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Transcript of Bell Ringer 8/27/2014 Wednesday Bell Ringer Place your homework on your desk.
Bell Ringer 8/27/2014
•Wednesday Bell Ringer
•Place your homework on your desk.
Opening
•BRAINSTORM! •With your partner, write down everything you know about sentences.
Learning Target
•Today I am learning about run-ons and sentence fragments because avoiding these makes my writing better.
Pg. 4: Run-Ons & Fragments
Run-OnsFragments
Pin: FBQAN
Nickname: first name last initial
Avoiding Sentence Fragments &
Run-Ons
Helping you share your ideas with the world!
Why?!
•Sentence fragments and run-on sentences can confuse your reader.
Fragments
• Threw the baseball. (WHO threw the baseball?!?!)
• Mark and his friends. (WHAT did they do?)
• Around the corner. (WHO? WHAT? HUH?)
Fragments
A fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete
thought.
Something important is missing, and you are left wondering
What is this about? or What happened?
Fragments
A fragment may be missing a SUBJECT…Threw the baseball. (Who threw the baseball?)
• A fragment may be missing a PREDICATE…
Mark and his friends. (What about them?)
• A fragment may be missing BOTH…Around the corner. (Who was? What
happened?)
fRAGMENTS
You can correct a fragment by adding the missing part of speech.
Add a subject: Rob threw the baseball.
Add a verb: Mark and his friends laughed.
Add both: A dog ran around the corner.
Run-Ons
A run-on is two thoughts put together in the same sentence.
• The two ideas may or may not be related.
• A run-on can be fixed by adding proper punctuation to separate the two complete thoughts.
Run-Ons
• Tyler delivered newspapers in the rain he got very wet.
• Kevin and his dog went for a walk it was a beautiful day.
• On Monday we went outside for recess it was fun.
Run-Ons
• There are three ways to correct a run-on:
1.Add a period and a capital letter.
2.Add a comma and a FANBOYS conjunction.
3.Add a semicolon.
Run-Ons
• Let’s correct a sentence using a period and a capital letter!
• Tyler delivered newspapers in the rain he got very wet. WRONG! RUN-ON!
• Tyler delivered newspapers in the rain. He got very wet. RIGHT! SENTENCES!
Run-On
• Let’s correct a sentence using a semicolon!
• Kevin and his dog went for a walk it was a beautiful day. WRONG! RUN-ON!
• Kevin and his dog went for a walk; it was a beautiful day. RIGHT! SENTENCES!
Run-On
• Let’s correct a sentence using a comma and a FANBOYS conjunction!
• On Monday we went outside for recess it was fun. WRONG! RUN-ON!
• On Monday we went outside for recess, and it was fun. RIGHT! SENTENCES!
You’ve done a great job identifying and correcting fragments and run-ons! But the real test of your knowledge is in your own writing. You now have to remember what you’ve learned and apply it to your own writing. A great place to do this is in the editing stage of the writing process. When you check your work, keep an eye out for fragments and run-ons!!
Closing
On Edmodo, write one sentence explaining what you learned today.
• 1. IB Learner Profile Terms• 2. Independent/Dependent Clauses• 3. Sentence Structure• 4. Runons & Fragments