Announcements and Reminders:
The Reading/Listening portion of the SAGE ELA Test will be given at the beginning of May. We are preparing for that now.
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Targets for Today:
(Today we are briefly reviewing several of the above comma rules.)
I can read and comprehend short stories and recognize elements of literature within them. |
Today’s Agenda:
If you have finished all three, you have some time for individual reading!
The documents are attached to the assignments on Skyward, and you can find the stories here:
"The Smallest Dragonboy" at http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view_print.php?book=64557
"Rikki-tikki-tavi" at
or
"Three Skeleton Key" at
If you have finished all three, you will have some time to read individually.
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Back to the Commas! -- Coordinate or Not?????? Receive back and study your coordinate comma paper from yesterday. Do you understand when to use a comma and when not to? Hint: Any time you need to write in commas, make sure they are clearly shown.
More Coordinate Adjectives with Commas
Then take a test on coordinate adjectives and the commas that live with them.
Rules -- Do NOT put a comma between the last adjective and the noun. A1 OR A2 LOOKED BRIEFLY AT COMMAS IN A SERIES.
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Commas in a Series
Commas -- Commas in a Series Rules -- DO place a comma BEFORE the conjunction. We ate apples, raspberries, and bananas. -- Right. We ate apples, raspb Do NOT put a comma AFTER the conjunction. I like you, but I'd rather not spend time with you. -- Right. I like you For the Kahoot Game,
Combining sentences to create commas in a series:
Combine these four sentence to create one complete sentence, using commas in a series: You may add or leave out words, but do not leave out any of the meaning.
The above sentences could be combined to become this sentence:
Her cleats, shin pads, and sweats were in her backpack which was heavy with homework and slung over her shoulder.
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If You Were Absent:
For your short story assignments,
the documents are attached to the assignments on Skyward, and you can find the stories here:
"The Smallest Dragonboy" at http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view_print.php?book=64557
"Rikki-tikki-tavi" at
or
"Three Skeleton Key" at
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Vocabulary:
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Coordinate Adjectives practice