UNDERSTANDING PARTS OF SPEECH:
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

Materials

• Coordinating Conjunction Lesson - Use the printable lesson for your lesson plan, or use as a lesson supplement.

Procedure:

Students should read the lesson, and complete the worksheet. As an option, teachers may also use the lesson as part of a classroom lesson plan.

Excerpt from Lesson:

What is a Coordinating Conjunction?

• A coordinating conjunction is a word in a sentence that is used to connect one independent clause to another independent clause.

• Remember that an independent clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb, and it forms a complete thought.

• The coordinating conjunctions can be memorized by remembering the word FANBOYS, which stands for these seven words: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. 

• In a sentence, following the first independent clause, a comma should always come before the coordinating conjunction.

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