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Warm-Up

Warm-Up . Identify which sentences in the following paragraph are fragments. Correct each fragment by joining it to the sentence that precedes it or the sentence that follows it. .

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Warm-Up

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  1. Warm-Up Identify which sentences in the following paragraph are fragments. Correct each fragment by joining it to the sentence that precedes it or the sentence that follows it. 1 Cooking a holiday meal for my family is always an adventure. 2Because I have over fifty brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins. 3 Since I know the stores will be crowded. 4 I always do my shopping at least a week before the big event. 5 To do her part to help out. 6 My aunt drives me to the store in her huge minivan. 7 We buy at least three shopping carts full of food. 8 The biggest problem is deciding what dessert to buy. 9 Since everyone likes something different.

  2. Warm-Up Identify which sentences in the following paragraph are fragments. Correct each fragment by joining it to the sentence that precedes it or the sentence that follows it. 1 Cooking a holiday meal for my family is always an adventure. 2 Because I have over fifty brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins. 3 Since I know the stores will be crowded.4 I always do my shopping at least a week before the big event. 5 To do her part to help out.6 My aunt drives me to the store in her huge minivan. 7 We buy at least three shopping carts full of food. 8 The biggest problem is deciding what dessert to buy. 9 Since everyone likes something different.

  3. Agenda • Warm-up • Run-on Notes • Chapter 4 • Greek and Latin Unit 4

  4. What is a run-on sentence? A run-on sentence is two or more complete sentencesrun together as one. Run-on sentences can be confusing because they do not show where one idea ends and another one begins. EXAMPLES Reading is important textbooks help students learn. Schools today usually have books for every student, most schools also have televisions and computers.

  5. There are two types of run-on sentences: • Fused sentences • Comma splices

  6. What is a run-on sentence? Reading is important textbooks help students learn. This run-on sentence is an example of a fused sentence. There is no punctuation between the two sentences.

  7. What is a run-on sentence? Schools today usually have books for every student, most schools also have televisions and computers. This run-on sentence is an example of a comma splice. There is only a comma between the two sentences.

  8. What is a run-on sentence? On Your Own Identify the following items as correct sentences (C) or run-ons (R). Be prepared to explain your answers. ___ 1.Movie theaters opened in the early 1900s. They played short films. ___ 2. Many films take years to make they require the skills of hundreds of workers. ___ 3.Thomas Edison worked with George Eastman, another inventor, to make roll film Eastman is now remembered for his contributions to filmmaking.

  9. How to fix a run-on sentence To fix a run-on sentence, you need to do one of two things: Cut it apart. OR Join it properly.

  10. How to fix a run-on sentence How you revise a run-on sentence depends upon the relationship you want to show between the ideas. IF THEN Ideas are NOT closely related Make two sentences Ideas ARE closely related Make a compound sentence AND Ideas ARE equally important

  11. How to fix a run-on sentence Strategy 1: Make Two Sentences Break a run-on into two separate sentences when • the ideas are not closely related or • at least one sentence is long or complex or • separate sentences flow better in the paragraph in which they appear During the Civil War, female nurses were very brave for instance they risked their lives carrying supplies to military hospitals. During the Civil War, female nurses were very brave.For instance, they risked their lives carrying supplies to military hospitals.

  12. How to fix a run-on sentence Strategy 1: Make Two Sentences To make two separate sentences, • put an end mark after the first complete sentence • then, capitalize the first word of the next complete sentence. Today, schools have books for every student most schools also have televisions and computers. Today, schools usually have books for every student. Most schools also have televisions and computers.

  13. How to fix a run-on sentence Separate sentences On Your Own Revise the following sentences by making two separate sentences. Be prepared to explain your answers. 1. My car’s tire was flat this morning the tire had a nail in it. 2. In July there will be free concerts at the park I plan to go to every show. 3. Like many college students, my brother lives on campus, he walks to all his classes and spends a lot of time at the student center.

  14. Listen to the text: Chapter 4 (1:18:00)

  15. Greek and Latin (Unit 4) Week 4 • (o)logy= study of • Flect, flex= to bend • Mort= to die • Flu= to flow • Mis(o)= to hate • Cide, sec, seg= to kill or cut

  16. Atticus tells Scout: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” Describe a time you got into an argument or conflict with someone, like a friend or parent. Then, consider this person’s perspective and describe the conflict from their point of view… Writer’s Response 10 min.

  17. Honors Greek and Latin Unit 4 • De mortuis nil nisi bonum. • (Say) nothing about the dead but good. – Traditional

  18. PUER • Latin “a male child” 1. Puerile (adj): Childish; immature.

  19. PAIS, PAIDOS • Greek “child,” “boy” 2. Orthopedics (n): Branch of medicine treating disorders of the skeletal system and tissues related to movement. 3. Pedagogue (n): A teacher 4. Pedant (n): A person who pays excessive attention to learning rules rather than to understanding; a scholarly show-off.

  20. SUM, ESSE, FUI, FUTURUM • Latin “to be” 5. Entity (n): Something that has a real or independent existence. 6. Nonentity (n): A person or thing of no importance; something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination. 7. Essence (n): The basic element or identifying characteristic; a substance in concentrated form; a perfume.

  21. MORIOR, MORI, MORTUUM • Latin “to die” 8. Moribund (adj): About to die or end. 9. Mortify (v): To shame; to discipline oneself by denial. 10. Postmortem (noun): an examination to determine the cause of death; an autopsy; an analysis of something that is over.

  22. THANATOS • Greek “death” 11. Euthanasia (n): The act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy killing.

  23. NASCOR, NASCI, NATUM • Latin “to be born” 12. Innate (adj): Possessed at birth; inborn. 13. Naïve (adj): Childlike; unsophisticated. 14. Nascent (adj): Emerging; coming into existence. 15. Renaissance (noun): A rebirth; a renewal; a revival of humanism in 1400-1600 Europe.

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