Discuss the following questions within your group Discuss the following questions within your group. Make sure to back up your opinion with an explanation or reason of some sort!

How important is it for people your age to feel like they belong?

Do you believe in bad luck? How about curses?

Have you ever known anyone who was punished for something s/he didn’t do?

Do you have to be big in size to be intimidating?

Would you lie to protect someone?

Comma Rules Rule 1: Mom bought apples, oranges, grapes, and strawberries for the party. Do I need to bring my coat, gloves, and hat? Take out a pencil, piece of paper, and your book.

Dependent clause: relies on another sentence. A "dependent clause" is a clause that cannot stand by itself as a complete sentence even though it has a subject and a predicate. while I was walking because there were so many possibilities although we could not find him Independent clause: An "independent clause" is a clause that can stand by itself as a complete sentence.

Rule 2: When each of two independent clauses expresses a complete idea, but the two ideas are linked together, we often combine them into one sentence so that the reader can easily see the relationship between them. In that case, the two most common words used to link the sentences are "and" and "but," which are called "coordinating conjunctions." When we use "and" or "but" in speech, we naturally pause between the two clauses, so that is where we place a comma.

Coordinating conjunction: remember FANBOYS for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so He hit the ball, but he ran towards third base. The visitors complained loudly about the heat, yet they continued to play golf every day.

Rule 3: When we use a dependent clause to modify the main idea expressed by an independent clause, we link them together, usually with the independent clause coming first and then followed by the dependent clause. In this case, there is no comma separating the two because we do not pause between them in speech.

What makes a clause "dependent" is the "subordinating conjunction." Remember: AAAWWUBIS words As, Although, After, While, When, Until, Because, If, Since Common subordinating conjunctions include "while," "because," and "although." Because I had so much work to do, I decided to postpone our date for the movies. While there were still many passes to traverse, I was determined to get through the mountains. Although the mountains were beautiful, the night sky was even more breathtaking.