Comma Rules Bundle
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Description
Do your students know when and when NOT to use commas? Use this engaging lesson package with slide show presentation, interactive notebook reference flip book, and posters featuring sports-themed mentor sentences to review rules for correct comma usage with middle and high school ELA classes.
Product Features
★ Thorough package with all the comma guidelines students need for high school English
★ Resources designed to integrate seamlessly
★ Punctuation "rules" based on style guidelines from MLA 8 and Strunk and White's The Essentials of Style
★ PDF files for ease of use on any device, plus Google Slides slideshow presentation
Comma Conventions Taught in this Unit
- Commas in a series
- Places and addresses
- Commas in dates
- Titles or degrees after names
- Interjections
- Commas with coordinate adjectives
- Adverbs (transitional adverbs and "too")
- Contrast or contradiction
- Punctuating quotations and dialogue
- Nouns of direct address
- Commas with introductory phrases
- Commas in compound sentences
- Dependent clauses in complex sentences
- Nonessential phrases and clauses or parenthetical expressions
- Use commas to prevent confusion
- When not to use a comma
Recommended Pacing
Display the posters or bulletin board throughout the unit or add posters each day as you teach a comma rule.
Use the slideshow presentation and interactive notebook flip book together by having students take notes on the comma rules as you lead a classroom discussion.
Day 0 (optional) - Pre-assemble the Comma Rules flip book
Day 1 - Series, Places, Dates, Titles
Day 2 - Interjections, Adjectives, Adverbs
Day 3 - Contrast, Quotes, Direct Address
Day 4 - Introductory Phrases, Compound Sentences
Day 5 - Dependent Clauses, Nonessential Phrases & Clauses, To Prevent Confusion, Do Not Use a Comma
Day 6 - Practice with the Comma Rules Scavenger Hunt as a station rotations activity
Days 7-8 - Review (immediately after completing the unit or later in the year) with the Comma Rules Infographic Poster project
What's Included?
This bundle includes 5 resources with a total of 8 files.
★ 65-slide presentation to project on your whiteboard
★ 20-page Teacher Guide with notes for discussion
★ 16-tab flipbook for interactive notebooks
★ 5-page Scavenger Hunt activity, plus rubric
★ 9-page Infographic Poster project
★ 18 posters - 8 1/2 x 11" for easy printing on your color printer
★ Separate poster print files optimized for high resolution printing at 11x14" and 16x20"
All files are PDF and easy to open or print with any device. A link to access your copy of the Google Slides version of the slideshow presentation is provided in the Slideshow Teacher Guide.
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