Coordinating Conjunctions (FANBOYS) Copywork
The seven coordinating conjunctions plus the FANBOYS memory trick
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About this printable
Seven small words do an enormous amount of work in English sentences, and FANBOYS makes them impossible to forget. This sheet has students write the full set and then spell out the acronym letter by letter. A natural companion to any lesson on comma splices and compound sentences. 8 pages, 1/2-inch letters in Chaloops display on dashed manuscript lines. Sheets included: Copywork (Step 1), First Letter Hints (Step 2), Memory Lines (Step 3), First Letters Only.
ON THIS SHEET: for and nor but or yet so — F is for · A is and · N is nor · B is but · O is or · Y is yet · S is so — LETTER SIZE: 1/2-inch. HANDWRITING: Chaloops display. SHEETS: Copywork (Step 1), First Letter Hints (Step 2), Memory Lines (Step 3), First Letters Only.
- Category English Grammar
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Inside the PDF
3 pages from the 8-page PDF, as they print.
A plan for this set
A short text: Steps 1, 2 and 3 fit in one school week, one sheet a day.
- Days 1–2 Copywork (Step 1). Read the whole text, then copy it exactly.
- Days 3–4 First Letter Hints (Step 2). Write it again with only the first letter of each word as a prompt.
- Day 5 Memory Lines (Step 3). Write it from memory on lines sized to each word.
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