Complete Sentences and Fragments
Learning Objective
I can distinguish between complete sentences and sentence fragments.
Lesson Flow
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Sentence or Fragment? | Identifying Sentences and Sentence Fragments
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Guided Notes
Key concepts students will learn:
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A complete sentence is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
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A sentence fragment is a group of words that is missing a subject, a verb, or both, and does not express a complete thought.
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A complete sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation point.
Practice
10 questions • Multiple choice & Short answer
Exit Ticket
“Write S if it is a sentence and SF if it is a sentence fragment: 1. After the long and tiring game. 2. The dog barked loudly at the mailman. 3. Running quickly down the street. 4. Read a book. 5. Because it was raining.”
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