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By M.

Teach a few rules for commas that you want to teach. I suggest just teaching a few at a time (3 or less) otherwise it gets to stressful for the students. Once you picked the rules, teach a lesson on them. Write a sentence
that needs a comma that fits that rule on the board. Circle the comma and explain why you put the comma there. If you want you can also give them a worksheet to silently work on for 5-10 minutes, then correct in class. Here are two ideas for an activity
1. Sentences- Put them in groups and have them write a certain number of sentences that need commas (the sentences must need the commas

that fit the rules taught that day, not other rules taught before or not taught), but don't have them put the commas in the sentences. Then have them switched papers with another group. Have them put the commas in on the sheet they were given from the other group.

2. Collage- Divide the students into groups. Give each group a rule that was taught during that lesson (It's okay if two or more groups have the same rule). Give them a sheet of paper, maybe the size of computer paper. Have them look through newspapers and magizines to find as many sentences as they can that have commas to match the rule the received. When they are finished, have them come up to the class and read their rule and the sentences they had.