English 70 Lesson Plan Day 30

1. Quiz tomorrow on Run-ons, Fragments and Death
2. Sentence Fluency Handout
1. Prose/Rubric
3. Conventions H/O
1. Prose/Rubric
4. Why care about Conventions?
1. Attention to them shows you’ve put some care into your thoughts.
2. Screw ups can cause confusion.

i. “I love the smell of my boyfriend’s cologne.”

5. But first
1. The Basic Sentence

i. Subject

1. Person, place thing that the sentence is about.

ii. Verb

1. Action/Linking/Helping

iii. Complete Thought

1. 294 practice 3

6. Run ons
1. Where are the pauses? Long/Short?
2. Read it aloud.
3. Listen to your breath
4. Types

i. Fused

ii. Comma splice

1. Review practice 1, 2, 7, Chapter Review 1-4

2. Your essays

7. H/W?
1. Fragments

i. Lacking a subject, verb or complete thought

1. Read 296-298

2. Do practice 1, 7, 9

3. Chapter Review 1-4

Read ITMFWG 297-316 (second half of “Death” chapter)