Republic of the Philippines

UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES

University Town, Northern Samar
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND COMMUNICATION
Department of Languages and Communication

A Detailed Lesson Plan

in English 111 (Study and thinking Skills)

Class: AB LLT 1 Date: March 12, 2017

Time: 7:00-8:00 A.M

Student Name: MARY MAY E. BALAGBIS

I. Objectives
At the end of the discussion, the students should be able to:
a. Identify and correct misplaced and dangling modifiers;
b. Appreciate the importance of proper placement of modifiers; and
c. Construct sentences that observe proper placement of modifiers

II. Subject Matter

Topic: Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
Reference: Prentice Hall’s Grammar and Composition, Pp. 190-195
http://www.chompchomp.com/handouts/modifiers01.pdf
Materials: LCD Projector and Handouts
III. Procedures:
Learning Activities
Teacher's Activities Students' Activities

A. Preparatory Activities

I. Preliminary Activities Good morning, Ma'am.

Good morning, class.

(Students pick up the pieces of trash and
(Checking of Attendance) throw it into the bin and they arrange their
Pick up the pieces of trash and throw it into chairs properly and they write their names on
the garbage bin and arrange your chairs a 1/8 sheet of paper.)
properly.
Please write your name on a 1/8 sheet of
paper for you attendance.

II. Review

Let us have a short recap of your previous

lesson.
Class, what was our topic last meeting? Ma’am, our topic last meeting is about
diphthongs and stress.

Yes. Very good!

Then, what is diphthong? Ma'am diphthong begins with one vowel
sound and change to another vowel in the
same syllable. For example: /aI/, /aU/ and /oI/
Alright, very good!

You have also discussed about word stress

right? Then, what is stress?
That's right. Can you give me examples of a
noun that change into verb stress?
Anyone from the class?
Stress is the prominence given to a syllable or
a single-syllable word. It involves changes in
pitch, force and duration. The stress symbol
should only be put on the vowel.
Report – rePOrt
Record – reCOrd
Present – preSEnt

Very good! It seems that you listened and

understood our discussion last meeting.

III. Motivation

Okay, class. I am going to show you a video

clip. Observe the sentences attentively.

(The video clip shows a plenty of sentences

errors

III. Presentation

Based on the video, what have you

observed in the sentences? Ma’am, the sentences has a lot of errors.

Why did you say so?

Because the modifiers were not right.

Very good.

IV. Discussion

The video shown earlier have sentences

with plenty of errors. Since modifiers were
not right.

But what is modifier? Ma’am, it modifies a noun.

Precisely. But modifier is not as simply as

like that.

A sentence is not easy to construct. Of the

many things to be considered in writing
sentences is the modifier. A modifier should
be close as possible to the word it modifies.
So, we have techniques on correcting
dangling and misplaced modifiers.

Let us first recognize misplaced modifiers.

Most problems with modifiers arise when a

modifier is placed too far from the word it
modifies. The modifier is then called a
misplaced modifier. When modifiers are not
placed to their best advantage, the reader
may be confused.

A misplaced modifier appears to modify

the wrong word in a sentence.

Class, notice how the placement of the

italicized modifier in the following sentence
might cause confusion.

Kindly read the sentences with misplaced

modifiers.

MISPLACED MODIFIER:
Coming in for a landing, ground
control radioed to the distressed
airliner.
Thank you.

It seems as if ground control is coming in for

a landing. In fact, that is precisely what a
reader might think because the modifying
phrase is placed next to the words ground
control. The writer probably intended the
phrase to the word airliner. Therefore, the
phrase should have been placed closer to
that word.

CORRECTED MODIFIER:
Ground control radioed to the distressed
airliner coming in for a landing.

Here are other examples of sentences with

misplaced and corrected modifiers. Observe
how they are corrected.

MISPLACED MODIFIER:
The messenger spoke to the receptionist
who delivered the package.

CORRECT MODIFIER:
 The messenger who delivered the
package spoke to the receptionist.

MISPLACED MODIFIER:
The golfer won the trophy wearing green
golf shoes.

CORRECT MODIFIER:
The golfer wearing green golf shoes won
the trophy.

MISPLACED MODIFIER::
The kitten drank the milk that was
hungry.

CORRECT MODIFIER:
The kitten that was hungry drank the
milk.

Can you follow, class?

Yes, Ma’am.

Very good. Now let us talk about correcting

misplaced modifier.

A misplaced modifier is usually a

prepositional phrase, a participial phrase, or
an adjective clause:

Correct a misplaced modifier by moving

the phrase or clause closer to the word it
should logically modify.

The following examples show some of the

ways that misplaced modifiers can be
corrected.

MISPLACED PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE:

A man leaped into the water over the
ship’s rail.

CORRECTED SENTENCE:
A man leaped over the ship’s rail into the
water.

MISPLACED PARTICIPIAL PHRASE:

Smashed beyond repair, Rob saw his
watch lying on the court.

CORRECTED SENTENCE:
Rob saw his watch, smashed beyond
repair, lying on the court.
MISPLACED ADJECTIVE CLAUSE:
Seeing the miner and his mule
approaching, the bandits loaded their rifles
 that were perched atop a rock.

CORRECTED SENTENCE:
Seeing the miner and his mule
approaching, the bandits that were perched
atop a rock loaded their rifles.

See how the sentences have been

corrected?
Yes, Ma’am.

Alright. Now, let us come to recognizing

dangling modifiers.

What is meant by dangling modifier by the

way?

A dangling modifier appears to modify either

the wrong word or no word at all because the
word it should logically modify is missing.

Okay. Very good.

Problems also arise when a modified word

seems to be missing entirely. The modifier is
then called a dangling modifier.

Reading a sentence that contains a

dangling modifier can make a reader stop to
guess what the missing word might be.

Kindly read the sentence, class.

DANGLING MODIFIER:
Giving a party, several balloons were blown
up.
The italicized modifier should describe
whoever gave the party, but no word in the
sentence identifies the party giver. Adding
the missing word can correct this problem.

CORRECTED SENTENCE:
Giving a party, they blew up several
balloons.

Now let us have correcting dangling

modifiers.
A dangling modifier is usually a participial
phrase or an adverb clause.

Correct a dangling modifier by rewriting the

sentence to include the missing word.

With a dangling participial phrase, the

missing word can be added after the phrase,
or the phrase can be rewritten as a clause.
In the first example, the missing word has
been added after the phrase. In the second,
the phrase has been added into a clause.

DANGLING PARTICIPIAL PHRASE:

Driving through the desert at night, the
cactuses looked eerie.

CORRECTED SENTENCE:
Driving through the desert at night, we
thought the cactuses looked eerie.

OR

When we were driving through the desert at

night, the cactuses looked eerie.

With a dangling clause, you will generally

find it sufficient to make the clause itself
more specific.

Read on the other examples.

DANGLING ADVERB CLAUSE:
When he was three years old, Jerry’s uncle
entered medical school.

CORRECTED SENTENCE:
When Jerry was three years old, his uncle
entered medical school.

Example:
Losing hope, the mountains rose in the
distance.

CORRECTED SENTENCE:
Losing hope, we saw the mountains rise in
the distance.

Have you understood, class?

Yes, Ma’am.

V. Evaluation

I have prepared an activity to test if you

really understand our lesson. I have here
sheet of paper containing a passage in
which you will find and fix the dangling
modifiers.

Is that clear?
Yes, Ma’am.

VI. Assignment
I have here a handout. What you will do is to
determine whether the sentences contain
misplaced or dangling modifiers. Am I
understood, class?
Yes, Ma’am.

Alright. Let us call it a day.

Goodbye, class.
Goodbye, Ma’am.