Gretchen--you might find this gimmick useful.  I sometimes tell students to say 
Si Si (Spanish "yes," which many already know) at least these four times:
     Sentences joined with a coordinating conjunction*
     introductory material
     Series
     interrupters
 
 
*If students have not memorized the coordinating conjunctions, I give them the 
  FANBOYS acronym: for, and, nor, boy, or, yet, so.,  Many of them find 
  FANBOYS easier than co-ordinating conjunctions!
 
Wanda Van Goor
Professor
English Department
Prince George's Community College
301 Largo Road
Largo, MD  20774-2199
 
M3064--Telephone 301-322-0603
301-322-0549
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