Hyphens

Learning Goal:

To be able to understand how hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity.

To be to use hyphens where necessary to make words and writing clear.

• I have read my learning goals for today.

• I have read and understood my learning goals for today.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.W.6.4

All of these are my success criteria for today EXCEPT:

• I can identify where and why hyphens are used in a text.

• I can explain how hyphens can be used in different ways to make meaning clear.

• I can re-write a sentence using a hyphen to avoid ambiguity.

• To be able to understand how hyphens can be used to avoid ambiguity.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.6.6

A hyphen is sometimes used to join __________ together.

• sentence

• sentences

• word

• words

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CCSS.L.6.2A

It shows that those words should be ___________ together to ________________ their meaning.

• read, understand

• understand, read

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Hyphens are used in this way to avoid ______________ or ___________________ .

• ambiguity

• understanding

• misunderstanding

• words

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

Identify ALL the uses of hyphens.

• Hyphens can be used to clarify the meaning of a word or phrase and avoid ambiguity in writing.

• Hyphens can be used to link two separate words into a compound adjective before a noun.

• Hyphens can be used to join together two nouns of equal importance to create a new noun or adjective.

• Hyphens can be used to avoid combining letters and sounds which could be awkward to say or write without a hyphen.

• Hyphens can be used in formal phrases to link words which go together to create a unit of meaning.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Explain the meaning of this phrase by choosing the correct answer.

my short-sighted cousin

• My cousin who is short.

• My cousin with poor sight.

• My cousin who is short with poor sight.

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Explain the meaning of this phrase by choosing the correct answer.

my short sighted cousin

• My cousin who is short and can see.

• My cousin who is short with poor sight.

• My cousin who is short and can be seen.

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Explain the meaning of this phrase by choosing the correct answer.

plant-eating dinosaurs

• Dinosaurs that eat plants.

• A plant is eating dinosaurs.

• Dinosaurs are eating the plant.

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

Explain the meaning of this phrase by choosing the correct answer.

plant eating dinosaurs

• Dinosaurs that eat plants.

• A plant is eating dinosaurs.

• Dinosaurs are eating the plant.

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4