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 answer ten true-false questions 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
False: Add a subject to a fragment that is a subordinate clause in order to make a complete sentence.
True: You can correct a comma splice by placing a semicolon between the two main clauses.
True: If a predicate nominative differs in number from the subject, ignore the predicate nominative and make the verb agree with the subject of the sentence.
False: An incorrect pronoun shift occurs when a writer or speaker uses a pronoun in one person and then fails to shift to a pronoun in another person.
True: When events being described have occurred at different times, shift tenses to show that one event precedes or follows another.
False: The past participle of an irregular verb can stand alone as a verb.
True: To correct a dangling modifier, rewrite the sentence, adding a noun to which the dangling phrase clearly refers.
True: Use an apostrophe and an –s to form the possessive of a singular indefinite pronoun.
False: If a phrase, participle, or infinitive is essential to the meaning of the sentence, set off the phrase, participle, or infinitive with commas.
False: When there are two items in a series, use a comma after the first item that precedes the conjunction.

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