragment (what are the fragments missing?)
1 S
2 S
3 F (no subject)
4 F (no subject OR no predicate)
5 F (dependent clause)
6 S
7 F (no subject)
8 F (no complete idea)
9 F (no predicate)
10 S
11 F (no predicate)
12 S
13 F (no predicate OR no subject and verb)
14 F (dependent clause)
15 F (dependent clause)
16 F (no subject)
17 F (no predicate)
18 S
19 S
20 F (dependent clause)
(A fragment is a broken piece of something.)
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Fragments are incorrect in a paragraph, but they are very common in conversation, where we don’t usually repeat information when we answer questions.
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Homework: p. 17 practice 5 - Identify subjects, objects, and verbs.