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- Students demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English punctuation through the correct use of a comma or semi-colon to link two or more closely related independent clauses.
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- Pre-assessment: Students independently complete a Diagnostic test worksheet which requires them to insert or delete semi-colons or commas to link two closely related independent clauses.
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- Students hand in diagnostic test, and it is corrected by the teacher with an answer key.
- Students correct the sentences from the worksheet on the whiteboard.
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- Students demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English punctuation through correct use of a comma or semi-colon to link two or more closely related independent clauses.
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- Students help to create a definition when to use a semi-colon to link to or more closely related independent clauses.
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- Large group discussion to create semi-colon definition.
- Students copy definition into notes.
- Formative group work
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- Selected students receive slips of paper which form a sentence with a semi-colon or comma. At the front of the class, they organize the slips into a sentence. The class indicates if it is correct using a thumb up or thumb down. The teacher monitors participation and who is correct.
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- Students demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English punctuation through correct use of a comma to link two or more closely related independent clauses that contain a coordinating conjunction.
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- Students help to create a definition for when to use a comma, rather than a semi-colon, to link two closely related independent clauses.
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- Large group discussion to create comma definition.
- Students copy definition into notes.
- Formative group work
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- Selected students receive slips of paper which form a sentence with a semi-colon or comma. At the front of the class, they organize the slips into a sentence. The class indicates if it is correct using a thumb up or thumb down. The teacher monitors participation and who is correct.
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- Students demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English punctuation through correct use of a comma to link two or more closely related independent clauses that contain a coordinating conjunction.
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- Students independently complete a Summative test worksheet which requires them to insert or delete semi-colons or commas to link two closely related independent clauses.
- The students write a paragraph which establishes a controlling idea, uses direct examples from text to support the idea, and also uses two semi-colons and two commas to link two or more closely related independent clauses.
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- Students complete a Summative Test which is corrected by the teacher using an answer key.
- Students write a paragraph to answer Question 26 from the New York State English Regents Exam. It must correctly use two semi-colons and two commas to link two or more closely related independent clauses. It is graded using a Comma and Semi-Colon Usage Rubric.
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