This student paragraph introduces Collin, a 13-year-old boy who enjoys spending time in his front yard doing karate and checking that he has finished his homework before doing activities. It provides details about his parents, named Angelica and Norman. The paragraph contains multiple grammatical errors including run-on sentences and incorrect use of apostrophes.

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GRAMMAR!

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Student Paragraph
I am a kid named Collin I have swag and I have a thug British
accent. I am 13 year‟s young. One of my favorite things to do is
spend time in my front yard and do karate those are my 2 most
favorite things to do in my free time. Before I could do any of
those two hobbies I would always check if I had any homework.
Because I really liked school and I thought school came first
before anything. I wouldnt miss school for the world. My moms
name is Angelica and my dads name is Norman.

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I am a kid named Collin I have swag
and I have a thug British accent.
1) Is this sentence correct?
GREEN for yes
RED for no
2) What is this type of sentence error called?
GREEN for run-on sentence
RED for sentence fragment
BLUE for no error
3) Everybody fix the sentence! (Three volunteers)
GREEN for 
RED for
BLUE for

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I am 13 year‟syoung.
1) In this sentence, is the underlined word supposed to be a
plural noun, a possessive noun, or a contraction?
GREEN for plural
RED for possessive
BLUE for contraction
2) If so, should the word have an apostrophe („) or not?
GREEN for YES (year‟s)
RED for NO (years)

5. + One of my favorite things to do is spend time in my
front yard and do karate those are my 2 most
favorite things to do in my free time.
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This is another run-on! Rewrite the sentence. (3 volunteers)
GREEN for 
RED for 
BLUE for 

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Before I could do any of those two
hobbies I would always check if I had
any homework.
1. What kind of sentence is this?
GREEN for simple sentence (1 independent clause)
RED for compound sentence (2 independent clauses)
BLUE for complex sentence (1 independent & 1 dependent)
2. The sentence is missing one punctuation mark. What is it?
GREEN for comma (,)
RED for semi-colon (;)
BLUE for period (.)
2. Where does the punctuation mark go?
GREEN for after “Before”
RED for after “hobbies”
BLUE for after “check”

7. + Because I really liked school and I
thought school came first before
anything.
This is a dependent clause? Can it stand on its own?
GREEN for yes
RED for no
Write down how you‟d fix this sentence. (This is the sentence
before it)
Before I could do any of those two hobbies, I would always check
if I had any homework. Because I really liked school and I
thought school came first before anything.

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I wouldnt miss school for the world.
1) In this sentence, is the underlined word supposed to be a
plural noun, a possessive noun, or a contraction?
GREEN for plural
RED for possessive
BLUE for contraction
2) If so, should the word have an apostrophe („) or not?
GREEN for YES (wouldn‟t)
RED for NO (wouldnt)

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My moms name is Angelica and my
dads name is Norman.
1) In this sentence, are the underlined words supposed to be
plural nouns, possessive nouns, or contractions?
GREEN for plural
RED for possessive
BLUE for contraction
2) If so, should they have apostrophes („) or not?
GREEN for YES (mom‟s, dad‟s)
RED for NO (moms, dads)