English 105

Meeting 5 Agenda- Sentences v. Fragment- Group Project – Discuss

components- Contract for behavior- Decide on Group Rubric- Decide on Individual Rubrics

- Compare Research results- Quality of Sources

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Meeting 5Due todayGrammar Log* for

NarrativeVocabulary 3Research Scaffold –

keep the article!

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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

To be complete, a sentence must have• a subject

and• a verb

and• 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. No VERB: Doesn’t express the actionBrought the plans to my office. No SUBJECT: Doesn’t explain who or what

No COMPLETED IDEA. Brought what?

The architect brought.

Identify Fragments: Exercise 111.S12.F13.S14.F15.S16.F17.S18.F19.F20. S

1. F2. F3. S4. F5. F6. S7. S8. F9. F10. S

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 21. 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.

1. Betsy can’t have the meeting at her house because her little brother has the measles. 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 26. 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..

6. Many students belong to Junior Achievement. Founded in 1919, it is a national organization that helps to develop leadership.

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.

Project Groups

• Review the Project Plan• Potential projects

How do YOU want to be graded? • What is a rubric?

• Review Penmanship Rubric

• What do you notice?

• What are the rows?What are columns?

An “A+” Cookie: Develop a Rubric• There are 4 different cookies to be

evaluated at your table.• How should the chocolate chip cookie be

graded?

• Decide the terminology for the columns (awesome? Sub-par? Barely edible?)

• Decide the grading categories (rows)

• Now, apply you rubric to each cookie!

Good Cookie RubricDelicious Good Needs

ImprovementPoor

Number of Chips Chocolate chip in every bite

Chips in about 75% of bites

Chocolate in 50% of bites

Too few or too many chips

Texture Chewy Chewy in middle, crisp

on edges

Texture either crispy/crunch

y or 50% uncooked

Texture resembles

a dog biscuit

Color Golden Brown Either light from overcooking or light from being 25%

raw

Either dark brown from

overcooking of light from

undercooking

Burned

Taste Home-baked taste

Quality store-bought taste

Tasteless Store-bought flavor,

preservative aftertaste

- stale, hard,

chalky

Richness Rich, creamy, high-fat,

flavor

Medium fat contents

Low-fat contents Nonfat contents

Chocolate Chip Cookie Rubric• Was there agreement

in applying the rubric?

• Did you have to change your rubric to incorporate new rows/columns?

• Questions or comments?

A rubric is a scoring guide that seeks to evaluate a student’s performance based on the sum of a full

range of criteria rather than a single

numerical score.

A rubric is a scoring guide for

students and teachers, usually

handed out

before an assignment

begins in order to get students to think about the

criteria on which their work will be

judged.

Activity

Use the blank rubric grid to decide what your group wants to be graded on, and what each category should be worth.

Think about it, this is not due until the END of class next week.

PBL – Assignment• You have choices! • This is for YOU individually, but you can

work with your team/partners to develop the digital and written projects

Project Group Goals

- Contract for behavior

- Decide on Group Rubric

- Decide on Individual Rubric

- Evaluate Research

- Compare Research results

Get in Project Groups- Contract

- Projects will be done primarily in class

- See the Green “Syllabus Addendum”

- Individual Rubrics- Evaluate Research

You will grade each other

I will grade your projects

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Good Sources/Bad Sources• Do NOT use wikipedia as a cited

source.– Because anyone can change anything – Use it as a starting point, but not as

your ONLY source• Sources that end in .edu

or .gov are more reliable.

• News agencies often end in .com• Beware of .org, .com, and .net

websites. – Sometimes can be used to show

people’s opinions. Should NOT be used for facts unless reputable source such as news site.

Credible Websites/Research• See handout, analyze 1

source YOU used. • Sometimes you may

use a non-credible source, if you are quoting an opinion and state it as such in your paper.

Comparing Research

Discuss research findings between ALL group mates. (you can use the Research Scaffold if you want)Each group member must contributeTakes notes on each group mate• Choose 1 article from 1 group mate to take home

and complete Compare Research Draft

Homework: Compare Contrast Draft (See Handout)Take 1 (or more!) of your group’s researched articles and compare it to yours.