Fixing Fragments & Run-Ons
Recognise and correct sentence fragments (incomplete sentences lacking a subject or predicate) and run-on sentences (two or more independent clauses joined without proper punctuation or conjunctions)
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Repair fragments and run-ons while preserving intended meaning.
Follow this model in an accessible mode before attempting independent work. Graph ordering is not learner mastery; revisit prerequisites if the guided task still needs full modeling.
Check readiness rather than assuming source graph order establishes attainment.
Use the supplied editing text. Oral correction can show grammar reasoning; record written composition separately. Open Show (S), then Guided (G), then Try (T). Hide earlier work and keys before Try. Use only the supplied stage material; do not invent additional cards. Pause or split the session if needed.
Materials are ready in each step. Use them on screen or print just the current step. Put teaching examples aside before the learner tries.
What this lesson covers and its limits
These are bounded opportunities, not learner attainment. Partial and blocked source requirements remain so.
- partial: Recognise and correct sentence fragments (incomplete sentences lacking a subject or predicate) and run-on sentences (two or more independent clauses joined without proper punctuation or conjunctions)
Short editing sample only; creative fragments can be deliberate elsewhere, but this task practises complete standard prose.
- partial: Identify a sentence fragment by checking whether it has both a subject and a predicate, e.g. recognise 'Running through the park' as a fragment and correct to 'The dog was running through the park'
Short editing sample only; creative fragments can be deliberate elsewhere, but this task practises complete standard prose.
- partial: Identify a run-on sentence where two independent clauses are fused without punctuation or a conjunction, e.g. 'I like cats I also like dogs' and correct using a full stop, comma + conjunction, or semicolon
Short editing sample only; creative fragments can be deliberate elsewhere, but this task practises complete standard prose.
- partial: Edit a paragraph to fix fragments and run-ons, choosing the most effective correction strategy for each error
Short editing sample only; creative fragments can be deliberate elsewhere, but this task practises complete standard prose.
- partial: If {{name}}'s writing has a sentence like "Running down the street." or two ideas jammed together without any punctuation, can they spot that something's wrong and fix it?
Short editing sample only; creative fragments can be deliberate elsewhere, but this task practises complete standard prose.
Short editing sample only; creative fragments can be deliberate elsewhere, but this task practises complete standard prose.
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Check understanding
- Identify a sentence fragment by checking whether it has both a subject and a predicate, e.g. recognise 'Running through the park' as a fragment and correct to 'The dog was running through the park'
- Identify a run-on sentence where two independent clauses are fused without punctuation or a conjunction, e.g. 'I like cats I also like dogs' and correct using a full stop, comma + conjunction, or semicolon
- Edit a paragraph to fix fragments and run-ons, choosing the most effective correction strategy for each error
“If your child's writing has a sentence like "Running down the street." or two ideas jammed together without any punctuation, can they spot that something's wrong and fix it?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Grammar & Punctuation
- Age range
- Ages 9–10
Standards