MISPLACED AND DANGLING MODIFIERS: POWERPOINT

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Standard English Conventions – Misplaced Modifiers and Dangling Modifiers. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement.

After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to:

• Review the common mistakes writers make by improperly placing modifiers in sentences.
• Review the ambiguity not clearly stated subject of the modifier creates in a sentence.
• Compare and contrast improperly placed modifier and not clearly stated subject of the modifier.
• Identify the errors to ensure that all modifiers are placed as close as possible to the things that they are meant to modify.
• Identify the errors to ensure that the subject of the modifier is clearly stated in the sentence.
• Create new sentences ensuring modifiers are placed properly and subject of the modifiers are stated clearly.

This download includes:

• EXERCISE 1: Review the common mistakes writers make by improperly placing modifiers in sentences.
• EXERCISE 2: Review the ambiguity not clearly stated subject of the modifier creates in a sentence.
• EXERCISE 3: Compare and contrast given sentences for a misplaced modifier.
• EXERCISE 4: Compare and contrast given sentences for a dangling modifier.
• EXERCISE 5: Compare and contrast improperly placed modifier and not clearly stated subject of the modifier.
• EXERCISE 6: Identify the errors to ensure that all modifiers are placed as close as possible to the things that they are meant to modify (Part 1-4).
• EXERCISE 7: Identify the errors to ensure that the subject of the modifier is clearly stated in the sentence (Part 1-4).
• EXERCISE 8: Create new sentences ensuring modifiers are placed properly and subject of the modifiers are stated clearly.