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Warm Up

Warm Up. In at least three complete sentences , explain the importance of using coordinating conjunctions in your writing. I like pizza. Pizza tastes good. Pizza is my favorite food. There are many different types of pizza. ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz …. Coordinating Conjunctions.

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Warm Up

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  1. Warm Up In at least three complete sentences, explain the importance of using coordinating conjunctions in your writing.

  2. I like pizza. Pizza tastes good. Pizza is my favorite food. There are many different types of pizza.

  3. ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….

  4. Coordinating Conjunctions

  5. For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

  6. For = “because”

  7. I got my dog’s medicine, for he is sick.

  8. I went to the store forice cream.

  9. Independent clause – a fancy-schmancy way of saying a complete sentence

  10. And . . . Boys and girls please sit down.

  11. And . . . I went to the football game,andit was raining outside.

  12. Nor . . . Combines two negative sentences; must have “not” in the first independent clause

  13. Nor . . . I do not like you noryour sister.

  14. Nor . . . I do not hate you, nor do I like you.

  15. But = Yet I love dance buthate gym.

  16. But = Yet I hate soccer, but I love football.

  17. Or . . . Offers a choice I want to go to the mall orthe movies.

  18. Or . . . Offers a choice I want to go to the mall orthe movies.

  19. I want to go to the mall,andthen I want to go to the movies.

  20. But = Yet I like the kid in class, but/yethe doesn’t like me.

  21. So = in conclusion I did not study, so I failed miserably.

  22. So = in conclusion Don’t go so fast.

  23. Warm Up Use the following in a sentence correctly connecting two independent clauses For Nor Yet So

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