1. Commas
Fri, 1/30

2. Commas, Clauses, and Phrases

3. Write the sentences below in your writer’s notebook.
Warm Up - 1/30/15
Write the sentences below in your writer’s notebook.
Eat here, and get gas.
Eat here and get gas.
Interpret the meaning of each sentence. What difference does the comma make?

6. Essential Questions: How do I use commas to separate clauses?
How do I use commas to set apart introductory phrases?

7. Commas with Clauses
RULE: Use a comma to separate two independent clauses when the clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction.

8. EXAMPLE: My dog loves to chase chipmunks, but he has never caught one.
Commas with Clauses
EXAMPLE: My dog loves to chase chipmunks, but he has never caught one.

9. Commas with Clauses
RULE: Use a comma to separate a dependent clause from an independent clause when the dependent clause comes first.

10. Commas with Clauses
EXAMPLE: Although he has never caught one, my dog loves to chase chipmunks.

11. Commas with Introductory Phrases
RULE: Use a comma AFTER introductory words and phrases.

12. Commas with Introductory Phrases
EXAMPLE: First, he sniffs the ground for chipmunks.

13. Commas with Introductory Phrases
EXAMPLE: On occasion, he spots a chipmunk scurrying to safety.

14. Before everyone else awoke Dion got up to finish his homework.
Your Turn!
Before everyone else awoke Dion got up to finish his homework.

15. Before everyone else awoke, Dion got up to finish his homework.
Your Turn!
Before everyone else awoke, Dion got up to finish his homework.

16. Your Turn!
We had a room with a view but the view was of an alley with garbage cans.

17. Your Turn!
We had a room with a view, but the view was of an alley with garbage cans.

18. Into the pot of bubbling sauce Laney added basil and parsley.
Your Turn!
Into the pot of bubbling sauce Laney added basil and parsley.

19. Into the pot of bubbling sauce, Laney added basil and parsley.
Your Turn!
Into the pot of bubbling sauce, Laney added basil and parsley.

20. Ticket Out the Door What is one rule you remember from today?
What is one rule that you do not understand?