Exploring Sentence Fragments with BrainPop

The video begins with a fantasy role-play scenario involving a wizard and a sword. It then transitions to a grammar lesson on sentence fragments, explaining that a fragment is an incomplete sentence lacking a subject or predicate. The video further explores dependent and independent clauses, highlighting that dependent clauses cannot stand alone. It also covers subordinating conjunctions, which connect dependent clauses to independent ones, and discusses how varying sentence structure can enhance writing.

What happens to the wizard when you attack him with your sword?

• He runs away.

• He fights back with a sword.

• He surrenders.

• He casts a spell of cloakiness and disappears.

What is a sentence fragment?

• An incomplete sentence missing either a subject or predicate.

• A sentence without a predicate.

• A sentence without a subject.

• A complete sentence with a subject and predicate.

Which of the following is a sentence fragment?

• The dragon was defeated.

• Rita the sorceress.

• Moby fought the dragon.

• Rita the sorceress cast her spell.

How can you fix the fragment 'Rita the sorceress'?

• By adding a subject.

• By adding an adjective.

• By adding a predicate.

• By removing the subject.

What is a dependent clause?

• A clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence.

• A clause that does not form a complete thought and depends on another clause.

• A clause that has no subject.

• A clause that has no verb.

Which of the following is an independent clause?

• After the battle ended.

• When Rita the sorceress cast her spell.

• Moby turned into a newt.

• Because the dragon was defeated.

What word often starts a dependent clause?

• And

• When

• But

• Or

Which of the following is a subordinating conjunction?

• And

• But

• Because

• Or

What happens to Moby when Rita the sorceress casts her spell?

• He turns into a dragon.

• He fights back.

• He disappears.

• He turns into a newt.

Why was Cassie happy?

• Because she defeated the orcs.

• Because she cast a spell.

• Because she got a new sword for her birthday.

• Because Moby turned into a newt.