This entry focuses on the Elements of Sentence Construction including subjects and predicates, phrases and clauses, compound sentence elements, and avoiding fragments, run-ons, and fused sentences.

This lesson presents information on the use of the comma and semicolon in a compound sentence. A link will take you to an interactive exercise that applies the mechanics content. L.9-10.2a Punc/Indep Clause

Choose the sentence that correctly combines two statements in order to create a complex or compound-complex sentence in this seven-question quiz.

In this lesson, Melinda Long's picture book entitled How I Became a Pirate is used as the mentor text. Young scholars will record their favorite complex sentences from the text and share them. Students will also use interactive buttons...

This entry focuses on forming complete sentences by identifying fragments, comma splices, and fused sentences and learning how to correct them. It provides the rules, examples of errors, and examples of how to correct each type of error.