11/14 Grammar Monday!

Agenda Mid Term Check In Review old skills New Skills – Comma Rules Parts of Speech Semicolons New Skills – Comma Rules Practice the skills Prepare for Quiz – 11/21 (Next Monday!) End Goal – Be able to use commas effectively, while still using semicolons correctly as well.

Mid Term Check Does anybody need more time? 15 minutes tomorrow? Looking over the midterms, there were quite a few that were not completed. 15 minutes tomorrow?

Identify the Parts of Speech Should she jump over the pond?

Parts of Speech - Answer Should she jump over the pond? Should – Auxiliary Verb She – Pronoun Jump – Verb Over – Preposition The- Article Pond – Common Noun

Fix This Sentence – Can you spot the mistakes? How many? Despite the cold wheather; my mother make us spend all afternoon shoveling the sidewalk.

Answer Despite the cold wheather; my mother make us spend all afternoon shoveling the sidewalk. (3) Despite the cold weather, my mother made us spend all afternoon shoveling the sidewalk.

Comma Rules Today we are just looking at THREE of the comma rules We are going to master those rules and then move on to more (There are about 11 in all)

Before we start… Dependent Clause A group of words that does not express a complete thought Since I ate ice cream Despite the cold weather Independent Clause An independent clause is a sentence It can stand completely on its own I ate ice cream. Jim studied in the coffee shop

Agenda Comma Rule Refresher Practice Practice Practice Assign homework Time to work on homework AND time to finish up midterm. End Goal – be able to use commas effectively.

Comma Rule 1 Use commas to separate independent clauses when they are joined by any seven coordinating conjunctions And But For Or Nor So Yet

Comma Rule 1 Examples The game was over, but the crowd refused to leave. Independent clause: The game was over Independent clause: the crowd refused to leave Coordinating Conjunction – but Yesterday was her brother’s birthday, so she took him to dinner. Independent clause: Coordinating Conjunction:

Comma Rule 2 Use commas after introductory clauses, introductory phrases, or words that come before the main clause. Hint: Common Starter Words: After, Although, As, Because, Since, When, While

Comma Rules 2 - Examples While I was eating, the dog barked outside. Introductory clause– While I was eating Independent Clause – the dog barked outside. To get a seat, you’d better come early. Introductory phrase – To get a seat Independent Clause- You’d better come early. Hello, my name is John. Introductory Word – Hello Independent – my name is John

Comma Rule 3 Use a pair of commas in the middle of a sentence to set off clauses, phrases, and words that are NOT ESSENTIAL to the meaning of the sentence. Use one comma to indicate the beginning of the pause and one at the end to indicate the end of the pause.

Comma Rule 3 - Hints If you leave out the clause, phrase, or word, does the sentence still make sense? Does the clause, phrase, or word interrupt the flow of words in the original sentence? If you move the clause, phrase, or word to a different position in the sentence, does the sentence still make sense? Answer YES?!?! Then it is not an essential clause, phrase, or word!

Comma Rule 3 - Examples Clause: That Tuesday, which happens to be my birthday, is the only day I am free for dinner. Phrase: The prices at that restaurant are amazing. The food, on the other hand, is not that good. Word: I appreciate your hard work. In this case, however, you have seemed to over exert yourself.

Practice 1 Take the two independent clauses and combine with comma rule 1 My favorite holiday is Halloween My costume was not very good this year

Practice 1 My favorite holiday is Halloween, but my costume was not very good this year.

Practice 2 Combine the two clauses using comma rule 2 Clause: I missed important notes Clause: Because I was late to class

Practice 2 Because I was late to class, I missed important notes.

Practice 3 Combine using comma rule 3 Next Friday Is the day of the test Which is also pay day

Practice 3 Next Friday, which is also pay day, is the day of the test.

Fix This Sentence…how many mistakes? Bailey and Maria, my best friend is both struggling in American history.

Fix this sentence Bailey and Maria, my best friend is both struggling in American history. (4) Bailey and Maria, my best friends, are both struggling in American History.

Fix This Sentence Althoh they woke up late; however, she still made it too they’re classes on time.

Fix this sentence Althoh they woke up late; however, she still made it too they’re classes on time.(6) Although they woke up late, they still made it to their classes on time.

Work Due Tomorrow Prompts Who is your role model? (Comma rule 1) Reflection Each prompt must be at least two sentences: Who is your role model? (Comma rule 1) Would you rather lose your sense of sight or your sense of taste? (Comma rule 2) Would you rather have a hot summer all year long or a cold winter all year long? (Comma rule 3) Would you rather be able to change the past or be able to see the future? (semicolons) Reflect on three skills (parts of speech, commas, semicolons) Each explanation should be at least two sentences. Each explanation should contain one comma rule.