1. Warm Up Monday, January 4, 2016
Use a comma paired with a conjunction (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) to link together two independent but related thoughts.
Write FOUR sentences about your holiday break where you use a comma for the above purpose.
Example:
My pants felt a little tight this morning, for I ate too many Christmas cookies.
I binge-watched Making a Murderer on Netflix and The Jink on HBO, so my faith in our criminal justice system is someone shaken.

2. Warm Up Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Directions: Rewrite each sentence using commas in the appropriate place(s). 1. After many mornings of sleeping in she struggled to get up early this morning. 2. Additionally she slept through her alarm. 3. Despite her rushing around she was still late to school.

3. Warm Up Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Rewrite each pair of sentences below. Use a comma paired with a conjunction (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so). You may only use a FANBOY one time. 1. I don’t want to argue with you. I don’t want to give in. 2. She had a lot of friends. She was a friendly girl. 3. I had a cute puppy. I lost him. 4. He studied for the test. He got a good grade.

4. Warm Up Thursday, January 7, 2016
Do you need a comma in the following sentences? If not, write no comma. If so, rewrite the sentence and include the comma.
Students love their friends and love their phones.
They forgot to study so they bombed the quiz.
It snowed a lot but we still had to go to school.
I like eating pizza and drinking pop.