By Randy Larson

With brief, easy-to-digest actions that experience a feeling of humor, Commas is helping scholars discover ways to use commas competently. while, additionally they examine very much approximately sentence structure.

Commas provides fabric in an attractive approach, with language that is smart to young ones. better of all, it has scholars utilizing what they learn.

Either method, the evaluation workouts may also help make stronger what scholars learn—and support them practice higher on evaluation assessments besides.

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I left my heart in Holyoke I’d like you to know. I don’t care about your heart Margo. W RITE YOUR OWN Write three sentences using ending elements. ” Be sure to punctuate correctly. 1. ___________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3.

If you can’t stand still Rodney I’ll call the sit squad. Thank you Rocky for your minor contribution. I can’t believe that Walter sang himself to sleep. If you can’t sleep darling drink some warm milk. W RITE YOUR OWN Write two sentences that mention a girl named Caroline. In one sentence, directly address Caroline. Make the other sentence about Caroline. 1. ___________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 2.

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