Conjunction, junction, what's your function?
Some time ago, I wrote an article about those little words that are the grease of English prose. Words like:
a
an
and
so
to
it
is
I use those words and others like them to make my sentences flow like the way that I talk. They are the grease that keeps my prose moving.
Well, the other night, while waiting for a birthday girl to arrive at our house, I was watching this video with my kids:
It's called "Conjunction, Junction" and I have used the chorus line in the song for that video as the title for this article. What I loved about that video is that it showed me how to hook ideas up together in a sentence and I just never forgot it.
Conjunction, Junction is filled with writing logic and tips about how to use words like and, or, but, and a few others to fill in the idea. If you find that you are a bit challenged with writing, this video may provide you with some pointers on how to improve your writing style. Yes, it's made for kids, but I have found that I can always learn something new from old material. And I used to watch that video when I was a kid, yet I still find it relevant to me today.
Conjunction, Junction was created and produced for a series of educational shorts called, "Schoolhouse Rock!" for the ABC television network back in the 1970's, and was designed to fit into the Saturday morning TV slots. Back then, I was into the cartoons from Saturday morning and somehow I got hooked on Schoolhouse Rock. I'm glad to see that they found a new home on YouTube and have enjoyed playing a few Schoolhouse Rock! videos for my kids.
There are a few more videos on grammar, but there are many more on science, civics and economics, too. As I read the Wikipedia page on the topic of Schoolhouse Rock!, I can see that it started out as a commercial venture, but still turned out to be a very educational, very useful series of cartoons for kids. I'm glad that it worked out so well, and I think it did because the man who started it all, he wanted his kid to improve his grasp of the multiplication tables.
I hope you enjoy the video and that you find that it helps you with your grammar. It did for me and I still carry the concepts that I learned from it, to this day. I realize now that Conjunction, Junction is one of the biggest influences on my writing style today. That's why I'm sharing it with you now.
Write on.
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Good way to teach english...it help to improve english
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