Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans
Comma lesson plans geared toward GED students that are appropriate for all students.
 

Conquering the Comma PowerPoint Presentation on comma use

Grammar Bytes  Interactive exercises using commas

University of West Florida Writing Lab   Avoiding random acts of commas

Commas to Combine Sentences   Mini-lesson

Comma  PowerPoint presentation using commas

Diana Hacker's interactive web activities  Activities for helping students with grammar, punctuation, spelling and mechanics. (Requires Shockwave which can be downloaded from the site)

Capital Community College's grammar and writing site  Provides resources to help students improve their writing. Site includes interactive tutorials and quizzes.

Proofreading for Commas  Lesson at Owl Online Lesson Lab

Using Commas  Lesson at Owl Online Lesson Lab

Daily Grammar   Lessons on commas and more

Using Commas  Ideas for using commas

Suggestions for English Language Learners:                   

ESL Ideas      (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional)
(B) Working from a list or example and with a  peer, students label the parts of an article or textbook chapter, such as headings, subheading, picture, chart, map, caption, paragraph, etc. 
(I, T) Students utilize previewing strategies before reading a magazine article such as reading the first and last paragraph and then predicting the subject of the article.
(I, T) During a read-aloud exercise, students write what they believe will happen next, then share their answers with the class at the end of the exercise to find who was most accurate.
 

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