Daily Agenda 9/6

Today's Agenda ~

* Fragments and Run-on notes (see board)

• Fragments -- missing either a subject (noun) or a verb
• i.e., The soft and fluffy dog. (missing a verb)
• i.e., Ran down the road. (missing a subject)
• To solve the issue of fragments, check yourself with each sentence in question...
• Ask yourself: The soft and fluffy dog did what? --> no answer, then missing a verb
• Ask yourself: Who or what ran down the road? --> no answer, then missing a subject
• Run-ons -- two different kinds: fused or comma splice (CS)
• Fused sentences merge two or more sentences together with no punctuation.
• i.e., The soft and fluffy dog ran down the street we had to chase after it.
• Note, there is NO punctuation separating the two sentences.
• A comma splice separates two or more sentences using only a comma. A comma is simply not strong enough to hold two sentences together by itself. It can connect phrases, words in a list, or an indepedent clause and a subordinate clause, but not two complete sentences.
• i.e., The soft and fluffy dog ran down the street, we had to chase after it.
• We can solve the issue of run-ons in three different ways:
• put a period in place of the comma and capitalize the next word: The soft and fluffy dog ran down the street. We had to chase after it.
• put a semi-colon in place of the comma and do nothing to the next word: The soft and fluffy dog ran down the street; we had to chase after it.
• leave the comma in place and add a conjunction: The soft and fluffy dog ran down the street, and we had to chase after it.

* Grammar workbook p. 33-34 (extra copies available); due in approx. 15 min.
* Announcements: no textbook tomorrow; bring FD books tomorrow; final copies due Wednesday -- no HW until final copies due (except vocab)
* Revise essays from yesterday using checklist from the board

• check spelling, capitalization, and punctuation
• check for fragments and run-ons
• check that there is NO 2nd person (you, your, yours)
• highlight all be verbs: is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been, and helping verbs: may, might, must, do, does, did, would, could, should, has, had, have, will, shall, can (this counts for the negative as well, i.e., isn't, aren't, wasn't, etc.)