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Commas I: Items in a List
What is a comma?
A comma _________________________________________________
How do we use
commas with items in
a list?
Use a comma to ____________________________________________
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The last item in the list should be ______________________________
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I went to Walgreens, Cermak, and Margie’s Candies.
She ran, jumped, and dove into the pool.
Marshall, Lily, and Ted are looking for Barney’s doppelganger.
The man was tall, dark, and handsome.
Remote Quiz
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Use a comma to ____________________________________________
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Adjectives are equal ________________________________________
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It was a dark, stormy night.
The twenty loud students tried to focus
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In either case, _____________________________________________
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I went to Walgreens and Cermak and Margie’s.
It was a dark and stormy night.
ITEMS IN A LIST PRACTICE: Add commas where necessary in each of the following sentences.
1. Bring your binder composition book and a pen to class every day.
2. You can have chocolate vanilla or strawberry ice cream.
3. Watch out for that tired grumpy man.
4. We will learn how to use apostrophes commas and semicolons in Composition class.
5. I’m feeling full and content after eating Thanksgiving snacks dinner and dessert.
6. Darius brought a bag of potato chips a pack of chocolate chip cookies and six cupcakes.
7. The senator’s speech was inspiring articulate and original.
8. My sister refuses to eat broccoli brussel sprouts spinach and any type of vegetable.
9. The ingredients of the cake included three eggs a tablespoon of oil and two cups of flour.
10. The delightful giggling man was ready for the holidays.
DIAGRAMMING LISTS PRACTICE: Diagram one of the sentences from 1-10.
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Classwork: Items in a List
WRITING WITH COMMAS: Write the following sentences so that the lists need commas.
12. I watched SNL and Modern Family and The Daily Show.
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13. I want that old and dirty dog out of my garbage.
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14. Liz called her mom and her dad and her sister.
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15. Turkey and stuffing and squash and potatoes were served at Thanksgiving.
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16. Diagram one of the rewritten sentences from 12-15.
IDENTIFYING DIFFICULT LISTS: Add commas for the underlined items in a list in the following excerpt
from Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.
It was in Warwick Castle that I came across the curious stranger whom I am going to talk about. He
attracted me by three things: his candid simplicity his marvelous familiarity with ancient armor and the restfulness
of his company—for he did all the talking. We fell together, as modest people will, in the tail of the herd that was
being shown through, and he at once began to say things which interested me. As he talked along, softly
pleasantly flowingly he seemed to drift away imperceptibly out of this world and time, and into some remote era
and old forgotten country; and so he gradually wove such a spell about me that I seemed to move among the
specters and shadows and dust and mold of a gray antiquity, holding speech with a relic of it! Exactly as I would
speak of my nearest personal friends enemies or most familiar neighbors, he spoke of Sir Bedivere Sir Bors de
Ganis Sir Launcelot of the Lake Sir Galahad and all the other great names of the Table Round—and how old old
unspeakably old and faded and dry and musty and ancient he came to look as he went on! Presently he turned to
me and said, just as one might speak of the weather, or any other common matter…
SENTENCE CREATION: Write a sentence for each of the given requirements. Use participles.
17. Write a sentence about Fabio doing three things. (compound verbs)
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18. Write a sentence about three friends playing a game. (compound subject)
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19. Write a sentence about a man that is described by two adjectives. (equal adjectives)
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