Eng089

Run-ons
Fragments

Prewrite
In what ways has your favorite movie or book
affected you?

Fragments

Fragments

A sentence is a group of words that has three elements:

Subject
Verb
And a Complete thought
A fragment seems to be a complete sentence but it
lacks either a
Subject
Verb
Or a complete thought

Fragments

What are the two basic ways to correct sentence

fragments?
Add what is missing (subject, verb, or both)
Attach fragment to sentence before or after it

Spotting Fragments

What are the five trouble spots that signal possible

fragments?
A word group that begins with a(n)
Preposition
Dependent word

Spotting Fragments

Dependent words
after, although, as, as if, because, before, even though,
how, if, since, so that, than, that, though, unless, until,
when, where, whether, which, while, who, whom,
whose, why

Spotting Fragments

What are the five trouble spots that signal possible

fragments?
A word group that begins with a(n)
Preposition
Dependent word
-ing verb form
to and a verb
an example or explanation

Spotting Fragments the

basics
Find the subject.
A subject is the person or thing doing the action or being
described in the sentence.
I run two miles every day, rain or shine.
Find the verb.
A verb is a word that expresses action or a state of
being.
He is happy about his new shoes.

Practice
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Eat your spinach.

Until I turn sixteen.
My big fat mouth.
When I come home from school.
Flies off her perch, lands on my shoulder, and begs for
sunflower seeds.
6. The dog and cat are both making noise.
7. She cant sleep because of the noise.
8. What makes me mad!

Run-Ons

There are two types of run-ons:

Fused
Comma splice

Run-Ons

Fused sentence
We went to the beach last summer I learned to surf.
Comma splice
We went to the beach last summer, I learned to surf.

Run-Ons

4. What are the five ways to correct run-ons?

Add a period
We went to the beach last summer. I learned to surf.
Add a semicolon
We went to the beach last summer; I learned to surf.
Add a semicolon, a conjunctive adverb, and a comma
We went to the beach last summer; therefore, I learned
to surf.

Run-Ons

4. What are the five ways to correct run-ons?

Add a comma and a coordinating conjunction
We went to the beach last summer, so I learned to surf.
Add a dependent word
Since we went to the beach last summer, I learned to
surf.

Practice

1. I thought I made a C on the test however, I made a B.

2. I didnt study very much, I made a good grade.
3. I might not be so lucky next time Im going to study
right now!
4. My friends went bar hopping, they all failed. (add a
dependent word)

Newsletter Practice
one line under subjects, two lines under verbs
While discussing the subject of acronyms lets examine a
doctor of chiropractics purpose DC = doctor of cause.
Chiropractors and chiropractic patients understand that all
disease has a cause and focus on removing it so the body
can heal. Not maintaining disease through drugs.
Chiropractic understands that the human body is
conceived by two cells. Those two simple cells share
responsibility for creating life. Chiropractic understands
that the very first organ those cells develop is a brain, then
from that brain comes the spinal cord, then like branches
growing on a tree come the nerves and finally like fruit at
the end of those branches grows organs. Since all life starts
with the central nervous system, then it must maintain life
and health. The healthier the nervous system the healthier
the body, chiropractors understand this fundamental law
of the body and maximize the nervous system through
adjustments.

Newsletter Practice
one line under subjects, two lines under verbs
While discussing the subject of acronyms lets examine a
doctor of chiropractics purpose DC = doctor of cause.
Chiropractors and chiropractic patients understand that all
disease has a cause; They focus on removing it, so the
body can heal. The point is to not maintain disease
through drugs. Chiropractic understands that the human
body is conceived by two cells. Those two simple cells
share responsibility for creating life. Chiropractic
understands that the very first organ those cells develop is
a brain, then from that brain comes the spinal cord, then
like branches growing on a tree come the nerves and
finally like fruit at the end of those branches grows organs.
Since all life starts with the central nervous system, then it
must maintain life and health. The healthier the nervous
system, the healthier the body, chiropractors understand
this fundamental law of the body and maximize the
nervous system through adjustments.

Newsletter Practice

While discussing the subject of acronyms lets examine a

doctor of chiropractics purpose DC = doctor of cause.
Chiropractors and chiropractic patients understand that all
disease has a cause and focus on removing it so the body
can heal. Not maintaining disease through drugs.
Chiropractic understands that the human body is
conceived by two cells. Those two simple cells share
responsibility for creating life. Chiropractic understands
that the very first organ those cells develop is a brain, then
from that brain comes the spinal cord, then like branches
growing on a tree come the nerves and finally like fruit at
the end of those branches grows organs. Since all life starts
with the central nervous system, then it must maintain life
and health. The healthier the nervous system the healthier
the body, chiropractors understand this fundamental law
of the body and maximize the nervous system through
adjustments.

For Monday
Complete the following grammar activities:
o Pg. 411 Review Practice 1
o Pg. 402 Review Practice 1
Read chapter 13 about argument writing