Combining
The soccer player took a powerful shot at the goal. The goalie made an incredible diving save.
🧠Word Bank (FANBOYS)
For • And • Nor • But • Or • Yet • So
Remember: Place the comma before the coordinating conjunction when joining two complete sentences!
The soccer player took a powerful shot at the goal, so the goalie made an incredible diving save.
The soccer player took a powerful shot at the goal, but the goalie made an incredible diving save.
Mark wanted to buy a new computer yet he did not save enough money.
What's the error?
Error (Missing Comma with FANBOYS)
Place a comma before the coordinating conjunction yet
"Mark wanted to buy a new computer, yet he did not save enough money."
Coach Vance threw his clipboard onto the grass and put his head in his hands. On the field, the black-and-white patched ball rolled slowly into the back of his team's net while the opposing players jumped up and down in celebration.
1. What sport is being played?
2. How is Coach Vance feeling? What clue shows this?
1. Soccer
2. devastated, upset, frustrated, disappointed; he threw what he was holding and put his head in his hands, the other team is celebrating after they made a goal
The fire drill emptied the room. Maya stepped toward the exit, but her mind flashed to the overdue electric bill on her kitchen counter. She stopped, eyed the deserted hallway, and walked back to the teacher's unattended wallet on the desk.
What action is Maya about to take?
What do you predict will happen next?
Consider the isolation of the room, her financial stress, and her physical return to the desk.
Which animal intentionally breaks its own bones to push sharp claws out through its skin when it gets attacked by a predator?
A) The Honey Badger
B) The Wolverine Frog
C) The Texas Horned Lizard
D) The Platypus
B) The Wolverine Frog
This Central African amphibian is famous for breaking its own toe bones to push sharp bone claws through its skin when threatened,
The quarterback can pass the football to the wide receiver. He can hand it off to the running back.
🧠Word Bank (FANBOYS)
For • And • Nor • But • Or • Yet • So
Remember: Place the comma before the coordinating conjunction when joining two complete sentences!
The quarterback can pass the football to the wide receiver, or he can hand it off to the running back.
We finished our big class project today we are taking tomorrow off.
What's the error?
We finished our big class project today, so we are taking tomorrow off.
Tyson heard the starting gun fire and instantly exploded out of the metal blocks. His spikes dug into the red rubber track as he rounded the curve, his eyes locked onto the white lane lines ahead of him.
1. What sport or event is Tyson participating in?
2. What piece of safety or specialized gear is mentioned in the text?
1. Track & Field
2. spiked shoes
Maya stared at her blank math test. Two minutes remained, and if she failed, she was grounded for a month. Suddenly, the smartest kid in class leaned back, exposing his completed answer sheet. Maya looked at the clock, then at his paper. She gripped her pencil until her knuckles turned white.
What will Maya do next? What clues do you see in the text?
1) Maya will most likely cheat.
2) Think about her fear of being grounded, the ticking clock, and her white knuckles.
Question: Which animal can shoot high-pressure blood out of its own eyeballs up to five feet away to terrify and confuse predators?
A) The Vampire Bat
B) The Bombadier Beetle
C) The Texas Horned Lizard
D) The Komodo Dragon
C) The Texas Horned Lizard.
It restricts the blood flow leaving its head until the pressure builds up so high that the tiny blood vessels in its eyelids burst, spraying foul-tasting blood directly at its attacker!
Maya was completely exhausted after running the cross-country course. She managed to sprint across the finish line with a smile.
Maya was completely exhausted after running the cross-country course, yet she managed to sprint across the finish line with a smile.
Although the test was very difficult, but he still earned an A.
What's the error?
Although the test was very difficult, he still earned an A.
OR
The test was very difficult, but he still earned an A.
The wind howled as Chloe stood at the top of the steep, powdery peak. She zipped her heavy jacket, pulled her goggles over her eyes, and clicked her boots securely into the long fiberglass bindings. With a deep breath, she pushed off and carved a sharp zig-zag path down the mountain.
1. What sport is Chloe doing?
2. What context clues gave you the answer?
1. skiiing or snowboarding
2. powdery peak, goggles, boots clicked into long fiberglass bindings, carved down the mountain.
Marcus stared at the permission slip, carefully tracing his dad’s signature onto the paper. He needed this form to go on the field trip, but his dad had refused to sign it because of Marcus's failing grades. Marcus slipped the pen into his pocket just as the teacher walked up to his desk, holding out her hand for the forms. Marcus reached into his backpack, his chest tightening.
What choice is Marcus about to make?
What do you predict will happen if the teacher looks closely at the paper?
1) Give the teacher the permission slip with a forged signature
2) Think about the forged signature, his motivation to go on the trip, his tightening chest, and the teacher waiting with an outstretched hand.
Nature: Which animal's fingerprint patterns are so remarkably similar to human fingerprints that they have occasionally confused forensic crime investigators?
Koalas
The baseball coach canceled afternoon practice. Heavy rain flooded the infield.
The baseball coach canceled afternoon practice, for heavy rain flooded the infield.
Heavy rain flooded the infield, so the baseball coach canceled afternoon practice.
The rain poured down heavily, the street quickly flooded.
What's the error?
The rain poured down heavily, and the street quickly flooded.
The rain poured down heavily, so the street quickly flooded.
The gym erupted in cheers as the ball flew over the tall net. Maya crouched low, bumped the ball up with her forearms, and yelled, "Set me!" Her teammate quickly pushed the ball high into the air, allowing Maya to leap up and slam it down onto the opponent's floor.
1. What sport is being played?
2. What specific action did Maya take at the end of the play?
1.volleyball
2. spiked the ball
Julian’s throat felt like sandpaper. He heard the orchestra tuning on the other side of the wall. “One cracked note ruins our entire rating,” the director had warned. When the conductor signaled him forward, Julian stood, leaving his sheet music on the table.
What choice is Julian about to make?
What do you predict will happen next?
Consider his dry throat, the pressure of a perfect rating, and his deliberate act of leaving the music behind.
Science: Which planet in our solar system has winds that cause it to rain diamonds?
Neptune (and potentially Saturn and Jupiter)
Our school volleyball team won the championship game. The entire student section rushed onto the court to celebrate.
Our school volleyball team won the championship game, so the entire student section rushed onto the court to celebrate.
Our school volleyball team won the championship game, and the entire student section rushed onto the court to celebrate.
Although she forgot to set her alarm clock.
What's the error?
Although she forgot to set her alarm clock, she still arrived on time.
Tyler stood on the rubber slab, staring at the catcher's leather mitt. He nodded, wound up his arm, and fired the ball across the plate at ninety miles per hour. CRACK. Tyler watched anxiously as the ball soared high over the outfield fence.
1. What position does Tyler play?
2. Did Tyler's play result in a good outcome or a bad outcome for his team? Explain using clues.
1. Pitcher
2. Bad. The batter hit a home run (CRACK, watched anxiously as it went over the outfield fence).
Leo stared at the shattered fragments of his mother’s heirloom vase. Hearing her heavy footsteps descending the stairs, Leo quickly nudged a sharp piece of ceramic toward the whimpering dog's paws and rubbed white porcelain dust onto its nose.
What plan is Leo setting into motion?
What do you predict will happen next?
Consider the immediate arrival of his mother and how he manipulates the physical evidence around the dog.
History: What did President Andrew Jackson’s pet parrot do at his funeral that forced handlers to remove it?
It had to be taken out for swearing loudly at the mourners...