The document provides a lesson on run-on sentences for 4th grade students. It defines run-on sentences as sentences with two or more independent clauses combined incorrectly. Students are instructed to correct run-on sentences by separating them into two complete sentences with subjects and predicates, or rewriting as compound or complex sentences. Examples of run-on sentences are provided for students to practice correcting by adding punctuation or conjunctions to join clauses properly.

1. Run-On Sentences A Grammar Lesson for 4 th Grade Created by Teresa Wilson - Desert Palms Elementary - July 2010

2. Good writers combine closely related thoughts into compound and complex sentences to improve fluency. Jason stood on his hands while he was riding on his skateboard.

3. A run-on sentence is a sentence with two or more independent clauses that are combined incorrectly. Only closely related thoughts should be combined into one sentence.

4. A run-on sentence joins two or more sentences that should be written separately. The boy found a raft the raft floated down the river.

5. You can correct a run-on sentence by separating two complete ideas into two sentences. Each sentence must have a subject and a predicate. The boy found a raft. and The raft floated down the river.

6. Correct the run-on sentences by separating them into two sentences. Each sentence must have a subject and a verb. I’m bored at grandma’s house she doesn’t have a TV. Share your correction with your shoulder partner.

7. We’re going bird watching you can bring your friend along. Share your correction with your shoulder partner.

8. You can also correct a run-on sentence by rewriting it as a compound or a complex sentence. Be sure your new sentence makes sense. She looked at the drawings wondered who drew them. Share your correction with your shoulder partner.

9. He’s never been on a boat he’s afraid he’ll get seasick. Share your correction with your shoulder partner.

10. A group of words without both a subject and a predicate is a fragment . A dependent clause by itself is a fragment . Add the missing piece or join the fragments with a conjunction to correct.

11. Birds flew overhead and swooped down, a crane waded to the raft. Share your correction with your shoulder partner.

12. Walking to the river. I saw many types of wildlife. Hiding. Share your correction with your shoulder partner.

13. Share your correction with your shoulder partner. I heard chirping a flock of birds came into view.