Dominar las comas en oraciones y en la escritura

Students often have difficulty determining when to use commas when writing, however, correct comma usage is so important for clarity in writing (i.e. "Let's eat, grandma" vs. "Let's eat grandma"). This class for ages 8 and up starts students with the basic foundation of comma usage and each week incorporates a more difficult skill for students to incorporate into their texting, writing, and grammatical studies. 

Students learn concepts through making an interactive note booklet, participating in scaffolded practice, reviewing previous skills through warmups each class, and through optional independent homework. Students will also be given engaging and interactive projects to practice their writing and comma usage in a creative and challenging way. 


Comma Skills learned:
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

Schedule: 
Week 1: Comma pretest, Commas in Series, and Commas in Places
Week 2: Warmup, Commas in Dates, and Commas in Titles/Degrees, Interjections
Week 3: Warmup, Commas in Coordinate Adjectives
Week 4: Warmup, Commas in Transitional Phrases, and Commas with Contradictory Phrases
Week 5:  Warmup, Commas with Quotation Marks, direct addresses, and introductory phrases
Week 6: Warmup, FANBOYS and Commas, and Commas with dependent clauses
Week 7: Warmup, introduce the final project, commas with parenthetical words, and avoiding confusion
Week 8: Warmup, Review concepts, final comma quiz, and final project due