Unpacked
L 4.1 f
Standard:
Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage
when writing or speaking.
f. Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate
fragments and run-ons.
Unpacked:
Fixing Sentence Fragments
A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
David returned my baseball cards. A sentence fragment is a group of
words that is written as a sentence but is missing a subject or predicate. A sentence
fragment does not express a complete thought.
My most valuable baseball cards. Sorted them into piles.
A run---on sentence joins together two or more sentences that should be written
separately.
The boy found a raft the raft floated down the river.
You can correct a run---on sentence by separating two complete ideas into two
sentences. Each sentence should have a subject and a predicate.
The boy found a raft. The raft floated down the river.
You can also correct a run---on sentence by rewriting it as a compound or complex
sentence.
The boy found the raft after it floated down the river.