Writer's Choice Grade 9

Unit 13: Clauses and Sentence Structure

Unit Activity Lesson Plans

Introduction
In this unit, students have studied clauses and sentence structure. In this lesson, they will practice correcting sentence fragments and run-on sentences.

Lesson Description
Students will identify each numbered item as a fragment or a run-on sentence. Students will rewrite each item, correcting the error to form a complete sentence.

Instructional Objectives

1. Students will be able to recognize sentence fragments and run-on sentences.
2. Students will be able to correct sentence fragments and run-on sentences.

1. Answer: run-on
   Possible rewrite: Luis will play with the symphony orchestra next month, and his parents will be at the performance.
2. Answer: run-on
   Possible rewrite: Angela and Su Lin didn't bring the poster board, and they went back for it.
3. Answer: fragment
   Possible rewrite: We want to see a movie Friday night.
4. Answer: fragment
   Possible rewrite: The main concern of the committee is the last part of the program.
5. Answer: run-on
   Possible rewrite: Erica took the Scholastic Aptitude Test this spring; she will take it again in the fall.
6. Answer: fragment
   Possible rewrite: The team will be practicing before the play-offs.
7. Answer: run-on
   Possible rewrite: Tina was on the all-conference team last year, but she was on the all-district team this year.
8. Answer: run-on
   Possible rewrite: The Spanish Club meets once a month, and the key club meets every other week.
9. Answer: fragment
   Possible rewrite: We decided to change the time of our study group because Ms. Jameson postponed the test until Wednesday.
10. Answer: fragment
    Possible rewrite:Sara ran her fastest time in the citywide trials.

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