Transition / Revising
What is at the end of a transition?
A comma.
What type of essay are we writing in class?
Expository
True of False: You can only have one comma per sentence.
False.
How many sentence variations are there? What are the names?
4.
Simple, Compound, Complex, and Appositive
Bob went to school.
What type of sentence?
Simple Sentence.
What revising strategy do we use?
CARMS
Name the three types of paragraphs for the essay.
Introduction, Body, Conclusion
A comma series can also be called
Listing
Eliminate. New information CANNOT be added from the answer choices.
CS, fanboy CS.
is a(n)...
Compound Sentence
My dad took our computer to the store to get it fixed. ___, he went back to see if it was ready.
A. Later
B. Meanwhile
C. Nevertheless
D. At last
A. Later
What body paragraph should the second reason be written in?
2nd Body Paragraph
Marco plays basketball soccer and football. Where would the comma(s) be placed?
Marco plays basketball, soccer, and football.
What strategy do we use for our essay examples? What does it stand for?
HELP.
History, Entertainment/Events, Literature, Pop Culture
IS, CS.
is what type of sentence?
Complex Sentence
Which two revising strategy do we have to complete a Who/What T-Chart?
A and R
Add and Remove
What does TESI stand for?
Topic Sentence
Example
Support Detail
If/Then
I'm going to eat turkey, corn, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, and biscuits on Thanksgiving.
Are the commas used correctly?
Yes
What happens to a complete sentence when an AAAWWUBIS is attached to it?
It turns the complete sentence (CS) into an incomplete sentence (IS).
Adding extra information inside of a sentence next to a noun is a(n)...
Appositive Sentence.
Marco plays basketball. In fact, he plays every Saturday.
How would you rewrite this sentence without using the 1st period. Proper punctuation and capitalization must be used.
Marco plays basketball; in fact, he plays every Saturday.
Create the Thesis Statement/Controlling Idea for this prompt.
Write an essay explaining why learning from your mistakes is important.
Learning from your mistakes is important because R1 and R2.
Create a sentence using commas.
Teacher's decision.
Why is it important to use our TESI strategy when writing our essay?
Teacher decision
Bob, a musician, plays his guitar everyday, so he joined the school's mariachi band.
What two sentence structures were combined?
Appositive and Compound Sentence