Georgia 7.L.GC.1.52
The Standard
Mechanics: Use semicolons, with or without a conjunctive adverb, to form compound and compound-complex sentences. (Continue)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Language (L) · Grammar Conventions
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students join closely related independent clauses with semicolons. They use semicolons before conjunctive adverbs such as “however” or “therefore” and add commas after those words.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students correctly join related independent clauses with a semicolon. They can add a conjunctive adverb with a semicolon before it and a comma after it, even in sentences containing dependent clauses.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may use a semicolon between an independent clause and a dependent clause. They may also write a comma before “however” or forget the comma after it.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Combine these ideas into one sentence using a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb: “The rehearsal ended late. Everyone stayed to clean. Although they were tired, no one complained.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs clause cards and punctuation tiles; students build one compound and one compound-complex sentence, then justify each semicolon.
Ask students to write two versions of one idea, first with only a semicolon, then with a conjunctive adverb.
Run a punctuation repair relay using sentences with comma splices, misplaced semicolons, and missing commas after conjunctive adverbs.
Have students revise a school announcement or email by combining short related sentences with semicolons and suitable conjunctive adverbs.
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