1. Correcting Sentence Fragments

2. Sentence Fragment A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence.
Think about this word…fragment…Where have you heard that before?
Ever heard of a rock fragment?

3. Just like a rock fragment, which is part of a whole, a sentence fragment is not whole.
A sentence fragment is usually missing a subject or verb.
Example:
A tornado our town today.
What is this sentence missing?
How can we fix it?

4. Fixing a sentence fragment
That sentence was missing a verb.
A tornado (subject) our town today.
To fix this sentence we have to add in a verb.
A tornado (subject) struck (verb) our town today.

5. Example: Brought the trees down. This sentence is missing what?
Does it have a subject?
Does it have a verb?
How can we fix it?

6. Fixing a sentence fragment
This sentence is missing a subject.
Brought (verb) the trees down.
What brought the trees down?
To fix this we should add a subject.
A tornado (subject) brought (verb) the trees down.

7. What good writers do
Good writers go back and revise their work to make it even better.
Take a close look at your draft.
Double check that each sentence expresses a complete thought.