Lesson 14English 11

Agenda

1. Warm-Up2. Dangling Modifiers3. Modifier Practice4. SSR

HW: Run-Ons

UPCOMING:Grammar Quiz Next ClassReading Quiz Friday (P2,6)Monday: P4

Timed Writing: P2

10 Minutes***

Turn in when finished.

*Pass back papers

*Missing Work-Jacob, Nate, Alex S., Isaiah

Period 6: Point of View, Run-Ons

Pass back papers

Missing Work: Leslie, Ciara, Robert

Lesson 13 PPT

Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl

Modifier: Words or phrases that modify something else

Misplaced Modifier: Modifiers that modify something you didn’t intend them to modify

Grammar Girl

I ate only vegetables

(only=modifier)

I only ate vegetables

Grammar Girl

It's easiest to get modifiers right when you keep them as close as possible to the thing they are modifying.

When you're working with one-word modifiers, for example, they usually go right before the word they modify.

I only ate vegetables vs. I ate only vegetables

Only was the modifier, and it modifies the closes word (ate or vegetables)

Grammar Girl

I almost failed every art class I took

means that although it was close, I passed all those classes.

I failed almost every art class I took.

means that I passed only a few art classes.

(almost=modifier)

Grammar Girl

Rolling down the hill, Squiggly was frightened that the rocks would fall on the campsite.

I’m worried about those

rocks!

Grammar Girl

Covered in wildflowers, Aardvark pondered the hillside's beauty.

Hills sure are

beautiful.

Grammar Girl: Dangling Modifiers

A dangling modifier describes something that isn't even in your sentence.

Usually you are implying the subject and taking for granted that your reader will know what you mean—not a good strategy. 

Grammar Girl

Hiking the trail, the birds chirped loudly.

Grammar Girl

Squinting modifier: The modifier is placed between two things that it could reasonably modify.

The reader is unsure of which one to choose.

Grammar Girl

Children who laugh rarely are shy. (rarely=modifier)

Not sure if children who rarely laugh are shy…

or children who laugh are rarely shy?

Practice

Handout:

Each group gets a sentence to fix

and draw sketch on the board!

SSR

UPCOMING:

Grammar Quiz Next Class

Reading Quiz Friday (P2,6)

Monday: P4

Writing Warm-Up: Box #12

The Great Gatsby: How does Gatsby represent the American dream? What does the novel have to say about the condition of the American dream in the 1920s? In what ways do the themes of dreams, wealth, and time relate to each other in the novel’s exploration of the idea of America?

Their Eyes Were Watching God is concerned with issues of speech and how speech is both a mechanism of control and a vehicle of liberation. Yet Janie remains silent during key moments in her life. Discuss the role of silence in the book and how that role changes throughout the novel.

The Joy Luck Club: Consider the various factors contributing to the divide between each mother and daughter. How much of the miscommunication and misunderstanding is a result of cultural differences, and how much is the result of generational differences? Include any other contributing factors.

Into the Wild: Is McCandless truly compassionate, as he is often described? Consider his activities during high school and college as well as his life “in the wild.”