PM1 Writing

Topic Sentence:

An impulsive decision I made as a teenager taught me a lesson about relationships.

Story:  

Main action - what happened?

                     time order

Description - specific details

                     5 senses

                     background action

Concluding Sentence:

I learned from that experience how our choices can affect the ones we love.

SENTENCE FRAGMENTS

A.  Which of the following sentences are complete?  Which are fragments?

1.  After a refreshing swim in the community pool.

2.  Down the ladder came a firefighter with a child in his arms.

3.  Since we met at the student union building for a cup of coffee.

4.  Near the hospital is a huge medical building.

5.  Anyone with an ounce of common sense.

6.  Especially the apartments on the top floor.

7.  At the door was a smiling salesperson.

8.  For instance, another tie for my father on his birthday.

9.  For example, candy wrappers and pop cans litter the park.

10.  In the darkest part of the forest with no flashlight.