Take three note cards Example The dog ran under the porch and he caught a rabbit. 1. 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. 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.

Conjunction Rules coordinating conjunctions For-And-Nor-But-Or-Yet-So 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 Conjunction- connecting two independent clauses. TThe tornado attacked the town and howling winds brought fear to people cowering in their basements. subject predicate conjunction,

Coordinating Conjunction- connecting two adjectives. TThe tornado attacked the north a nd south side of town. subjectpredicate conjunction, No Comma!

Subordinating Conjunctions MMAY be u uu used in the beginning of a sentence if there are t tt two clauses. MMMMust have a comma to s ss separate the clauses. MMMMAY be used in the m mm middle of a sentence. NNNNO comma to separate the clauses because the c cc conjunction does it for you. Although Marvin loves Jamaica, he is leaving the island. Marvin loves Jamaica although he is leaving the island.

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 therefore I 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 if you give me the keys to your car.

35. Spot was a decent looking dog. He got the measles Spot was a decent looking dog until he got the measles. Spot was a decent looking dog before he got the measles.

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

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

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

More Great Sentences... Ms. Vessey scolded the class., so foryet The students wouldn’t settle down We started screaming The students felt guiltyThe students weren’t naughty The students were talking

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