Writing and Punctuating Compound Sentences Teacher Do you
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Writing and Punctuating Compound Sentences
Teacher: Do you know your conjunctions? Students: FANBOYS are our conjunctions! Teacher: Do you know the rule of thumb? Students: Comma then a conjunction! Teacher: Sound off! Students: One, Two! Teacher: Sound off! Students: Three, Four! Teacher: For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Students: For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Teacher: Sound off! Students: One, Two! Teacher: Sound off! Students: Three, Four! Teacher: Break it on down Students: one, two, three, four, one two Everyone(louder): Three, Four! FANBOYS Chant
Compound Sentence, or not? • Mrs. Graves is our teacher. • She loves to read, and ghost stories are her favorite genre. • Timmy doesn’t like baseball or basketball. • My favorite time of year is fall, but I also like spring.
What is missing? • Soccer is complicated, you can learn the rules if you try. • “The House on Hackman’s Hill” is one of my favorite books because I love the author. • You need to study so you pass your test. • My sister is a pain she always breaks my stuff!
What is missing? • Safeer likes to read he is a good student. • Meghan is a new student, she comes from Michigan. • I love chocolate but it has a lot of calories. • I wrote a compound sentence, and I did it correctly.
Write your own compound sentence.
Our Compound Sentences:
