DAY 14- FOUNDATIONS/ ENGLISH I Research paper intro, Sentence fragments, and Nonfiction intro

Objectives 1. Demonstrate an understanding of informational text elements present in nonfiction via annotation. 2. Identify informational text elements present in a nonfiction text. Homework: Vocabulary test Monday Research paper permission slip due Monday

Warm up Change the fragments into a sentence. 1.Slang terms in personal conversation. 2.That slang terms have a long history of use in informal speech. 3. Until another slang term becomes popular.

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Grammar Time! Take notes- Everything is important!

1. A sentence has a subject and a verb and makes a complete thought.  Another name for a sentence is an independent clause. Here are a few examples of complete sentences. Tom laughed. Because she exercises regularly, she is in good condition. It has been raining all day. Be quiet. (The subject "You" is understood.) He's quiet, and he's very polite. (compound sentence)

2. A fragment is only a piece of a complete thought that has been punctuated like a sentence.  Fragments can be phrases or dependent clauses or any incomplete word group. Study the following examples: Ann walked all alone. To the store. (prepositional phrase fragment) Walking to the store. She saw a car accident. (present participial phrase) Because she exercises regularly. She is in good condition. (dependent/adverb clause fragment)

These are the three most common ways to correct a fragment: a) To correct a fragment, connect the fragment to a compete sentence. "Ann walked all alone. To the store.“ can be corrected like this: "Ann walked all alone to the store." "Walking to the store. She saw a car accident." can be corrected like this: "Walking to the store, she saw a car accident."

b) To correct a fragment, remove words to make the fragment a complete sentence. "Because she exercises regularly. She is in excellent condition." can be corrected like this: "She exercises regularly. She is in excellent condition."

c) To correct a fragment, add words to make the fragment a complete sentence. "Because she exercises regularly. She is in excellent condition." can be corrected like this: "She feels great because she exercises regularly. She is in excellent condition."

Get a computer and complete the Fragment worksheet in google classroom. We will do the first 10 together and you will be graded on the last 10. Don’t forget to submit only a google doc!!!!!

In the first blank, write S if it is a sentence or F if it is a fragment. If it is a fragment, in the second blank, write what’s missing- S for Subject, V for V, or CT for Complete Thought. ______ ______1. New words are constantly entering the world’s languages. ______ ______2. Do not last very long. ______ ______3. Most people at least a few slang expressions. ______ ______4. Slang terms by small groups of people. ______ ______5. Are part of languages only in a limited sense. ______ ______6. Do become generally popular. ______ ______7. Like a new hit tune, a new slang word acceptance almost overnight. ______ ______B. Because slang terms fade into oblivion. ______ ______9. Many people can name slang expressions that have gone out of date. ______ ______10. The slang of children greatly from their grandparents’ generation.

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Grammar Time! Take notes- Everything is important!

Remember……. Fragment is missing any of the following: a. Subject b. Verb c. Complete thought

Fixing fragments

Fixing Fragments

Vocab 5B Get a flashcard out and copy the answers you wrote for Antonyms and Completing the sentence.

Face-off!

Prepare to take notes!

Answer these questions: What is the definition of a nonfiction text? What forms of nonfiction exist? What types of nonfiction are most significant in the 21st century?

What is Nonfiction? What is the definition of a nonfiction text? Definition: the branch of literature comprising works of narrative prose dealing with or offering opinions or conjectures upon facts and reality, including biography, history, and the essay What forms of nonfiction exist? Ex. textbooks, autobiographies, biographies, documentaries, encyclopedias, dictionaries, newspaper, thesaurus, magazine, atlas What types of nonfiction are most significant in the 21st century? advertisement, media, directions, graphics

What is Nonfiction Cont. What are the purposes of nonfiction? For what is nonfiction used? o to inform o to educate o to persuade o to update the public o to entertain o To communicate

Nonfiction basics ◦ Nonfiction ◦ - Prose- a genre that is written in paragraph form with standard grammar and punctuation (other genres are poetry and drama ) ◦ - Examples- ◦ * articles * biographies * speeches ◦ * essays * autobiographies * journals ◦ * letters * brochures * charts ◦ * textbooks * web pages * manuals

Tips for Reading Nonfiction cont. 3. Identify types of supporting details * facts *quotes *opinions * statistics *anecdotes *descriptions * examples 4. Observe the visual features of the text * charts * maps * headings *photos

Tips for Reading Nonfiction cont. 5. Observe the organizational features of the text * compare/contrast * chronological * definition * cause and effect * problem-solution * order of importance (least to most) 6. Observe the structural features of the text (see additional notes) * parallelism * antithesis * syntax

Listen and read “Who Killed the Iceman?” Annotate for the questions on the sides of your book. Click Click Page 242

Closure List three things you learned about nonfiction today. Describe two of the steps needed to understand nonfiction. Compose one question you still have regarding nonfiction.