Unit Activity Lesson Plans

Introduction
Students have reviewed Unit 9, Troubleshooter. Troubleshooter is designed to help students correct their common writing errors during the writing process. In this lesson, they will recall concepts from the unit.

Lesson Description
Students will verify the validity of ten statements related to the unit.

Instructional Objectives

1. Students will be able to correct common grammar problems in writing.
2. Students will be able to recall concepts from the unit.

Student Web Activity Answers
True: If a fragment lacks a complete verb, add a complete verb or a helping verb or combine it with another sentence.
True: Add a comma before the coordinating conjunction to separate two main clauses.
False: If a noun of amount refers to a number of individual units, it is singular.
True: When two or more events occur at the same time, be sure to use the same verb tense to describe both events.
False: When you use the auxiliary verb have, use the past form of an irregular verb, not the past participle form.
True: Dangling modifiers do not logically seem to modify any word in the sentence.
True: Use an apostrophe alone to form the possessive of a plural noun that ends in –s.
False: / = / is the proofreading symbol for "insert a space."
False: Always use an apostrophe with possessive personal pronouns.
False: Indefinite pronouns are always plural.

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