I would teach this vocabulary word when discussing World War II.  I would talk about how the soldiers lived together in the barracks, which were the living quarters. 

The instructional topic in which this word would be defined would be if I were teaching my students about World War II.  I would discuss how all of the soldiers came together at night to sleep in the barracks, which were their living quarters.

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How to Punctuate a Compound Sentence

First, in order to understand how to punctuate a compound sentence, one first must understand what a compound sentence is.  A compound sentence is two complete sentences that have been combined into one, with a conjunction and a comma separating the two ideas.  The two most common conjunctions used are AND and BUT.  To begin, we will start with two separate sentences:

Ex. Joey enjoys watching television.  His favorite show is Looney Tunes.


In order to combine these sentences, the writer needs to: 1) Drop the period 2)Add a comma in place of the period 3) Add the conjunction AND after the comma 4) Change the second capitalized letter to a lowercase letter.  The final compound sentence will look like this:


Ex. Joey enjoys watching television, and his favorite show is Looney Tunes. 


Another example using the conjunction BUT would look like this:


Ex. Joey wanted to go outside and play.  It was raining.


The final sentence would look like this:


Ex. Joey wanted to go outside and play, but it was raining.

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