English Writers Need “Comma Sense”

There are so many ways to use a comma in the English language; it can be overwhelming to try to understand when and why.  Help your ELLs gain “comma sense” so they won’t avoid or overuse this punctuation mark.

Click the image below to access a lesson plan from Education World.  It’s a fun way to teach kids the impact a missing comma can have on sentence meaning:

“A lesson in Comma Sense”

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This website lists Comma Rules with Examples for your reference when teaching:

http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/commas.asp

Other fun Comma Videos for Kids:     

commas show us to pause: https://youtu.be/75R_EcxLVHg

electric company https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0n4jplpqeW9H5dj2KfJKHNoj4QZ0xJBh

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