17 Oct. 2012

AGENDA-Bel lwork—Kinds of Sentences Handout

Defi ne kinds of Sentences-Identify common grammatical

problems.

Defi ne and iden t i fy d iff e ren t k inds o f sen tences .

Defi ne , i den t i fy , and co rrec t sen tence f ragments , r un - on sen tences , and comma sp l i ces .

I den t i fy techn iques to g i ve your sen tences power.

“Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”—Mark Twain

Bellwork—Grammar Time

10/17/2012 Read through the Blue “Kinds of

Sentences and Their Punctuation” Handout

Identify Type of Sentence

1. I went to the grocery store and the library.

2. I went to the grocery store, and then I went to the library.

3. My husband, who was at home, called; he asked me to buy ice cream.

4. Sarah and Elizabeth loved this idea.5. I had two choices: chocolate chip or

vanilla.6. Because I didn’t want the ice cream to

melt, I skipped going to the library and drove straight home.

Sentence Errors—Sentence Fragment Sentence Fragment—Incomplete

sentence. Example:

At the end of the school year. I had to make a difficult choice about my future.

Fix—Wants to be a complex sentence: At the end of the school year, I had to make a

difficult choice about my future.

Sentence Errors—Comma Splice Comma Splice—Two independent clauses

joined by only a comma. Example:

There’s something different about this evening that wasn’t present in the others, it’s dead silent.

Fix—Wants to be a compound sentence; needs a linking word or different punctuation.

There’s something different about this evening that wasn’t present in the others; it’s dead silent.

There’s something different about this evening

that wasn’t present in the others: it’s dead silent.

There’s something different about this evening

that wasn’t present in the others—dead silence.

Sentence Errors—Run On Sentences Run-On Sentences—Two or more

sentences smushed together with no punctuation. Example:

I went to dance practice I had to do my homework and eat dinner and I went to bed.

Fix—Combine into one complex sentence After dance practice, I had to do my homework,

eat dinner, and go to bed. Fix—Separate out into two sentences with

punctuation. I went to dance practice. Then, I had to do my

homework, eat dinner and go to bed.