Transcript Today you will learn*

WHAT’S THE GRAMMATICAL FUNCTION OF
THESE COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS?
TODAY YOU WILL LEARN…
how to join two sentences together.
COMPOUND SENTENCE COMMA RULE:
CONJUNCTION CONFUSION
A. My two-month-old son toasts a bagel ,
B.
C.
D.
and butters it.
My two-month-old son toasts a bagel and butters it.
My two-month-old son toasts a bagel, and he butters it.
My two-month-old son toasts a bagel and he butters it.
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This is a common error called a RUN-ON
sentence.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
What do your intestines, the yeast in bread dough, and a developing frog all have in common?
Finished? Read your PCR book
and find an example of a
sentence that uses the
compound sentence comma
rule. Write it at the bottom of
your paper.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ANSWERS
1. Among other things, they all have cells that divide to produce
more cells that are genetically identical to themselves. This is
called mitosis.
2. Intestinal cells have to be replaced as they wear out.
3. Yeast cells need to reproduce to keep their population growing.
4. As it grows bigger and more complex, a tadpole must make
new cells.
5. Mitosis is a type of cell division in which one cell divides to
produce two new cells that are genetically identical.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ANSWERS
In the context of the cell cycle, mitosis is the part of the division
process in which the DNA of the cell's nucleus is split into two
equal sets of chromosomes.
Throughout an organism’s life, it replaces worn-out cells with new
ones.
The “goal” of mitosis is to make sure that each daughter cell gets
a perfect and full set of chromosomes.
Cells with too few or too many chromosomes usually don’t
function well.
They may not survive, or they may even cause cancer.
WORK TIME
Ready for application?
Edit your writing pieces for our new
comma rule:
Need more practice?
Join a small group session.
PLEASE GET YOUR WRITING
FOLDER.
Write down your HW.
SIT EVERY OTHER SEAT.
Write down your HW, and then clear off your desk for the roots
test.
GRAMMAR WORKSHOP GOAL:
DEMONSTRATE MASTERY OF THE
COMMA RULES
Due at the
end of the
period.
Options:
READ
Read your PCR book and find examples of when your author used the TWO comma rules. Avoid
dialogue; it just gets too confusing.
REVISE
Return to a piece of your own writing. Revise sentences that would benefit from sentence combining
using the compound sentence comma rule. Highlight your changes.
SYNTHESIZE
Write your own sentences about Mr. Trahey that incorporate 3 elements in each sentence:
1)compound sentences, 2) introductory elements, 3) roots from units 1-4
WRITE
Develop/continue a piece of writing in any genre that demonstrates your understanding of compound
sentences, introductory elements, and their comma rules.
Level of
Challenge
Low
Medium
Medium
High
TODAY YOU WILL LEARN…
how to use sentences of varying lengths and complexities.
VARIED SENTENCES
The largest mammals are found in the sea. There is
nowhere else to put them.
As a compound sentence…
 The largest mammals are found in the sea,
them.
for there is nowhere else to put
With an introductory element…
 Because there is nowhere else to put them, the largest mammals are
found in the sea
1. Americans eat more bananas than they eat any other
fruit.
2. Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon host late-night talk
shows.
3. Even though the sun is a star, it knows how to change
back to the sun in the daytime.
4. Mushrooms grow in damp places, so they look like tiny
umbrellas.
5. Many dead animals of the past changed to oil others
preferred to be gas.