DIAGRAM THIS SENTENCE Mr. Miller’s students diagrammed a few sentences.

DIAGRAM THIS SENTENCE Mr. Miller’s students diagrammed a few sentences. HAVE YOUR HOMEWORK ON YOUR DESK NOW! students diagrammed sentences a few Mr. Miller’s

S QUIZ • Decide whether each group of words is a sentence or a sentence fragment. Write S if the group of words is a sentence or F if the group of words is a sentence fragment. • ______ 1. Water supports the gigantic body of the whale. • ______ 2. Unable to survive on land. • ______ 3. A beached whale’s lungs may be crushed. • ______ 4. Prevented by its tremendous weight. • ______ 5. Blue whales are the largest mammals. • ______ 6. The blue whale, which can weigh over 150 tons. • ______ 7. Although some whales have simple teeth. • ______ 8. Others have no teeth. • ______ 9. The sievelike whalebone in the roof of their mouths. • ______10. Straining krill from the water for food. F S F S F F S F F

Writing Complete Sentences Page 271 • A complete sentence • • has a subject • • has a verb • • expresses a complete thought

Writing Complete Sentences • Two common errors get in the way of writing complete sentences: • sentence fragments and run-on sentences. • Once you learn how to recognize fragments and run-ons in your writing, you can revise them to form clear, complete sentences.

Writing Complete Sentences • Run-on Sentences • A run-on sentence is actually two complete sentences punctuated like one sentence. • In a run-on, two separate thoughts run into each other. The reader cannot tell where one idea ends and another one begins.

Writing Complete Sentences Run-on Sentences Researchers have created a “virtual frog” it will allow students to see the inside of a frog on the computer. • Researchers have created a “virtual frog.” It will allow students to see the inside of a frog on the computer.

Writing Complete Sentences Run-on Sentences The software allows students to peel back the frog’s muscles, another option makes the skin invisible. • The software allows students to peel back the frog’s muscles. Another option makes the skin invisible.

Revising Run-on Sentences • Here are two ways you can revise run-on sentences. • 1. You can make two sentences. • Asteroids are tiny planets they are sometimes called planetoids. • Asteroids are tiny planets. They are sometimes called planetoids.

Revising Run-on Sentences • Here are two ways you can revise run-on sentences. • 2. You can use a comma and a coordinating conjunction such as and, but, or or. • Some asteroids shine with a steady light, others keep changing in brightness. • Some asteroids shine with a steady light, but others keep changing in brightness.

Decide which of the following groups of words are run-ons. Then, revise each run-on by (1) making it into two separate sentences or (2) using a comma and a coordinating conjunction. If the group of words is already correct, write C. • 1. The Louvre is the largest museum in the world it is also one of the oldest. • 1. The Louvre is the largest museum in the world. It is also one of the oldest. • 1. The Louvre is the largest museum in the world, and it is also one of the oldest.

Decide which of the following groups of words are run-ons. Then, revise each run-on by (1) making it into two separate sentences or (2) using a comma and a coordinating conjunction. If the group of words is already correct, write C. • 2. The first works of art in the Louvre were bought by the kings of France each ruler added more treasures. • 2. The first works of art in the Louvre were bought by the kings of France. Each ruler added more treasures. • 2. The first works of art in the Louvre were bought by the kings of France, and each ruler added more treasures.

3. King Francis I was a great supporter of the arts he bought the Mona Lisa. • 4. As other French rulers made additions, the collections of fine works of art grew. • 5. The Louvre is now a state-owned museum, its new pieces are either bought by the museum or received as gifts. • 6. Each year, about one and a half million people from all over the world come to see the artwork at the Louvre. • 7. The buildings of the Louvre form a rectangle there are courtyards and gardens inside the rectangle. • Do Exercise 3 on page 372

Do Exercise 3 on page 372 • 1. Saturn is a huge planet it is more than nine times larger than Earth. • 2. Saturn is covered by clouds, it is circled by bands of color. • 3. Some of the clouds are yellow, others are off-white. • 4. Saturn has about twenty moons Titan is the largest. • 5. Many of Saturn’s moons have large craters the crater on Mimas covers one third of its diameter. • 6. Saturn’s most striking feature is a group of rings that circles the planet. • 7. The rings of Saturn are less than two miles thick, they spread out from the planet for a great distance. • 8. The rings are made up of billions of tiny particles. • 9. Some of the rings are dark, but others are brighter. • 10. You can use a telescope to view Saturn, you can visit a planetarium.

CS F QUIZ • Identify each of the following sentences as a fragment (F), a run-on (RO), or a complete sentence (CS). Mayan Homes • ____ 1. The Maya live in Mexico. • ____ 2. Their traditional homes. • ____ 3. Have been much the same for centuries. • ____ 4. Some were made of stucco or stone. • ____ 5. Today Mayan houses have electricity and telephones other things haven’t changed. • ____ 6. Modern building materials. • ____ 7. The Maya now use such materials as cinder blocks and • cement for walls. • ____ 8. They build roofs from corrugated metal they also use • tarpaper. • ____ 9. The tombstones in some Mayan cemeteries. • ____ 10. Are shaped like little houses. F CS RO F CS RO F F

DIAGRAM THIS SENTENCE Mr. Miller’s students diagrammed a few sentences.