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Curated Video
One Thought or Two?
Mr. Griot teaches the elements of a simple sentence. He also explains the process of joining simple sentences with a coordinating conjunction to create a compound sentence.
Curated Video
Conjunctions: Read, Combine, Revise
Mr. Griot describes the function of a coordinating conjunction and demonstrates for the student how to combine and correct sentences using a comma and coordinating conjunction.
Englishing
Inglese per Italiani: COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS - FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
This video is about Coordinating Conjunctions. Conjunctions are joiners, words that connect parts of a sentence. There are three types: coordinating, subordinating and correlative. In this mini lesson, Mr. P./Marc will talk about the...
Wonderscape
Understanding Sentence Types: Simple, Compound, and Complex
This program meets Common Core third grade language standards as it introduces and explores simple, compound and complex sentences. It provides clear examples and explanations of each type, including the components of a sentence and how...
Getty Images
Launch of The New Triggerstreet com and Their Latest Venture With Budweiser Select
Kristen Bell and Sam Huntington on their news Triggerstreet film “Fanboys,” on the website relaunch, Kevin Spacey, Sam’s role in the new Superman film at the Launch of The New Triggerstreet com and Their Latest Venture With Budweiser...
Bloomberg
How 'The Walking Dead' 'Robot Chicken' Special Came to Life
The creators behind 'Robot Chicken' discuss the making of their 'Walking Dead' special episode.
Curated OER
Coordinating Conjunctions and Comma Splices
Use the mnemonic FANBOYS in order to avoid comma splices by connecting nouns and independent clauses with coordinating conjunctions. Yossarian the Grammarian gives sentence examples that included coordinating conjunctions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Coordinating Conjunctions
Coordinating conjunctions connect parts of sentences to each other. David explains how.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Simple and Compound Sentences
A simple sentence contains one independent clause. A compound sentence contains more than one! Put another way: a simple sentence contains a subject and a predicate, but a compound sentence contains more than one subject and more than...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Run Ons and Comma Splices
A run-on sentence doesn't separate any of its independent clauses with the punctuation that it needs, and a comma splice incorrectly separates two independent clauses with a comma, instead of a comma-and-coordinating-conjunction.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bonus: 'Fanboys,' a Mnemonic Song
FANBOYS' is a mnemonic device you can use to help remember the coordinating conjunctions of English. Team Grammar made this video, figuring that we couldn't very well cover conjunctions without writing a song, now could we? If you're...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Coordinating Conjunctions
This lesson introduces coordinating conjunctions and explaining their use and punctuation within compound sentences. [1:18]