Transcript Materials Needed

Materials Needed
 A red pen
 A highlighter
 Your Partner’s Personal Statement
Rough Draft 3
Personal Statement
Rough Draft 3
FRAGMENTS
Fragments
 A group of words that is not grammatically
complete.
 It could be a subordinate/dependent clause with
no main clause.
 It could be either missing a subject or a
predicate.
 Subject:
the doer of the action or the one in the state of
being.
 Predicate: the verb or the verb phrase that tells
something about the subject.
PS Rough Draft 3 Steps (in red)
1. Write “c/b <your name>”
2. Circle all noun and pronouns.
3. Underline all the verbs.
4. Highlight any of the circled words that are
a subject.
5. Bracket and Label any sentence as
“Fragment” that is missing a circled
highlighted word or an underlined word.
PS Rough Draft 3 Steps (in red)
6. If the sentence is beginning with a
subordinating clause and has no main
clause attached to it, bracket and label as a
fragment.
What Next?
 Give it back to the author.
 The author should show me their Personal
Statement Rough Draft 3 as soon as it is
completed to make sure it is done correctly.
 The author should correct any sentence that
is a fragment.
 The Final Draft will only be turned in online.
Make sure you have an electronic copy of
your final draft by 9/16-9/17.