Teaching Middle School Students to Identify and Fix Run-on Sentences
Do you feel like you're swimming in a dark sea of run-on sentence errors when you read your students' essays? Does your school's grammar curriculum feel insufficient? Are you tired of watching students' eyes glaze over when you talk about run-on sentences?
We're here to help. In today's blog post, we'll be sharing some resources for teaching middle school students to identify and fix run-on sentences.
Share a run-on sentence mini lesson and review assignment
It's important to make sure that all of your students have the same baseline understanding of what a run-on sentence is. We love this printable packet because it includes:
- definitions and examples of run-on sentences, comma splices, and fused sentences
- a sentence correction activity to build editing skills
- a creative activity in which students will write an example of a run-on sentence error and demonstrate how to correct it
Play a run-on sentence grammar game
Studying grammar doesn't have to be boring! This board game is designed to help students review fragments, comma splices, and run-on sentences. Players select small objects such as stones or paper clips as their game markers, and take turns moving counter-clockwise around the board. Each player rolls the die to determine how many spaces to move and must complete the task listed on their game square.
This printable board game comes in a 12 x 18 in pdf format and can be easily printed in black and white. It's a fun and interactive way to review grammar rules and perfect for classroom activities or group study sessions.
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Challenge your students to a game of grammar trashketball
Your students will love this fun trashketball game that allows them to review fragments, comma splices, and run-on sentences. Students will begin with a quick review reading activity in which they'll read definitions and examples of each type of sentence error.
Then, they'll break into small groups and work to label sentence errors, edit mistakes, and present their revisions to their teacher. After successfully completing their task card challenges, students will get to shoot a basketball (or a piece of crumpled trash) into a waste bin to earn points.
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