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

Lesson Plans: Grammarfest Students work in pairs to study components of grammar and teach a lesson to their classmates Sentence Combining and Decombining Students will focus on stylistic choices and sentence fluency by combining, decombining, and recombining sentences in professional writing, peer writing, and their own writing Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans Sentence fragments and run-on sentence lesson plans geared toward GED students that are appropriate for all students

Resources: Sentence Fragments Lesson and activity for avoiding sentence fragments Comma Splices and Run-ons Comma splices and run-on rules This is the Test A test that gives immediate feedback to students Language Network Chapter Quiz Chapter quiz on sentence fragments and run-on sentences that can be taken online or printed for classroom use Guide to Grammar and Writing Useful teacher information The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation Contains rules, worksheets and activities to use to teach grammar Run-ons, Comma Splices and Fused Splices Lesson with activity on how to punctuate compound sentences properly Conquering the Comma This PowerPoint presentation, from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL), is part of a large collection of presentations designed to assist students with a variety of writing topics. This presentation introduces students to the rules of comma Suggestions for English Language Learners: ESL Ideas (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional) (B) Students create a journal which starts with pictures and words from their first language. (I, T) Students compose and decorate an appropriate party invitation. (B, I, T) Students may make or bring in note cards and write a thank-you note for a recently received gift. (I, T) Students write a letter to cheer up someone in the hospital. (T) Students write a simple letter to a college or university of their choice requesting a student catalog and application. Using a word processor, students should type, edit, print, and send the letter. (I, T) Students keep a written, non-graded journal in which they free-write, and the teacher then responds in writing.
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