Welcome, Pre-AP! Pick up your journals. Surprise! We’re going to the library today! Bring your ChromeBook.

Do Now C-Notes Narrative Writing Agenda Planner: Fixing Run-Ons **Summer Reading must be complete by Monday, Sept. 19.** Do Now C-Notes Narrative Writing

We need to take some notes over types of sentences. Set up your journals for C-Notes and write the Essential Question, “How do I recognize and fix a Run-On Sentence?”

Complete Sentences = Independent Clauses Ind. Clauses can stand alone. :-) Fragments are just pieces of a whole and CANNOT stand alone - they’re Dependent Clauses because they depend on an Independent Clause to exist. Think of yourself as an Ind. Clause - you can move down the hall freely, on your own. Think of your backpack as a Dep. Clause - it depends on a ride from YOU to move down the hall.

Examples: Karen enjoyed the fresh air. (Ind. Clause) Strolling leisurely down the block. (Dep. Clause - there is no subject and it does not make sense) Strolling leisurely down the block, Karen enjoyed the fresh air. I have now joined together my IC and DC with a comma to create a perfect sentence. **Commas are only strong enough to join together Ind. Clauses and Dep. Clauses - NOT two Ind. Clauses.

When 2 or more Ind. Clauses are written together as one, it’s a RUN-ON SENTENCE. :-( You must fix Run-Ons and there are 3 ways: Create two separate sentences with a period. Add a semicolon between the two Ind. Clauses Add a comma plus a FANBOYS

F: for A: and N: nor B: but O: or Y: yet S: so Because these words bring two clauses together, they are called Coordinating Conjunctions.

Examples: Karen strolled leisurely down the block she loved to stop and smell the roses. (Run On - there are two Ind. Clauses written together as one sentence) Let’s Fix It! Option 1: Karen strolled leisurely down the block. She loved to stop and smell the roses. (make two sentences) Option 2: Karen strolled leisurely down the block; she loved to stop and smell the roses. (insert a semicolon between the Ind. Clauses) Option 3: Karen strolled leisurely down the block, for she loved to stop and smell the roses. (insert a comma FANBOYS between the two Ind. Clauses)

Sometimes, two Ind. Clauses are “spliced” (joined) together illegally with a comma. Commas are puny and not strong enough to hold together two Ind. Clauses. This is a COMMA SPLICE. :-( A comma splice is a type of Run-On sentence and must be fixed. Do you remember the 3 ways to fix it?

Examples: Karen strolled leisurely down the block, she loved to stop and smell the roses. (Remember, commas are wimpy! They can’t hold together two Ind. Clauses) The options to fix a Comma Splice are the same as when fixing Run-Ons. Option 1: Karen strolled leisurely down the block. She loved to stop and smell the roses. (make two sentences) Option 2: Karen strolled leisurely down the block; she loved to stop and smell the roses. (insert a semicolon between the Ind. Clauses) Option 3: Karen strolled leisurely down the block, for she loved to stop and smell the roses. (insert a comma FANBOYS between the two Ind. Clauses)

Welcome, C-Block! Pick up your journals. Surprise! We’re going to the library today! Bring your ChromeBook.

Do Now C-Notes Narrative Writing Agenda Planner: Fixing Run-Ons **Summer Reading must be complete by Monday, Sept. 19.** Do Now C-Notes Narrative Writing

Complete Sentences = Independent Clauses Ind. Clauses can stand alone. :-) Fragments are just pieces of a whole and CANNOT stand alone - they’re Dependent Clauses because they depend on an Independent Clause to exist. Think of yourself as an Ind. Clause - you can move down the hall freely, on your own. Think of your backpack as a Dep. Clause - it depends on a ride from YOU to move down the hall.

Examples: Karen enjoyed the fresh air. (Ind. Clause) Strolling leisurely down the block. (Dep. Clause - there is no subject and it does not make sense) Strolling leisurely down the block, Karen enjoyed the fresh air. I have now joined together my IC and DC with a comma to create a perfect sentence. **Commas are only strong enough to join together Ind. Clauses and Dep. Clauses - NOT two Ind. Clauses.

When 2 or more Ind. Clauses are written together as one, it’s a RUN-ON SENTENCE. :-( You must fix Run-Ons and there are 3 ways: Create two separate sentences with a period. Add a semicolon between the two Ind. Clauses Add a comma plus a FANBOYS

F: for A: and N: nor B: but O: or Y: yet S: so Because these words bring two clauses together, they are called Coordinating Conjunctions.

Examples: Karen strolled leisurely down the block she loved to stop and smell the roses. (Run On - there are two Ind. Clauses written together as one sentence) Let’s Fix It! Option 1: Karen strolled leisurely down the block. She loved to stop and smell the roses. (make two sentences) Option 2: Karen strolled leisurely down the block; she loved to stop and smell the roses. (insert a semicolon between the Ind. Clauses) Option 3: Karen strolled leisurely down the block, for she loved to stop and smell the roses. (insert a comma FANBOYS between the two Ind. Clauses)

Sometimes, two Ind. Clauses are “spliced” (joined) together illegally with a comma. Commas are puny and not strong enough to hold together two Ind. Clauses. This is a COMMA SPLICE. :-( A comma splice is a type of Run-On sentence and must be fixed. Do you remember the 3 ways to fix it?

Examples: Karen strolled leisurely down the block, she loved to stop and smell the roses. (Remember, commas are wimpy! They can’t hold together two Ind. Clauses) The options to fix a Comma Splice are the same as when fixing Run-Ons. Option 1: Karen strolled leisurely down the block. She loved to stop and smell the roses. (make two sentences) Option 2: Karen strolled leisurely down the block; she loved to stop and smell the roses. (insert a semicolon between the Ind. Clauses) Option 3: Karen strolled leisurely down the block, for she loved to stop and smell the roses. (insert a comma FANBOYS between the two Ind. Clauses)