Commas in Compound Sentences FANBOYS Escape Room Grammar Game, Slides, & Quiz

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This comma rules grammar escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of punctuation rules for commas! The detailed presentation introduces how to use commas with coordinating conjunctions in compound sentences using the FANBOYS rule with clear examples, ensuring student understanding from the start. Also included is a pre or post-assessment quiz that allows you to assess student understanding effectively. The highlight of the resource is the engaging escape room-style challenge, where students read an original narrative back story where they must escape an awakening mummy in Ancient Egypt. Then, they must collaborate in groups to crack a commas with coordinating conjunctions-related challenge to keep the mummy from waking up!

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Included in This Commas in Compound Sentences Escape Room Challenge Grammar Activity:

➡️ Commas in Compound Sentences Pre-Assessment Quiz: Start by assigning this quick 10-question multiple-choice quiz to assess student understanding of comma rules as it relates to their use with coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS). A detailed answer key is included for class review or grading. This can also be used as a post-assessment after the lesson if you prefer.

➡️ Commas in Compound Sentences Grammar Presentation Slides: Use these PowerPoint presentation slides to guide the commas lesson focusing on FANBOYS with instructional slides, activity prompts, the narrative story text, story conclusion slides, and answer keys for review.

➡️ Solve the Mystery of the Lost Mummy Narrative Back Story: Next, students are ready to put what they have learned into action! They will begin the challenge by reading a short backstory that sets up the escape room challenge. In the depths of the Egyptian Museum, students find themselves trapped in a chamber with an awakening mummy, and they must decipher an exit password to escape the perilous situation before it's too late.

➡️ Commas Escape the Awakening Mummy Escape Room Style Challenge: In this interactive escape-room style commas with coordinating conjunctions challenge, students must read a passage that includes a variety of comma errors with coordinating conjunctions. Once they find them all, they will use the instructions to reveal a code they need to stop the mummy from waking

How This Commas in Compound Sentences Escape Room Challenge Grammar Activity Works:

Start by assigning the quiz to check your students’ understanding of using commas with coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) before you begin the lesson.
Use the PowerPoint presentation to guide you through each element of the lesson and activity. The slides will help you teach the grammar concept, introduce the story and challenge, and review the answers.
Read the narrative story as a class to hook students and introduce the commas with coordinating conjunctions activity challenge.
Once you have completed the quiz, taught the grammar concept, and read the story, students are ready to try the grammar challenge!
When students find the answer, you can share the conclusion slides to wrap up the story.
Want to check to see if your students’ understanding of the concept has improved? Assign the pre-assessment quiz again after they have completed the challenge to see if they have improved.

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