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English 105

Delete text and place photo here. English 105. Tosspon. Meeting 5 Agenda Sentence s v. Fragment Group Project – Discuss components Contract for behavior Decide on Group Rubric Decide on Individual Rubrics Compare Research results Quality of Sources. Meeting 5 Due today

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English 105

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  1. Delete text and place photo here. English 105 Tosspon • 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 Meeting 5 Due today Grammar Log* for Narrative Vocabulary 3 Research Scaffold – keep the article!

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

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

  5. 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.

  6. Fragments The architect 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?

  7. Identify Fragments: Exercise 1 • S • F • S • F • S • F • S • F • F • S • F • F • S • F • F • S • S • F • F • S

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. Project Groups • Review the Project Plan • Potential projects

  14. 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?

  15. 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!

  16. Good Cookie Rubric

  17. 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?

  18. 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. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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

  21. Project Group Goals • Contract for behavior • Decide on Group Rubric • Decide on Individual Rubric • Evaluate Research • Compare Research results Delete text and place photo here. You will grade each other I will grade your projects Get in Project Groups • Contract • Projects will be done primarily in class • See the Green “Syllabus Addendum” • Individual Rubrics • Evaluate Research

  22. 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 .eduor .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.

  23. 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.

  24. Comparing Research • Discuss research findings between ALL group mates. (you can use the Research Scaffold if you want) • Each group member must contribute • Takes 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.

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