Writer's Choice Grade 8

Unit 21: Sentence Combining

Unit Activity Lesson Plans

Introduction
In this unit, students have studied punctuation rules. In this lesson, they will practice using commas correctly.

Lesson Description
Students will combine the sentences in each numbered item by changing the information in the second sentence to an appositive or an appositive phrase and adding it to the first sentence. Students will add commas where they're needed.

Instructional Objectives

1. Students will be able to combine sentences.
2. Students will be able to recall concepts and terms from the unit.

Student Web Activity Answers
Note that these answers are examples. Student answers may vary.

1. The first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
2. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly, our neighbors, have bought a new car.
3. Meteors, chunks of metal or stone, are often called shooting stars.
4. Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, is in Memphis, Tennessee.
5. Suzy, my pet terrier, loves to go for walks in the woods.

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