Sentences 11/22/24

Grade 5 Read/Write

Unit 3: Early American Civilizations: Maya,
Aztec, and Inca

November 22, 2024

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LO:

SWBAT edit drafts using standard English
conventions to avoidfragments.
El estudiante podrá editar borradores utilizando las convenciones
estándar del inglés para evitar fragmentos.

DOL: Given a text, students will correctly edit drafts using

standard English conventions to avoid fragments in at
least 4 of 5 questions.
Dado un texto, el estudiante editará correctamente los borradores
utilizando las convenciones estándar del inglés para evitar
fragmentos en al menos 4 de 5 preguntas.

Ⓢ ELA.5.11D.i Edit drafts using standard English conventions, including complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement and
avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments.

Early American Civilizations

If I think about
this sandwich
as a sentence,
it would be a…

fragment

Dropdown

A fragment is an incorrect ​

Select answer

​ that occurs when a sentence is ​

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, sometimes because it is ​ ​

Select answer

a​

Select answer

or​

Select answer

.

Drag and Drop

Is this a complete sentence or fragment?​

Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

complete sentence

fragment

Drag and Drop

Is this a complete sentence or fragment?​

Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

fragment

complete sentence

Drag and Drop

Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?​

Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

fragment

complete sentence

Multiple Choice

What is a fragment?

• A simple sentence 

  that has a comma.

  
  

• When you use a comma and a conjunction to join two sentences together.

  
  

• When two independent clauses are joined together with a comma.

• A group of words that do not express a complete thought.

If I think about
this sandwich
as a sentence,
it would be a…

simple

sentence

fragments

Read

Stop

Jot!

Read the text

Stop and ask yourself:
●How do I identify a
sentence or a fragment?

⭐

This is important!

Underline key

words or details

❓

I don’t understand

Readers are expected to…

1

2

3

pages 24-27

Purpose for today’s
reading is to…

●understand the text in a
deeper manner.

“Aztec City on the Water’s Edge”

pages 24-27

“Aztec City on the Water’s Edge”

When did the Aztec settle

in the Valley of Mexico,

and what was the capital

of their empire?

The Aztec settled in the Valley of Mexico…
and the capital of their empire was..

“Aztec City on the Water’s Edge”

Sentence… needs

to be edited because….

(1) On the lakeshore, the Aztec
built mud huts and lived on food
from the lake: frogs, fish, and
algae. (2) They hunted deer,
rabbits, coyotes, armadillos, and
snakes. (3) They raised. (4) They
gathered grasshoppers and
worms for food. (Amplify Reader Unit 5)

Which sentence from
the text needs to be

edited? Why?

Read the following text.

Multiple Choice

3. They raised

What is the correct way to write sentence 3?

• They raised, bees.

• They raised bees, turkeys, and ducks.

• They raised bees turkeys and ducks.

• They turkeys and ducks.

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Closing

Why is it important
to write complete

sentences instead of writing fragments?

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Demonstration of Learning

Given a text, students

will correctly edit drafts
using standard English
conventions to avoid
fragments in at least 4 of
5 questions.