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Sentence Combining

Sentence Combining. A wee little review. Wassamadder with these sentences?? For those sweaty summer days nobody cares what a person looks like or who he is, the campers are all family. Lights flash like a grenade in a fireworks stand, sounds of music blast through the Sony speakers.

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Sentence Combining

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  1. Sentence Combining A wee little review . . . .

  2. Wassamadder with these sentences?? For those sweaty summer days nobody cares what a person looks like or who he is, the campers are all family. Lights flash like a grenade in a fireworks stand, sounds of music blast through the Sony speakers. That’s not where the trouble ended, that’s when the fridge kicked on.

  3. Comma splices – ring a bell??

  4. Wassamadder with these sentences?? Sentence combining is jolly fun however it is not always easy. Summer vacation seems miles away we aren’t even through February yet! I cannot think of another sentence to write persistence is key.

  5. Run ons – ayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayaya

  6. How does a strong writer fix run-ons and comma splices? 1. 2. 3. 4.

  7. How does a strong writer fix run-ons and comma splices? 1. Separate independent clauses by adding a period and a capital letter (baby way – wahhhhh) 2. 3. 4.

  8. How does a strong writer fix run-ons and comma splices? Summer vacation seems miles away. We aren’t even through February yet!

  9. How does a strong writer fix run-ons and comma splices? 1. Separate independent clauses by adding a period and a capital letter (baby way – wahhhhh) 2. Add a coordinating conjunction and a comma 3. 4.

  10. Coordinating Conjunctions: For And Nor But Or Yet So

  11. How does a strong writer fix run-ons and comma splices? That’s not where the trouble ended, for that’s when the fridge kicked on.  Summer vacation seems miles away, and we aren’t even through February yet!

  12. How does a strong writer fix run-ons and comma splices? 1. Separate independent clauses by adding a period and a capital letter (baby way – wahhhhh) 2. Add a coordinating conjunction and a comma 3. Add a semi colon ; 4.

  13. How does a strong writer fix run-ons and comma splices? 1. For those sweaty summer days nobody cares what a person looks like or who he is;the campers are all family. 2. Lights flash like a grenade in a fireworks stand; sounds of music blast through the Sony speakers.

  14. How does a strong writer fix run-ons and comma splices? 1. Separate independent clauses by adding a period and a capital letter (baby way – wahhhhh) 2. Add a coordinating conjunction and a comma 3. Add a semi colon ; 4. Add a ; transition word,

  15. How does a strong writer fix run-ons and comma splices? 1. That’s not where the trouble ended;moreover, that’s when the fridge kicked on. 2.  I cannot think of another as sentence to write; however, persistence is key.  

  16. Now you give it a try – fix the following using either a semi colon or a ; TW, 1. Roni had such a splitting headache she just had a HUGE fight with JJ. 2. Students may not go to Hershey Park if they owe money students may not go to Hershey Park if they have multiple detentions.

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