English 10 Week 5

English 10: Do Now What is your definition of a run-on sentence? A fragment? Decide which of two of the following are R.O.s and correct them: The small girl seemed to be lost, she was crying and looking for her mother. My car ran out of gas therefore I was late for my appointment. Jeff is planning on going to Las Vegas for vacation; he'll need to take a lot of money.

Run on sentence: two or more ‘independent clauses ’ aka sentences incorrectly connected or puncuated as one sentence Frag./Fragment: An incomplete sentence, puntucuated as a complete sentence

8 th period Define as many words as you remember: Wince, Cower, consternation, viligance, synchronize,

English 10 DO NOW: 9/4/13 What are the three ways we learned yesterday to fix a run-on sentence? Fix this R.O. – Mr. Wysocki walked into a glass door is a moron. Make this fragment a sentence. – Because (Although)I said so, complete thought

8 th pd Staple all Do Nows together and turn in to the US MAIL BOX Have class binder on desk to put graded homework in As work is being passed back, quietly study: Vocab, parts of plot, story questions Quiz Time: Have on desk: A pencil, review sheet/notes

English 10 DO NOW: 9/5/13 Rewrite this student paragraph fixing all run- on sentences: “These three goals are important. If I do all the goals including pass, that’s how I can get the job that I’ve always wanted. I narrowed it down to like two, and the first thing they’re going to do is the background check. Then they’re going to check and see if you well organized. And if you can follow directions real well because if you don’t have none of that then it’s oh well for you. “

English 10: 9/5/13 You will be able to identify run-on sentences or fragments and fix them in your own writing. (AKA REVISE YOUR ESSAY!)

English 10 Do Now: Turn in Do Nows to US Mail BOX (staple, name, date, “Do Now” on each one) Take out run-on sentence correction worksheet homework and the “practice quiz” worksheet Today we will quiz.

8 th pd: Do Now What is your definition of a run-on sentence? A fragment? Decide which of two of the following are R.O.s and correct them: The small girl seemed to be lost, she was crying and looking for her mother. My car ran out of gas therefore I was late for my appointment. Jeff is planning on going to Las Vegas for vacation; he'll need to take a lot of money.

8 th pd: Do Now Fix the two following run on sentences using two different methods (we learned three) The small girl seemed to be lost, she was crying and looking for her mother. My car ran out of gas therefore I was late for my appointment. Success today means you can correctly identify and fix run on sentences using more than one method