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Monday, 9/15

Monday, 9/15. Turn in your annotated packet into the homework tray. (Due in first 5 minutes!) Take out grammar notebook. Turn to new page. Label “ What does it mean to be American based on Native American stories ?” 9/15.

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Monday, 9/15

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  1. Monday, 9/15 Turn in your annotated packet into the homework tray. (Due in first 5 minutes!) Take out grammar notebook. Turn to new page. Label “What does it mean to be American based on Native American stories?” 9/15

  2. What does it mean to be American based on the Native American stories? 9/15 • Write a MEL-Con paragraph • M = Main Idea Sentence • E = Evidence (do not need a quote today, just a specific example from a story you remember) • L = Link and explanation of your evidence (explain HOW/WHY this example answers the question and supports your main idea) • Con = Conclusion Sentence

  3. SIX Basic Comma Rules 9/15 Label your next free grammar page!

  4. Comma Rule #1 • The Serial Comma • Place a comma between items in a series as in the example below. • I have my laptop, my pens, my pencils, and my MP3 Player in my backpack.

  5. Comma Rule #2 • The Coordinating Conjunction Comma... • Place a comma before a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) that joins two independent clauses. • The FANBOYS are: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so • The best place to take a vacation is Chicago, but the best place to take a honeymoon is Hawaii.

  6. Comma Rule #3 • The Introductory Word or Phrase comma… • Always place a comma after an introductory word or phrase • John, what are you doing to my car? • As I walked down the street, I ran into a friend I hadn’t seen in years.

  7. Comma Rule #4 • The Interrupting Word/Phrase Comma… • Always place a comma before and after any word or phrase that can be removed from the sentence and still make sense. • John, the teacher, wrote his name on the board. • I ran down the street, though I didn’t have to, and fell down and hurt my crown.

  8. Comma Rule #5 • The Concluding Word/Phrase Comma… • Always place a comma before any word or phrase that is just tagged on at the end of the sentence. • Is that you in the corner, John? • I hadn’t seen John in years, though that didn’t make much difference in our friendship.

  9. Comma Rule #6 • The Catch-all Comma…use it… • to separate numbers more than four digits long (1,000,000), • to separate city from state, (Paris, Texas), • to separate month & year (August 15, 1980), • before and after titles (James Smith, M.D., is no longer working here.), • to prevent confusion (To err is human; to forgive, divine.)

  10. Go back to your bell ringer MEL-Con Take 5 minutes to check for any comma mistakes. Use a different colored pen to make corrections. Insert comma : Delete comma :

  11. Homework Answer the essential questions based on the NA unit. Follow the directions.

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