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English: Monday, September 17, 2012

English: Monday, September 17, 2012. Handouts: * Grammar #7–Run-on Sentences * If you were absent yesterday, pick up make-up work. Homework: * Grammar #7—Run-on Sentences [We will begin this in class.]

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English: Monday, September 17, 2012

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  1. English: Monday, September 17, 2012 Handouts: * Grammar #7–Run-on Sentences * If you were absent yesterday, pick up make-up work. Homework: * Grammar #7—Run-on Sentences [We will begin this in class.] Assignments due: * Hand in your Arab American short story Must be stapled already (four items in correct order)

  2. Lesson Goal: Learn to identify (recognize) and correct run-on sentences. Outcomes: Be able to . . . Explain what is meant by the term “run-on sentence.” Describe three ways to correct a run-on. Identify (locate) run-on sentences within any text. Correct run-on sentences.

  3. Starter #1 Take out your comp book. Turn to the first blank page. In the upper right hand corner, write the following: Mon., Sept. 17, 2012 QW #9: My Fragments and Run-onsThen copy this bold print prompt on the top lines:Pretend that a number of people are applying for a job, and you are one of them. In filling out your application, you made many errors—misspelled words, punctuation errors, fragments, and run-ons. Describe what happened after you applied.In your answer, include the following: What job were you applying for? Did you get the job? What did the boss think when she/he read your application? What did you learn from that experience?

  4. Starter #2: What is a “run-on”? A run-on is two or more sentences incorrectly written as one sentence. There are three ways to correct a run-on. Read the run-on below and see if you can figure out how to correct it: Bill won the race, the crowd cheered. Bill won the race.The crowd cheered. [Use a period and capital letter] Bill won the race; the crowd cheered. [Change the comma to a semi-colon.] Bill won the race,and the crowd cheered. [Use a comma and conjunction to join them.]

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