Follow these directions:

• Get your literary notebook.

• Set up a Type 2.

Type 2: Define a compound subject, a compound predicate,

and a compound sentence.

• Examples:– Anna and Gabby will sing in the talent show.– Gabby will sing and dance in the talent show.– Anna will sing, and Gabby will dance in the

talent show.

– Compound subject: TWO subjects doing ONE action• Anna and Gabby will sing in the talent show.

– Compound predicate: ONE subject that is doing TWO actions• Gabby will sing and dance in the talent show.

– Compound sentence: Two simple sentences joined by a comma + conjunction.• Anna will sing, and Gabby will dance in the

talent show.

Sentence Errors

1. Fragments2. Run-ons

3. Comma Splices

1. Fragments

A Fragment is…• An incomplete thought.• Missing a subject or a verb or both.• Examples:

– Went to the store to buy brownie mix. Missing a subject

– Correction: My dad went to the store to buy brownie mix.

– Tomorrow the brownie mix. Missing a verb– Correction: Tomorrow the brownie mix is on sale.

– At the grocery store. Missing subject & predicate

– Correction: We shop at the grocery store.

Let’s Practice: Correct the Fragments

1. She opened the door. And sneezed.

2. Me and Julio down by the schoolyard.

3. Somewhere over the rainbow.

Answers: Fragments• Fragment sentences are in italics.

She opened the door. And sneezed. Don’t make two separate sentences.

Be more sophisticated!• Problem: Missing a subject.

• Correction# 1: Combine to make a compound predicate.• She opened the door and sneezed.OR• Correction #2: Add another subject + comma to make a compound sentence.• She opened the door, and she sneezed.•__________________________________________________________________________Me and Julio down by the schoolyard.• Problem: Missing a subject and verb.• Correction: You should visit me and Julio down by the schoolyard._________________________________________________________________________Somewhere over the rainbow.• Problem: Missing subject and verb.• Correction: Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly.

2. Run-ons

Run-on Sentences

• The opposite of a fragment.• Two complete

sentences that run together as if they are one sentence.

How to correct a run-on sentence …

• Run-on example: The store was really packed with people there must have been a big sale today.

– Correction #1: Break into two simple sentences• The store was really packed with people. There must have

been a big sale today.

– Correction #2: Add a conjunction and a comma. This is a compound sentence.• The store was really packed with people, so there must have

been a big sale today.

Let’s Practice: correct the run-on errors

1. We were really busy at the restaurant tonight. I waited tables straight through from 3:30 to 11:30 I never sat down for even one break.

2. My dog had to go to the vet today. She cried and cried when they clipped her toenails but then she wagged her tail when they gave her a shot.

3. The book we had to read for class was really long my teacher doesn’t seem to understand that we have other classes to read for too.

Answers: Run-ons• Corrections are in orange:

1. Using Correction #1: We were really busy at the restaurant tonight. I waited tables straight through from 3:30 to 11:30. I never sat down for even one break.

OR1. Using Correction #2: We were really busy at the restaurant tonight. I waited tables straight through from 3:30 to 11:30, and I never sat down for even one break.

2. Using Correction #2: My dog had to go to the vet today. She cried and cried when they clipped her toenails, but then she wagged her tail when they gave her a shot.

3. Using Correction #1: The book we had to read for class was really long. My teacher doesn’t seem to understand that we have other classes to read for too.

Period 6: How to correct a run-on sentence…

• Run-on example: The store was really packed with people there must have been a big sale today.

– Correction #1: Break into two simple sentences• The store was really packed with people. There must have

been a big sale today.

– Correction #2: Add a conjunction and a comma. This is a compound sentence.• The store was really packed with people, so there must have

been a big sale today.

– Correction #3: Combine the two sentences with a semicolon. • The store was really packed with people; there must have

been a big sale today.

Period 6: Let’s Practice: correct the run-on errors

1. We were really busy at the restaurant tonight. I waited tables straight through from 3:30 to 11:30 I never sat down for even one break.

2. My dog had to go to the vet today. She cried and cried when they clipped her toenails but then she wagged her tail when they gave her a shot.

3. The book we had to read for class was really long my teacher doesn’t seem to understand that we have other classes to read for too.

Period 6: Answers: Run-ons• Corrections are in orange:

1. Using Correction #1: We were really busy at the restaurant tonight. I waited tables straight through from 3:30 to 11:30. I never sat down for even one break.

OR1. Using Correction #3: We were really busy at the restaurant tonight. I waited tables straight through from 3:30 to 11:30; I never sat down for even one break.

2. Using Correction #2: My dog had to go to the vet today. She cried and cried when they clipped her toenails, but then she wagged her tail when they gave her a shot.

3. Using Correction #1: The book we had to read for class was really long. My teacher doesn’t seem to understand that we have other classes to read for too.

3. Comma Splices

Comma Splices

• A type of run-on sentence• Two complete thoughts

that run together with only a comma separating them.

Correcting comma splices…

Let’s Practice: Comma Splices

• The following sentences are comma splices. For each sentence, suggest two possible revisions.

1. I didn’t like the movie, it was way too long.

2. She and Jerry are getting married in the fall, they didn’t want a summer wedding.

3. My favorite bands are all really loud, playing loud music is good for stress relief.

Answers: Comma Splice• Corrections are in orange:

1. Using Correction #1: I didn’t like the movie. It was way too long.

2. Using Correction #2: She and Jerry didn’t want a summer wedding, so they are getting married in the fall.

3. Using Correction #1: My favorite bands are all really loud. Playing loud music is good for stress relief.

Period 6: Correcting comma splices…

Period 6: Let’s Practice: correcting comma splices…

1. I didn’t like the movie, it was way too long.

2. She and Jerry are getting married in the fall, they didn’t want a summer wedding.

3. My favorite bands are all really loud, playing loud music is good for stress relief.

Period 6 Answers: Comma Splice

• Corrections are in orange:

1. Using Correction #1: I didn’t like the movie. It was way too long.

2. Using Correction #2: She and Jerry are getting married in the fall, for they didn’t want a summer wedding.

3. Using Correction #3: My favorite bands are all really loud; playing loud music is good for stress relief.

Work Time: Popular Song Titles Fragments:

1. “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” – needs a subject and predicate

2. “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard.” – needs a predicate

3. “In the Still of the Night.”– needs a subject and predicate

4. “Under the Boardwalk.”– needs a subject and predicate

• Add 6 of your own using your iPod or CD.

• Explain what should be added to create a sentence.

Sentences:

1. “You Are My

Sunshine”

2. “I Walk the Line”

3. “I Want to Hold Your

Hand.”

• Add 6 of your own using your iPod or CD.

• Prove you are right using color-coding!