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Language Arts Notes

Language Arts Notes. Sentences. Sentences, Run-On Sentences, and Fragments . A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. A sentence names someone or something and tells what that person or thing is or does. Example: Sam went to the store.

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Language Arts Notes

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  1. Language Arts Notes Sentences

  2. Sentences, Run-On Sentences, and Fragments • A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. A sentence names someone or something and tells what that person or thing is or does. • Example: Sam went to the store. • A run-on sentence is a sentence in which two or more independent clauses (complete sentences) are joined without appropriate punctuation or conjunction. • Example: I am a woman I am a truck driver. • A fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought. • Example: Spent hours in gift shops. (Who?)

  3. How to fix run-on sentences. • Method #1 • Write the two independent clauses as separate sentences using periods. • Example: • INCORRECT Carmen loved traveling in Italy she felt Rome was too hot. • CORRECTCarmen loved traveling in Italy. She felt Rome was too hot. • Method #2 • Use a semicolon to separate the two independent clauses. • Example: • INCORRECT Carmen loved traveling in Italy she felt Rome was too hot. • CORRECTCarmen loved traveling in Italy; she felt Rome was too hot. • Method #3 • Use a comma and any one of the following connecting words: for*      and      nor          butor          yet          so** *when for means because **when so means as a result • Example: • INCORRECT Carmen loved traveling in Italy she felt Rome was too hot. • CORRECTCarmen loved traveling in Italy, but she felt Rome was too hot. • Method #4 • Use a semicolon and one of the following words: therefore,   thus,   however,  consequently, furthermore,   also,   nevertheless,   NOTE: If you use any of these connecting words with method #4, a comma must follow it. • Example: • INCORRECTCarmen loved traveling in Italy she felt Rome was too hot. • CORRECTCarmen loved traveling in Italy; however, she felt Rome was too hot.

  4. Let’s Practice! Sentence or Not? • My family visited many places this year. • Going to the house. • Make things by hand. • Machines change people’s lives. • I love to watch movies the T.V. is not working.

  5. Did you get them right? • My family visited many places this year. (Sentence) • Going to the house. (Fragment) • Make things by hand. (Fragment) • Machines change people’s lives. (Sentence) • I love to watch movies the T.V. is not working. (Run-On Sentence)

  6. Four Kinds of Sentences • Declarative- (.) makes a statement • Interrogative- (?) asks a question • Imperative- (.) gives a command • Exclamatory- (!) shows strong feeling or emotions

  7. Remember • Don’t forget that a sentence always begins with a capital letter and ends with an end mark.

  8. Lets Practice! • What kind of candy do you like • Go get the paper off the porch • Wow, you did great • I love to watch old movies

  9. Did you get them right? • What kind of candy do you like?(interrogative) • Go get the paper off the porch. (imperative) • Wow, you did great! (exclamatory) • I love to watch old movies. (declarative)

  10. Three different styles of sentences • Simple sentences • Compound Sentences • Complex Sentences

  11. What is a Simple Sentence? • Simple sentences contain only one independent clause. • Example: Ms. Rockwell enjoys teaching writing.

  12. What is a Compound Sentence? • A compound sentence joins two or more independent clauses with a conjunction. • Conjunctions a words like and, or, or but. • Example: Ms. Rockwell enjoys teaching writing, and she wants her students to succeed.

  13. What is a Complex Sentence? • A complex joins one or more dependent clauses to an independent clause. It contains at least one clause that is not a complete sentence. • Example: While Ms. Rockwell was editing her PowerPoint, she found lots of mistakes to correct!

  14. Remember! Successful writers use a variety of sentence styles in their writing!

  15. Subjects and Predicates • Subject: • Naming part of the sentence • The subject tells you who or what the sentence is about. • Example: My friend Mark loves to write. • Mark is who the sentence is about. • Predicate: • The telling part of the sentence • The predicate tells you what the subject is doing or has already done. • Example: My friend Mark loves to write. • Love is the predicate of the sentence.

  16. Lets Practice! • Milky-colored glass is used to make light bulbs. • Some kinds of glass does not break. • Other kinds of glass can be heated to very high temperatures.

  17. How did you do? • Simple subject: glass • Simple predicates: • Is • Does not • Can

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