GrammarReview

WritingEffectiveSentences
PunctuationParanoia
PeskyPronounProblems
PassiveVoicevs.ActiveVoice

SentenceProblems

RunonSentence
CommaSpliceorfusedsentence
FragmentSentence
Badconstruction,mixedconstruction
Faultysubordination
Shortchoppysentences
Sentencesthatdontsaymuch

RunOnSentence:two
independentclausesthatrun
together
Thedevastationfromthehurricane
challengessurvivorstokeeptheirfamilies
togethermanyfamilieshavebeen
separated,perhapsforever.

TheCommaSpliceorFused
Sentence
Thedevastationfromthehurricane
challengessurvivorstokeeptheirfamilies
together,manyfamilieshavebeen
separated,perhapsforever.

MixedConstruction
Inthewholewordmethodchildrenlearnto
recognizewordsratherthanbythephonics
methodinwhichtheylearntosoundout
lettersandgroupsofletters.

FaultySubordination
AlthoughtheUnitedStatesisoneofthe
wealthiestnationsintheworld,butalmost
20percentofourchildrenliveinpoverty

Short,choppySentences
Thehurricanedevastationwasgreat.Itdid
alotofdamage.Familiesmayneverget
backtogether.Maybenever.

Wordy,clumsy,awkward
sentences
Thedevastationfromthehurricanewas
reallybad,andmanyofthesurvivorswill
bechallengedthemostbytryingtofindthe
familymembersthatgotlostduringthe
storm,andmaybemanyofthemwontever
beabletofindtheirlovedonesagain.

OvercomingPunctuation
Paranoia
CommaSplicesandfusedsentences
Learntorecognizesentencepatternsinorderto
determinehowtopunctuatethesentenceproperly
Learntorecognizeconjunctions:subordinating
conjunctions,coordinatingconjunctions.
conjunctiveadverbs,correlativeconjunctions
Learn4sentencetypes,independentand
dependentclauses,andphrases
Master13commarules;usesemicolons;colons(:)

PeskyPronouns

PronounAgreement
PronounReference
Using2ndperson
LearningPronounCase:
SubjectiveI,he,she,you,they,who
Objectivehim,her,them,whom
Possessivehis,hers,theirs,ours,mine

PassiveVoicevsActive:ToBe
orNottoBe
Activevoice:thesubjectofthesentence
acts:Thehurricanedevastatedthree
southernstates.
Passivevoice:thesubjectofthesentenceis
activeupon:Threesouthernstateswere
devastatedbythehurricane.

VerbsHavetwoVoices
PassiveVoicehas1
verb
ToBe

Is
Am
Are
Was
Were
Been
Being

ActiveVoice:many
verbs,allverbsthat
DOsomething:

Run
Complain
Study
Aim
Understand