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Semicolons

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This is a fabulous instructional activity! Grammar enthusiasts practice the art of correctly using a semicolon. They insert a semicolon to combine three independent clauses, three conjunctive adverbs to independent clauses, and to separate items in three additional sentences. An example is provided for each combination exercise. 

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conjunctive adverbs, adverbs, parts of speech, semicolons, punctuation, independent clauses

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conjunctive adverbs, independent clauses, punctuation, semicolons, separating items, l.5.1, english language arts
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4th - 6th
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English Language Arts
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