1. Materials Needed A red pen
Your Partner’s Personal Statement Rough Draft 3

2. Personal Statement Rough Draft 3
Fragments

3. Fragments A group of words that is not grammatically complete.
It could be a subordinate/dependent clause with no main clause.
It could be either missing a subject or a predicate.
Subject: the doer of the action or the one in the state of being.
Predicate: the verb or the verb phrase that tells something about the subject.

4. PS Rough Draft 3 Steps (in red)
Write “c/b <your name>”
Underline all of the verbs.
Circle all of the subjects.
Bracket and Label any sentence as “Fragment” that is missing a circled highlighted word or an underlined word.

5. PS Rough Draft 3 Steps (in red)
5. If the sentence is beginning with a subordinating clause and has no main clause attached to it, bracket and label as a fragment.

6. If the grader did not finish…
Finish the instructions in green (and preferably highlight in a different color), and then revise.

7. What Next? Give it back to the author.
The author should correct any sentence that is a fragment.
Revise and Print your Personal Statement Final Draft and have it ready to submit by tomorrow.