Avoiding Run-on Sentences and Fragments Make your writing clearer, ;

REVIEW: What Does a Comma Signal? A comma signals a pause. (It tells the reader to slow down briefly, but then keep going until the thought is completed.) Because the Browns scored a lot, they won the game.

REVIEW: What Do Periods Signal? Periods signal a full stop. The idea is complete. The Browns won the game. It was so exciting. STOP!

Review: What Is a Complete Sentence? A complete sentence has a SUBJECT and a VERB (PREDICATE) that work together to make a COMPLETE THOUGHT. Mary got a puppy. The Browns won the game. Reading is good for you.

What is a complete sentence? 1. Who or what did or is something?  This is the subject 2. What did they do or what are they?  This is the verb (predicate) 3. Does it express a complete thought A. They run. B. Running down the hall past the sleeping dog. It is a fact that…

Remember… a sentence is like a bicycle- it needs both wheels to work.

ONE MORE TIME: SENTENCE TEST – a sentence must have ALL THREE to be a complete sentence: 1. Does it have a SUBJECT? 2. Does it have a VERB (predicate)? 3. Is it a COMPLETE THOUGHT? It is a fact that…

So, what is the problem? Sometimes our sentences are NOT complete thoughts= FRAGMENTS: Mark and his friends. Because I was hungry. Even though I studied for two hours. Subject + Verb + Complete thought

A fragment means a wheel is missing from the bicycle.

To fix a fragment, make it a complete thought. Mark and his friends went to Dairy Queen. Because I was hungry, I ordered a pizza. I ordered a pizza because I was hungry. Even though I studied for two hours, I still failed the test.

What’s missing from these fragments? Glue the chart on your opposite DTAP page near the top and circle what is missing. 1When I was five.subject verb CT 2Ran across the street.Subject verb CT 3The Mustang with the tinted windows. Subject verb CT 4Anthony Horowitz, the author of Stormbreaker. Subject verb CT 5Until I get my grades up.Subject verb CT

Fix the fragments… Change each of the fragments from the chart into complete sentences by adding what was missing. Write your new, complete sentences under your chart on your opposite DTAP page. Watch punctuation and capitalization.

Check for complete sentences: I just read Tuck Everlasting. I would rate it a 10. Because it had great characters and an interesting plot. Winnie, the 10 year old main character. I just read Tuck Everlasting. I would rate it a 10 because it had great characters and an interesting plot. Winnie is the 10 year old main character.

Run-on Sentences

What Is a Run-on Sentence? A RUN-ON is caused by running one sentence (complete thought) into another, without putting any punctuation in between. The CAVs won the game it was so exciting. Run-on 2 complete thoughts

Run-On Sentence –runs two complete thoughts into each other without proper punctuation

A Comma Splice Run-On: A comma splice is putting a poor, weak comma in a run-on sentence to separate two complete thoughts BUT it is STILL a RUN-ON., The CAVs won the game, it was so exciting. COMMA SPLICE

Separate them with a period, creating two complete sentences. The CAVs won the game. How Can You Fix Run-ons? One way is to… It was so exciting. STOP

Another way to fix run-ons is to use… FOR AND NOR BUT OR YET SO COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) help you FIX run-ons Complete thought (independent clause), Complete thought (independent clause) for and nor but or yet so. The CAVs won the game, and it was so exciting.

STARRING the : Nick Allen had plenty of ideas, and he knew what to do with them. Andrew Clements, Frindle I could remember every detail of the whole night, but it had the unreal quality of a dream. S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders He flails and tries to swim away, but the current is too powerful. Tishy, All In One Piece

How would you fix this? The boys got into a fight, the teacher sent them to the office. The boys got into a fight, so the teacher sent them to the office.

How would you fix this? You can come with us we are leaving early. You can come with us, but we are leaving early.

How would you fix these? (Rewrite the sentences on your paper) 1. It started raining I put up my umbrella. 2. While I was running through the woods. 3. It is a snow day, I will go see Wreck-it Ralph. 4. Mary likes chocolate ice cream Susie prefers vanilla. 5. Last Saturday after the ballgame at the ice cream shop.

How would you fix these? 1. It started raining, so I put up my umbrella. 2. While I was running through the woods, I tripped over a tree root. 3. It is a snow day, so I will go see Avatar. 4. Mary likes chocolate ice cream, but Susie prefers vanilla. 5. Last Saturday after the ballgame at the ice cream shop, I saw my teacher.

Can you identify the problem? Number your opposite DTAP page from 1-7. Identify whether the following sentences are: Complete Sentence Run-On Fragment

1. Walking through the dark forest. a) Complete Sentence Complete Sentence b) Fragment Fragment c) Run-On Run-On

2. Bob was running in the yard. a) Complete Sentence Complete Sentence b) Fragment Fragment c) Run-On Run-On

3. This is my first ball game I think we will win. a) Complete Sentence Complete Sentence b) Fragment Fragment c) Run-On Run-On

4. All of the other girls at the mall. a) Complete Sentence Complete Sentence b) Fragment Fragment c) Run-On Run-On

5. He runs. a) Complete Sentence Complete Sentence b) Fragment Fragment c) Run-On Run-On

6. The game is very close we shouldn’t leave. a) Complete Sentence Complete Sentence b) Fragment Fragment c) Run-On Run-On

7. Shooting just before the buzzer rang and hoping to score the winning point. a) Complete Sentence Complete Sentence b) Fragment Fragment c) Run-On Run-On

Review Question 1 What three things do you need for a complete sentence?

Review Question 2 What is a fragment?

Review Question 3 What is run-on?

Review Question 4 Name two ways that you can fix a run-on.