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Chapter 8 Writing Effective Sentences (P. 268)

Chapter 8 Writing Effective Sentences (P. 268). 7 th Grade Week 1 August 21, 2006. Subject Verb Expresses a complete thought. Complete Sentences Contain…. Sentence Fragment. Word group that has been capitalized and punctuated as if it were a complete sentence. Examples:

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Chapter 8 Writing Effective Sentences (P. 268)

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  1. Chapter 8Writing Effective Sentences (P. 268) 7th Grade Week 1 August 21, 2006

  2. Subject Verb Expresses a complete thought Complete Sentences Contain…

  3. Sentence Fragment • Word group that has been capitalized and punctuated as if it were a complete sentence. Examples: 1. Mrs. Meyer is our English teacher at Doniphan West Middle School. S or F? 2. Mrs. Meyer the teacher at the middle school. S or F? What does the fragment need?__________

  4. Common Mistakes! • Forgetting the subject • Example: Was at the dance last night. • Who was at the dance? • Forgetting the verb • Example: The child on the swing. • What was the child doing on the swing? • Not expressing a complete thought • Example: While youwere out last night. • This group of words has a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought.

  5. See page 269-270 in your text and do exercise 1. Write your answers here. Use S for sentence and F for fragment. Be ready to justify. You have 5 minutes. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. It’s Your Turn!

  6. 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. Examples: I forgot my lunch today I will be hungry by the time school is out. How can we correct this? Your schedule allows you plenty of time between classes be sure you are not tardy. What about this one?

  7. Correcting Run-ons • Two ways to correct run-ons: • You can make two sentences. Ex. I had a great day yesterday how was your day? • You can use a comma and a coordinating conjunction such as and, but or or. Ex. I always do my homework when I first get home, I usually grab a snack first.

  8. Combining Sentences by Inserting Words • Take a key word from one sentence and insert it into another sentence. • You may need to change the form of the key word. • Possible endings: -ed, -ing, -ful, -ly • The part of speech of that key may change. • Examples: Most dogs like dog food. Dogs like canned food best. • How can we change this by inserting a key word?

  9. Turn to page 272 in your text. We will do exercise 3 orally. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. It’s Your turn again!

  10. Combining Sentences by Inserting Phrases • A phrase does not have both a subject and a verb, but does act as a single part of speech. • Appositive phrases – renames • Prepositional phrases – which one, what kind, how many, how, when where, to what extent • Adjective phrases, Infinitive Phrases, etc. • See p 276 – please do ex. 5 ______

  11. Improving Sentence Style • Stringy sentence • Made up of several complete thoughts strung together with conjunctions like and or but • Ramble on and on • No chance for reader to pause Ex: Mary climbed the stairs of the haunted house, and she knocked on the door several times, but no on answered, and she braced herself, and then she opened the door. Revised: Mary climbed the stairs of the haunted house. She knocked on the door several times, but no one answered. Bracing herself, she opened the door. See exercise 9, p 282

  12. Improving Sentence Style cont… • Wordy sentence • Using more words than are needed to make a sentence • Interfere with message • Three ways to revise: See p 283 • Replace a phrase with one word. • Take out who is or which is. • Take out all unnecessary words.

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