Strand 3/Conventions – Post 4: Clauses and Punctuation

The writing errors considered the most serious have to do with marking (or not) clause boundaries. See examples on various Top 10 error lists here and here and here and here and lots of other places.

So once students can identify clauses, they can easily avoid these errors. The lessons previously posted on this blog here, here and here and the TeachLing lessons cited within those are all good ways to identify subjects in order to identify clauses, and therefore avoid writing in run-ons/comma splices or fragments, if that’s your goal.

There’s a lesson here on punctuating complex clauses and a short one here on choosing different punctuation to create different meanings and effects. Write on.