Writing Complete Sentences - Waiting for the Biblioburro

Writing Complete Sentences
(Waiting for the Biblioburro)

Fixing sentence fragments

Writing Complete Sentences

A complete sentence must have a subject and a predicate, and must express a complete thought. A complete sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with final punctuation.

Writing Complete Sentences

When writing sentences, avoid sentence fragments.

Sentence Fragment Examples

• Moved far away (missing subject)

• At night Ana (missing predicate)

As you find fragments, use information from the book Waiting for the Biblioburro to correct each sentence.

Open Ended

How could the sentence be corrected?
Moved far away.

Multiple Choice

Is it a fragment or complete sentence?
Always tells the stories to her little brother.

• complete sentence

• sentence fragment

Open Ended

How could the sentence be corrected?
Always tells the stories to her little brother.

Multiple Choice

Is it a fragment or complete sentence?
The librarian begins sharing the story of an elephant.

• complete sentence

• sentence fragment

Multiple Choice

Is it a fragment or complete sentence?
In a few weeks.

• complete sentence

• sentence fragment

Open Ended

How could the sentence be corrected?
In a few weeks.

Multiple Choice

Is it a fragment or complete sentence?
In her dream Ana.

• complete sentence

• sentence fragment

Open Ended

How could the sentence be corrected?
In her dream Ana.