This document proposes using a SMART Board lesson to teach students the difference between sentences and fragments. It notes that many students struggled with this in essays. A SMART Board lesson would be more interactive than traditional methods like worksheets. The lesson would involve students dragging example sentences and fragments to bags labeled "Sentence" and "Fragment" on the SMART Board. The class would then discuss why each choice was right or wrong, and how to fix fragments. The interactive nature of this lesson keeps students engaged and allows them to participate directly.

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SMART Board Application
“Sentence or Fragment?”
Shannon O’Keefe

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Why incorporate this SMART Board
Lesson?
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During my field experience, I read over several student essays
and it seemed that many students didn’t know the difference
between sentences and fragments

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Other ways to teach this
difference…
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I could use any of the following to teach my
students:
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Handouts
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Worksheets
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Lecture
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However, I feel that a more interactive approach
would be the most beneficial because hands-on
learning can help new ideas stick
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Plus, you don’t want students to get bored…

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Introduce…the SMART Board!
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The SMART board allows a more interactive way of learning
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Keeps students engaged!

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Using the SMART Board to teach the
“Sentence or Fragment?” Lesson
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The lesson described on SMART Exchange USA is fairly
straightforward
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It has only one screen with two bags:
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One titled “Sentence”
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One titled “Fragment”
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Students would come up to the board (hopefully volunteering!) and
drag the example sentences or fragments into the appropriate bag
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As a class, we would go over why each decision was right or wrong
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As a bonus, for those fragments on the board, we would discuss
ways to make them complete sentences and tips on spotting
fragments

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Why would it be effective?
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Gets students up out of their seats
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Asks for volunteers
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Provides the opportunity for further student involvement in the
explanation of why the fragment is considered a fragment in the
first place and allows them to fix the fragment on their own

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SMART Exchange USA
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http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=47d6b44c-dce14dd3-9cb1-c0d69f58e1d6