Shinan Zhou's Assignment #2

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Writing Skill: Writing a complete sentence Shinan Zhou May 2 nd , 2011 EESL 545

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Introduction to the sentence: A complete sentence has a subject, verb and a complete idea or thought. Complete sentences are essential expressing ideas and communicating clearly. Five parts of a complete sentence : Capital letter Subject Predicate Complete thought Terminal punctuation

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Step 1: Comparison Compare the following examples and tell which are the complete sentences while which are not. 1. I have been studying English since I was 12 years old. 2. go out for a walk 3. He gave me. 4. The red car slowly. 5. My sister will do it right away. Demonstrating the complete sentence Sentences 1 and 5 are complete sentences. Numbers 2,3,4 are incomplete sentences, because they lack the five parts of a complete sentence.

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Step 2: Explanation Some of the common mistakes made in sentences are: the run-on sentence, wordy sentence and sentence fragment. For example: She got up early, she went to school by bike . (run-on sentence) --- She got up early. She went to school by bike. or She got up early, and she went to school by bike. There is no more space available. (wordy sentence) ---No more space is available. went to school ( sentence fragment and incomplete sentence) ---My son went to school yesterday.

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Step 3: Practice Please practice writing the complete sentences using the past continuous tense. For example: I was walking down the street when a UFO landed right in front of me. What were you doing when the alien … …

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Guided Practice Students will briefly write down the complete sentences according to the teacher’s instruction. Students read the sentences to their partner and get the peer feedback. The students will be chosen to write the sentences on the blackboard. The class will give the feedback to the sentence writing. The teacher will provide feedback on the written sentences on the blackboard. The students will take notes and consolidate how to write the complete sentences using the past continuous tense.

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Review the process of writing a complete sentence 1. Reviewing the five parts of a complete sentence; 2. Pay attention to the verb construction when using the past continuous tense; 3. It’s important to write complete sentence in writing, because we should let the audience understand what we want to express; 4. Share some complete sentences using the past continuous tense.

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Applying “To write a complete sentence in writing” Write a six-eight sentence paragraph about what you were doing at different times last Sunday; Exchange your paper with your partner and do some corrections; Students post the paper on the classroom wall and take a gallery walk to read each other’s work. Find out the best writing paper.