---
title: Conjunctions
description: Students will practice using conjunctions to combine sentences
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/conjunctions-001.png
---

**Subject: ELA (English Language Arts); ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)**

**Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins**

**Topic: Conjunctions**

**Grade Level: 4, 5, 6**

**Standards / Framework: **

- [CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.1](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf)
- [CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.1](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf)
- [CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf)

**Brief Description:**  Students will practice using conjunctions to combine sentences.

**Know Before You Start:** This lesson is intended to reinforce the idea of using **conjunctions** to combine sentences. Use this activity as practice, or an informal assessment tool.

**Hook:**

- Read and discuss the sample comic. Focus on how the sentences have been combined to create one sentence by including a conjunction.
- Explain that the most common conjunctions are **and**, **but**, and **so**.

**Activity:**

- Instruct students to combine the sentences below by using the conjunction and, but, or so. Remind students that when we are combining two complete sentences, we need to place a comma before the conjunction.
- The rain is very heavy, **so** the game will be canceled today.
- Emma has one sister **and** she has three cousins.
- I do not like pasta **but** I do like pizza.
- Have students create a "Conjunction Comic" to demonstrate their conjunction skills on sentences they’ve created on their own.

**Closure:**

- Go over student answers as a class.
- Have students present their comics to the class or to a partner.

**Differentiation:**

- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Print out the sample comic and have students highlight the conjunctions they used.
- Differentiate the conjunctions used based on need and classroom focus. For example, advanced students can be introduced to subordinating conjunctions such as: **after**, **as**, **therefore**, **whenever**, **until**, **since**.

**Resources:**

- [Comic](https://share.pixton.com/qkwtlfj) to print or display

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