Mug #1 (Sentence Corrections)

MUG #1

Scan the next slide for errors. Mark them on your copy as you find them and then use the quizziz to work through the rest of the errors

Mug #1

This year writing will be a major focus, its important to understand grammer rules, without them you're writing is difficult to understand.

What errors do you notice? Mark them on your paper.

This year writing will be a major focus, its important to understand grammer rules, without them you're writing is difficult to understand.

Multiple Select

What three components make a complete sentence? Select all that apply.

• subject

• verb

• prepositional phrase

• makes sense as a whole

Drag and Drop

Drag the correct punctuation mark after the introductory element and put an end stop at the completion of the sentence.

This year​

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writing will be a major focus​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

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Great job!

This year, writing will be a major focus.

​Put a comma here to signal an introductory element

​Put a period at the end of the sentence to signal that it's the end of a sentence.

Introductory Element

This year, writing will be a major focus.

this is called an introductory element

Introductory Element

This year, writing will be a major focus.

These are passages, words, phrases, or even dependent clauses that come before a main sentence.

Introductory Element

This year, writing will be a major focus.

Introductory elements ALWAYS need to be separated from the main sentence with a comma.

Multiple Choice

If this was the last sentence, could you end it with a semi-colon?

This year, writing will be a major focus;

• Maybe
• Yes
• Not sure
• No

Multiple Choice

Would it be appropriate to join these two independent clauses like this>

This year, writing will be a major focus; it's important to understand grammar rules.

• Maybe
• Yes
• Not sure
• No

Semi-colons = fancy periods

Go ahead and use a semi-colon to join two independent clauses together! That's fine!
You just should avoid ending your sentence with a semi-colon if it's not hooked onto anything.

Independent Clause = fancy name for a sentence

Multiple Select

Again...what three components make a complete sentence? Select all that apply.

• subject

• verb

• prepositional phrase

• makes sense as a whole

Multiple Choice

How should we punctuate the first word in a sentence?

• Bolded
• Italicized
• Capitalized
• Underlined

Look at the punctuation below. Copy this onto your own paper.

It's important to understand grammar rules. Without them, your writing is difficult to understand.

Multiple Choice

What is a homonym?

• A type of flower
• A musical instrument
• A word with the same pronunciation or spelling as another word but with a different meaning
• A type of cloud

Drag and Drop

Drag the correct form of "your/you're" into the sentence and the correct it's/its into the sentence as well as the comma and the period (end stop.)



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important to understand grammar rules. Without them ​

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writing is difficult to understand​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

your

you're

it's

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Homonyms

These are words that sound alike, but have different spellings and meanings

your= possessive pronoun
you're= contraction of you and are
it's= contraction of it is
its= possessive pronoun

Multiple Choice

Select the correctly punctuated and spelled passage.

This year writing will be a major focus, its important to understand grammer rules, without them you're writing is difficult to understand.

• This year, writing will be a major focus. Its important to understand grammar rules. Without them, you're writing is difficult to understand.

• This year writing will be a major focus. It's important to understand grammar rules. Without them, your writing is difficult to understand
• This year, writing will be a major focus. Its important to understand grammar rules. Without them, you're writing is difficult to understand.
• This year, writing will be a major focus. It's important to understand grammar rules. Without them, your writing is difficult to understand.

MUG#1 (Second Sentence, scan for errors!)

During each session, well edit one of these sets of M.U.G. sentences, M.U.G. by the way is an abbreviation of "mechanics, usage and grammer"

Drag and Drop

Drag the correct form of will/wheel/well/we'll into the sentence below



During each session,​

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edit one of these sets of M.U.G. sentences, M.U.G. by the way is an abbreviation of "mechanics, usage and grammer"

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

we'll

well

will

wheel

Multiple Choice

Is this correctly punctuated using a comma?

During each session, we'll edit one of these sets of M.U.G. sentences, M.U.G. by the way is an abbreviation of "mechanics, usage, and grammar"

• No, it should be a hyphen instead

• Yes
• No, it should be a colon instead
• No, it needs a semicolon instead

Multiple Choice

What is this error called?

During each session, we'll edit one of these sets of M.U.G. sentences, M.U.G. by the way is an abbreviation of "mechanics, usage, and grammar"

• Run-on sentence
• Subject-verb agreement error
• Fragment
• Comma splice

Drag and Drop

Drag the correct punctuation to separate the independent clauses.



During each session, we'll edit one of these sets of M.U.G. sentences ​

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M.U.G. by the way is an abbreviation of "mechanics, usage, and grammar"

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

;

,

-

?

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Multiple Choice

What is the third comma before the last word in a list called?

• Oxford Penny

• London Mark

• Dictionary Comma

• Oxford Comma

MUG#1

During each session, we'll edit one of these sets of M.U.G. sentences, M.U.G. by the way is an abbreviation of "mechanics, usage, and grammar"

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​Oxford Comma

Dropdown

Using the drop down menus, select the correct punctuation. During each session, we'll edit one of these sets of M.U.G. sentences​

Select answer

M.U.G. ​

Select answer

by the way​

Select answer

is an abbreviation of "mechanics, usage, and grammar​

Select answer

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Multiple Choice

Where should commas and periods go in relationship to he quotation marks?

• At the beginning of the sentence
• Inside the quotation marks
• Outside the quotation marks
• Only in long quotes

Poll

How confident do you feel in your ability to demonstrate mastery of the grammar and terms?

• Very Confident

• Moderately Confident

• Not Very Confident

• Not at all Confident