English Grammar & Punctuation Procedural 9–10 yrs

Fixing Fragments & Run-Ons

修正句子片段与粘连句

Description

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)

Mastery Evidence

✓ 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

Assessment Prompt

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?