Mrs. Zana’s Class

Standard:
Punctuation
1.3 Use colons after the salutation in business letters, semicolons to connect independent clauses, and commas when linking two clauses with a conjunction in compound sentences.

Kid Friendly: Use colons after the greeting in a business letter. Use semi colons or comma + FAN BOYS to join the two parts of a compound sentence

Unwrapped: Use Colons after business letter greetings
Use semi colons or commas in compound sentences

1. colons : :

2. salutation - the greeting in a letter; e.g. “Dear Sir:”

3. semicolons ; ; - punctuation that is halfway between a colon and a comma

4. independent clause - a subject/verb that expresses a complete thought

5. linking - joining

6. clause - part of a sentence, has a subject/verb, but might not be able to stand alone as a sentence

7. conjunction - punctuation that links two words or clauses

8. compound sentences - A sentence that is made by linking two independent clauses