Homework: Commas III: Intro Info Do Now: In your CB, tell us a story. The only requirement is that you include this line somewhere: Suddenly, he ran down the street screaming. Do Now Share-Out Let s here from three of you. Read us your story. Also, label all of today s work Commas III, not Commas II. Objective: SWBAT use commas to set off information. Agenda: Do Now (8) Do Now Share-Out (5) HW Check (5) Commas III Notes (25) Commas III Practice (30) Closing (2) Homework Check Use your homework to choose the best answers. Set up your desk: CB, yellow LAND Commas, green Commas III classwork/homework, a highlighter, your remote, and a pencil. 6. Choose the best answer. 1. Orville had a killer headache, from the constant noise,the paint fumes and,flood of hungry customers. 2. Orville had a killer headache from the constant noise, the paint fumes, and flood of hungry customers. 3. Orville, had a killer headache,from the constant noise the paint fumes,and flood of hungry customers. 1
7. 1. The blue creamy frosting, from the cupcake hung like a stalactite, at the tip of poor George s nose. 2. The blue creamy frosting,from the cupcake hung like a stalactite at the tip of poor George s nose. 3. The blue,creamy frosting from the cupcake hung like a stalactite at the tip of poor George s nose. he hit a (27) squirrel crashed into a telephone pole and broke his arm 1. squirrel, crashed into a telephone pole, and broke his arm 2. squirrel crashed into a telephone pole, and broke his arm 3. squirrel, crashed into a telephone pole and broke, his arm (15) on, Oct. 3, and What issue is being tested? 1. LAND 2. list 3. SVA 4/5 = 80% 3/5 = 60% 2/5 = 40% 1/5 = 20% Score your homework. The next day I went to a doctor and learned, to my shock, that my collarbone (25) has broken. 1. have broken 2. was broken 3. is broken Subject: Commas III: Introductory Information What is information? Introductory information is nonessential information at the beginning of a sentence. What does nonessential mean? 2
1. Where can information appear? 1. the beginning of a sentence 2. the end of a sentence 3. the middle of a sentence 4. all of the above Talk with Your Hands: Intro Info Intro info sets the stage Telling when, where, and how Even to what extent Follow intro info with a comma Telling when, where, and how Even to what extent What is information? Use a comma after intro info to separate it from the rest of the sentence. It can be adverbs, fragments, or prepositional phrases answering adverb questions. 3. What questions does intro. info. usually answer? 1. Adjective questions 2. Adverb questions 3. Verb questions 4. Diagramming questions When? Where? How? To what extent? 2. What can intro info be? 1. Adverbs, fragments, or prepositional phrases 2. Adjectives, adverbs, or fragments 3. Adjectives, names, or adverbs 4. all of the above 4. What are the adverb questions? 1. What kind? What color? What size? 2. Which one? How many? Whose? 3. When? Where? How? To what extent? 3
Identify Intro Info Read the three example sentences. Find the core sentence. Highlight the information. Write the adverb question being answered. You ll enter your answers with the remotes in a moment. 7. On my street, all of the electricity was out after the storm. What question does the intro info answer? 1. When? 2. Where? 3. How? 4. To what extent? 5. Boarding up his windows the day before, Sean prevented the storm from damaging his house. What question does the intro info answer? What is information? Intro info only uses a comma when it is at the beginning of the sentence. 1. When? 2. Where? 3. How? 4. To what extent? When the phrase moves from the beginning, the comma disappears. 6. Later, the storm rolled through. What question does the intro info answer? 1. When? 2. Where? 3. How? 4. To what extent? What is information? Is it still intro. info. if it is at the end of a sentence? Sean prevented the storm from damaging his house by boarding up his windows the day before. The storm quickly rolled through later. All the electricity was out on my street after the storm. 4
8. Which sentence correctly punctuates information? 1. At noon, we ll meet in the lobby. 2. We ll meet in the lobby, at noon. 3. We ll meet, at noon, in the lobby. Corrections Highlight the nonessential information. Insert commas where needed. On the line, write the question that the intro info answers on the line. Complete 7 11 with your partner. Complete 12 15 alone. To the Elmo! Score and track your quiz. Commas III: Intro Info 7/8 = 86% 6/8 = 75% 5/8 = 63% 4/8 = 50% 3/8 =37% 2/8 = 25% Pass up your remotes. Writing Write two sentences that use intro info. Switch papers with your partner. Read your partner s sentences. Does the intro info answer one of the adverb questions? Is the comma in the right place? If not, work together to fix the intro info. ID Work each sentence and highlight the information. Circle the commas. On the line, write the question that each intro info phrase answers. If no intro info is present, write no intro info on the line. Share-Out Let s hear a few sentences with intro info. Clap for your comma. To the Elmo! 5
Closing Let s look at your homework for tonight. 6