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Take three note cards

Take three note cards. Number a piece of notebook paper one through six If the sentence is correct, explain how you know it is correct. If the sentence is incorrect, fix it and explain why you made the changes. Example The dog ran under the porch and he caught a rabbit.

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Take three note cards

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  1. Take three note cards • Number a piece of notebook paper one through six • If the sentence is correct, explain how you know it is correct. • If the sentence is incorrect, fix it and explain why you made the changes. Example The dog ran under the porch and he caught a rabbit. The dog ran under the porch , and he caught a rabbit. I corrected it by putting a comma before the coordinating conjunction because there is an independent clause on each side of it.

  2. Conjunction Rules They help CONNECT parts of sentences, so they cannot start sentences. If there is a subject and predicate on each side of the CC, you must have a comma before the CC. coordinating conjunctions For-And-Nor-But-Or-Yet-So

  3. Coordinating Conjunction-connecting two independent clauses. conjunction • The tornadoattacked the town and howling windsbrought fear to people cowering in their basements. subject predicate , subject predicate

  4. Coordinating Conjunction-connecting two adjectives. conjunction • The tornadoattacked the north and south side of town. subject predicate No Comma! ,

  5. Subordinating Conjunctions • MAY be used in the beginning of a sentence if there are two clauses. • Must have a comma to separate the clauses. • MAY be used in the middle of a sentence. • NO comma to separate the clauses because the conjunction does it for you. AlthoughMarvin loves Jamaica, he is leaving the island. Marvin loves Jamaicaalthoughhe is leaving the island.

  6. Choose a conjunction that makes sense. 35. You give me the keys to your car. I won’t tell how you rigged the fog machine to belch. You gave me the keys to your car thereforeI won’t tell how you rigged the fog machine to belch. I won’t tell how you rigged the fog machine to belch because you gave me the keys to your car. I won’t tell how you rigged the fog machine to belch ifyou give me the keys to your car.

  7. Choose a conjunction that makes sense. 35. Spot was a decent looking dog. He got the measles Spot was a decent looking dog untilhe got the measles. Spot was a decent looking dog beforehe got the measles.

  8. repeat Common Mistakes I ate an ice cream cone , and I ate an ice cream sundae.

  9. Great Sentences I ate an ice cream cone , and so but it had nothing in it. I didn’t eat my supper. I got a brain-freeze.

  10. More Great Sentences... The dog growled so but and the cat meowed back. we put him in his kennel. everyone ran away. the cat hissed. we backed away slowly. ,

  11. More Great Sentences... Mrs. Lundin scolded the class. The students weren’t naughty The students felt guilty The students wouldn’t settle down The students were talking We started screaming , so for yet

  12. Strategies for editing spelling... • point to each word as you read (for real) • look for incorrect homonyms • read it word for word backwards • remember spelling rules (y-ie, i before e) • look at commonly misspelled words • to, too, two • there, their, they’re

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