November 26-30

BR #56 November 26, 2012  Using your past Bellringers, write down Punctuation Rules #1-10. You do not have to write the examples.

BR #57 November 27, 2012  Correct the sentences below using punctuation marks.  1. Did farmers prosper when the Nile overflowed  2. Look at the stylized pictures on Egyptian pottery to see how they raised poultry and cared for their sheep  3. Yolanda did you know that San Diego is one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities

BR #58 November 28, 2012  Take out a sheet of paper and number one through ten. Take out another sheet of paper and number one through twenty-five.  Take out one more sheet to use as a cover sheet.

BR #59 November 29, 2012  Punctuation Rule #11: Use a comma after an introductory adverb clause. Adverb clauses begin with subordinating conjunctions, such as after, although, as, because, before, considering (that), if, in order that, since, so that, though, unless, until, when, whenever, where, wherever, whether, or while.  EX: When the weather is too dry, farmers have problems.  EX: If there is no rain, crops can be ruined.  In most cases, do not use a comma with an adverb clause that comes at the end of a sentence.  EX: Farmers have problems when the weather is too dry.  EX: Crops can be ruined if there is no rain.

BR #60 November 30, 2012  Punctuation rule #12: Use a comma or a pair of commas to set off an adjective clause that is not essential to the meaning of a sentence. This means that the clause merely gives additional information. Adjective clauses begin with the relative pronouns who, whom, whose, which, or that.  EX: Dairy cows, which are common on farms, are raised for their milk.  Do not use a comma or pair of commas to set off an essential clause from the rest of the sentence. An adjective clause is essential when it is necessary to the meaning of the sentence.  EX: An animal that is raised for milk is the dairy cow.