Study Skills Learning Targets

1. Study Skills Learning Targets • I will review and identify conjunctions. • I will review and identify interjections.

2. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify conjunctions. Conjunctions • A conjunction joins words or groups of words • There are two types of conjunctions: CoordinatingandCorrelative

3. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify conjunctions. Coordinating Conjunctions • There are seven coordinating conjunctions: and, or, but, so, for, yet, & nor

4. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify conjunctions. Coordinating Conjunctions • And& orcan be used to join words, phrases and sentences • But, so, for&yetare used to join sentences

5. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify conjunctions. Coordinating Conjunctions • When a coordinating conjunction joins two sentences, a commais used before the conjunction • A common error is to omit this comma • Another error is to put a comma before a conjunction joining two phrases For Example: Sentence: John opened the icebox, and he took out the salami. Phrase: John opened the icebox and took out the salami.

6. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify conjunctions. Coordinating Conjunctions • The remaining coordinating conjunction, nor, is in a class by itself. • It requires a negative in the first sentence and reversalof the subject and verb in the second sentence. For Example: John does notlove Mary, nor does Fred love Alicia.

7. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify conjunctions. Coordinating Conjunctions Practice • Combine the pair of sentences using a conjunction. • Use a comma ONLY if you have complete sentences around each conjunction, NOT phrases.

8. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify conjunctions. Coordinating Conjunctions Practice 1. The governor vetoed the bill. The governor sent it back to the senate.

9. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify conjunctions. Coordinating Conjunctions Practice 2. The performers dazzled the crowd. The performers amazed the critics.

10. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify conjunctions. Coordinating Conjunctions Practice • Complete 3-6 with a partner. 3. The editor compiled a list of typographical errors. The editor sent the list to the grateful author. 4. The workers stacked the crates in the warehouse. The workers labeled them according to their contents. 5. The candidate invoked the names of the founding fathers. The candidate promised to follow in their footsteps. 6. The Boy Scouts synchronized their watches. The Boy Scouts oriented their maps.

11. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify conjunctions. Coordinating Conjunctions Practice • Complete 7-11 on your own. 7. The astrologer forecast the future of the stock market. The astrologer called his broker. 8. Dripping wet, Leon got out of the shower. Leon answered the phone for the third time. 9. A couple in a brand-new BMW wheeled into the filling station. The couple paid for their gas with nickels and dimes. 10. Glinda took off the witch’s ruby slippers. Glinda gave them to Dorothy. 11. Holmes sent a wire to Scotland Yard. Holmes told Watson to pack his service revolver.

12. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify conjunctions. Correlative Conjunctions • The main difference is that correlative conjunctions are two-part conjunctions. • The most common correlative conjunctions are both…and; either…or; neither…nor and not only…but also. • All four correlative conjunctions can be used with words and phrase

13. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify conjunctions. Correlative Conjunctions • The main difference is that correlative conjunctions are two-part conjunctions. • The most common correlative conjunctions are both…and; either…or; neither…norandnot only…but also. • All four correlative conjunctions can be used with words and phrases

14. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify conjunctions. Correlative Conjunctions Examples with words: John loves both Mary and Alicia. John loves either Mary or Alicia. John loves neither Mary nor Alicia. John loves not only Mary but also Alicia.

15. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify conjunctions. Correlative Conjunctions Examples with phrases: Mary went both up the stairs and down the hall. Mary went either up the stairs or down the hall. Mary went neither up the stairs nor down the hall. Mary went not only up the stairs but alsodown the hall.

16. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify conjunctions. Conjunctions Practice • Review directions • Complete 1-2 as a class. • Complete 3-5 with a partner • Review as a class • Complete 6-10 on your own • Review as a class. • Complete 11-15 on your own • Turn in the worksheet

17. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify interjections. Interjections • An interjectionis an exclamatory word that expresses emotion. • It has no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence. • An interjectioncan NEVER be a verb and therefore can never be expanded to a full sentence by an understood you (imperative sentences - like “Stop!” and “Duck!”)

18. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify interjections. Interjections • If the emotion that the interjectionexpresses is strong, the interjectionis set off from other sentences by an exclamation point. For Example: Ouch! I just stubbed my toe! Wow! We Won! No! Don’t do it!

19. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify interjections. Interjections • If the emotion that the interjectionexpresses is less dramatic, the interjectioncan be joined to the sentence by a comma. For Example: Damn, I’m good. Well, what do you know?

20. Study Skills Learning Target: I will review and identify interjections. Interjections • Complete the Interjection practice.