Fixing Fragments & Run-Ons
PROCEDURALRecognise and correct sentence fragments (incomplete sentences lacking a subject or predicate) and run-on sentences (two or more independent clauses joined without proper punctuation or conjunctions)
Mastery Evidence
- Identify a sentence fragment by checking whether it has both a subject and a predicate, e.g. recognise 'Running through the park' as a fragment and correct to 'The dog was running through the park'
- Identify a run-on sentence where two independent clauses are fused without punctuation or a conjunction, e.g. 'I like cats I also like dogs' and correct using a full stop, comma + conjunction, or semicolon
- Edit a paragraph to fix fragments and run-ons, choosing the most effective correction strategy for each error
Assessment Prompt
“If [child]'s writing has a sentence like "Running down the street." or two ideas jammed together without any punctuation, can they spot that something's wrong and fix it?”
Curriculum Standards1 alignment
L.4.1fCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsProduce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons.
Prerequisites2
- Building sentenceshardAges 4—6
- Subordinate clauseshardAges 6—9
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- Building sentences hard
Recognising and correcting sentence fragments requires a clear conceptual understanding of what constitutes a complete sentence
- Subordinate clauses hard
Recognising fragments and run-ons requires understanding how independent and dependent clauses combine; subordination/coordination knowledge is essential
- Joining Words with 'And' hard
Must be able to join with 'and' before learning subordination and other co-ordinating conjunctions
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