ACT Bellringer Tuesday, October 3, 2006 STOP / GO Part 2

Sometimes a Salvation Army volunteer boards the subway train with sandwiches and juice. To give to the needy, and I’ve seen many people put out their hands. A. NO CHANGE B. juice, and to C. juice; they’re to D. juice to

B. pockets, or would have opened C. pockets or open It’s impossible to predict which people will dig into their pockets or if they were to open their purses, and I’ve stopped trying to guess. A. NO CHANGE B. pockets, or would have opened C. pockets or open D. pockets; if they open

Use a vertical line to indicate the break in thought. STOP / GO Use a vertical line to indicate the break in thought. Identify whether each side is a complete idea (CI) or a fragment (II). Punctuate accordingly.

Sometimes a Salvation Army volunteer boards the subway train with sandwiches and juice. To give to the needy, and I’ve seen many people put out their hands. A. NO CHANGE B. juice, and to C. juice; they’re to D. juice to

Sometimes a Salvation Army volunteer boards the subway train with sandwiches and juice. To give to the needy, and I’ve seen many people put out their hands. Evaluate each side: Right side = Fragment (II) Left side = Sentence (CI)

NO! Then we need GO punctuation: Is there a complete idea on either side? NO! Then we need GO punctuation: (,) (--) (:) if there is a list (No punctuation)

Eliminate STOP answer choices! Sometimes a Salvation Army volunteer boards the subway train with sandwiches and juice. To give to the needy, and I’ve seen many people put out their hands. A. NO CHANGE B. juice, and to C. juice; they’re to D. juice to The only answer left is D! This introduces us to 3 and 1! We’ll talk about that later.

Now do the second question… (This one is harder)

B. pockets, or would have opened C. pockets or open It’s impossible to predict which people will dig into their pockets or if they were to open their purses, and I’ve stopped trying to guess. A. NO CHANGE B. pockets, or would have opened C. pockets or open D. pockets; if they open

It’s impossible to predict which people will dig into their pockets or if they were to open their purses, and I’ve stopped trying to guess. NOTE the CI at the end of the sentence. That is something we cannot change, but it does indicate a complete idea.

It’s impossible to predict which people will dig into their pockets or if they were to open their purses, and I’ve stopped trying to guess. NOTE the CI at the beginning of the sentence. That probably means that the middle portion is an…

…incomplete idea! It’s impossible to predict which people will dig into their pockets or if they were to open their purses, and I’ve stopped trying to guess. So get rid of any STOP answer choices!

B. pockets, or would have opened C. pockets or open It’s impossible to predict which people will dig into their pockets or if they were to open their purses, and I’ve stopped trying to guess. A. NO CHANGE B. pockets, or would have opened C. pockets or open D. pockets; if they open

Now pick between A. and C. It’s impossible to predict which people will dig into their pockets or if they were to open their purses, and I’ve stopped trying to guess. A. NO CHANGE C. pockets or open

C. is correct! It’s impossible to predict which people will dig into their pockets or open their purses, and I’ve stopped trying to guess. C. pockets or open

Excellent work! You rock!