Semi-colons: silver ants
Whiteboard Challenges
Challenge 1
Read the first sentence and identify the two main clauses. Between which two words should a semi-colon be placed? The sentence is also missing a comma. Where do you think it should be placed?
Challenge 2
Continue the second sentence from the semi-colon. Make sure that it is a main clause and relates back to the first main clause.
Challenge 3
Write your own scintillating sentence about the silver ants featured in the film clip. It must include a semi-colon to mark a boundary between two closely related main clauses. Try to use some of the descriptive words from the Word Wall.
Whiteboard Challenges
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1) Some silver ants were still foraging for food under the glare of the sun however others were burrowing deep into the sand.
2) The silver ants were ravenous; …
Word Wall
silver ants
Sahara
furnace
blistering heat
tiny prisms
metallic-looking
overheated
reflected
long-legged
burning desert
keeled over
feasted
predator
scavenged