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Grade 12, ESL / Language Arts Std # 3–1: Correct run-on sentences, sentence fragments, and comma splices. (Recognize the difference between independent and subordinate clauses.)

Lesson Plans: ESL Ideas (B=Beginning; I=Intermediate; T=Transitional) (B, I) Students use “Build a Sentence” activity to create simple sentences. The Build a Sentence activity provides word and picture cards (where appropriate) on color-coded index cards with directions on how to manipulate cards to build sentences. (I, T) Students work in small groups to create sentences and paragraphs. (I, T) Students use pre-written word cards to create sentences and pre-written sentence strips to create a paragraph. Use of Time Expression (I, T) Activity is online self-checking quiz student matches time expression with sentence fragment Identifying Sentence Problems (I, T) Activity is online self-checking multiple choice quiz student analyzes sentence problem as fragment, run-on, comma splice, choppy, or correct Run-on Sentences (I, T) Activity explains what run-on sentences are including supporting examples followed by online self-checking multiple choice quiz OWL: Sentence Fragments (I, T) Activities explain what a fragment is including strategies for sentence revisions followed by self-checking practice exercises Online Writing Lab (I, T) Activity is online self-checking multiple choice quiz student analyzes sentences as the following: correct sentence, comma splice, run-on sentence, or sentence fragment

Resources: What is a Comma Splice? (I, T) Defines comma splice with example sentence including three ways to avoid joining complete sentences with a comma splice Grammar Handbook: Sentence Fragments (I, T) Descriptions and examples are provided for the following: phrases as sentence fragments, clauses as sentence fragments, using sentence fragments, misusing sentence fragments OWL: Run-ons - Comma Splices - Fused Sentences (I, T) Definition is provided including strategies and examples for avoiding sentence structure errors Comma Splices, Run-On Sentences, & Fragments (I, T) Punctuation errors are defined and analyzed including examples of correct and incorrect applications
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