How to Teach Semicolons with Phrases
Semicolons with Phrases
Semicolons with Phrases
Play the quick video lesson HERE and click the upper left back arrow to return to this lesson.
Common Core Language Standard 2
Remember that the semicolon can be used to replace a comma-conjunction and join two related independent clauses. So instead of saying “Take out the trash, because it is starting to smell,” you might say “Take out the trash; it is starting to smell.”
Today’s mechanics lesson is on using semicolons to separate phrases. Remember that a phrase is a group of related words without a noun and connected verb.
Now let’s read the mechanics lesson and study the examples.
A semicolon can be used to join a string of long phrases. Examples: Ohio, Iowa, and Illinois in the Midwest; Idaho, Oregon, and California in the West; and Tennessee and Alabama in the South all have long rivers.
Now circle or highlight what is right and revise what is wrong according to mechanics lesson.
Practice: Ty, Luis, and I on the left; Lewette and Bob in the center, and Bo and Lu on the right of the stage stood to applaud.
Let’s check the Practice Answers.
Mechanics Practice Answers: Ty, Luis, and I on the left; Lewette and Bob in the center; and Bo and Lu on the right of the stage stood to applaud.
Now let’s apply what we have learned.
Writing Application: Write your own sentence using a semicolon to join a string of long phrases.
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