1. Grrrmar Warm-up: Comma Splice
Definition: the use of a comma to join two independent clauses (Wikipedia)
Examples:
It is nearly half past five, we cannot reach town before dark.
It is nearly half past five, so we cannot reach town before dark.
It is nearly half past five; we cannot reach town before dark.
Application: Fix the following comma splices.
The cat jumped from step to step, it gracefully landed with each jump.
Anthony did not agree with the method he was taught, he found other means to solve the problem.
I learned the song on the piano, I chose to never play it.
The correct format looked odd, Victoria chose not to complete the problem this way.