Commas, Claims and FANBOYS

FANBOYS are also known as...

• Nouns

• coordinating conjunctions

• words that help better explain yout thinking

• Verbs

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

Choose the correct form of this sentence. Do you wash dry and fold your clothes?

• Do you wash, dry and fold your clothes?

• Do you wash, dry, and fold your clothes.

• Do you wash, dry, and fold your clothes?

• Do you wash dry and fold your clothes?

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Correct the sentence using a coordinating conjunction. We wanted to go to the store we decided to stay home.

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

Correct the sentence by joining the two independent clauses with a FANBOY. All the parents came to our school play they all liked it.

• All the parents came to our school play, so they all liked it.

• All the parents came to our school play, and they all liked it.

• All the parents came to our school play, yet they all liked it.

• All the parents came to our school play, nor they all liked it.

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Choose the answer that shows the sentence punctuated correctly.

• Did you, look in the car, for your backpack?,

• Did you, look in the car for your backpack?

• Did you look in, the car for your backpack?

• Did you look in the car, for your backpack?

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

True or FalseThis sentence is punctuated correctly.

Plan your design, collect scraps, and seek good advice.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

All of the following are FANBOYS except...

• For

• And

• BUT

• Yet

• Since

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

What is a claim?

• matters of opinion, but they are stated as if they are facts and backed up with evidence

• Facts that are stated by the author of a writing piece.

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Which of the following is a claim the author supports in paragraph 1?

“The best things in life are free,” they say, which is true for things like libraries. However, it is not true for many museums. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, for example, costs $20 to get in. Traveling exhibits, such as the work of a certain artist that is touring the country, almost always cost even more. People must pay to get into the museum and also pay for the special showing. That means people who don’t have much money cannot enjoy the art.

•  Poor people cannot enjoy museums.

• Museums should not charge extra fees.

• Traveling exhibits should always be free.

• Museums need more traveling shows.

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CCSS.L.3.1G

• Hip-hop should be taught as literature.

• Hip-Hop is a form of poetry.

• Hip-Hop is not appropriate in the classroom. 

• None of these.