1. Semicolon
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2. What do you Notice? “A banana tree isn’t a tree at all; it’s the world’s largest herb.” Dan Koeppel, Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World “Happiness isn’t something you experience; it’s something you remember.” Oscar Levant “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” Peter Drucker
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3. Invitation to Imitate Use the structures of the sentences from Day 1 to write at least two sentences of your own. Examples: A tomato isn’t a vegetable at all; it’s actually a fruit Anonymous classroom teacher Penelope’s hair looks better today than it did yesterday; however, it still needs work Anonymous classroom teacher On his fishing trip, Jeff caught rainbow, brook, and lake trout; large mouth, small mouth, and white bass; and a few northern pike Anonymous classroom teacher
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4. Invitation to Imitate Your turn…
Use the structures of the sentences from Day 1 to write at least two sentences of your own.
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5. Invitation to Revise
Rewrite the following sentences placing a semicolon where
needed.
Sarah almost ran the red light however, she stopped just in time.
Jake hired the new employee he later became Jake’s boss.
Horace runs cross country, plays football, and coaches soccer in the fall wrestles, plays hockey, and power lifts in the winter and runs track, plays baseball, and plays soccer in the spring.
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6. Invitation to Edit Form groups of two or three. Take one of the model
sentences from Day 1 and rewrite it with three different
kinds of punctuation usage.
Example:
A banana tree isn’t a tree at all; it’s the world’s largest herb.
A banana tree isn’t a tree at all. It’s the world’s largest herb.
A banana tree isn’t a tree, but the world’s largest herb.
A banana tree is an herb, not a tree at all.
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7. Invitation to Write
Write a passage demonstrating your ability to apply the
following skills:
Use a semicolon to join closely related sentences.
Use a semicolon between conjunctive adverbs that join independent clauses.
Use a semicolon between items with internal punctuation.
Grade 10 l Semicolon