Elizabeth86 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Any good sources for help with commas usage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xahm Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 What age/level? And what's the problem? Comma usage is one of those frustrating areas that lacks consensus in certain aspects, so if you have a particular standard you want to require, you'll need to make sure the resource you use doesn't conflict with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulalu Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 We worked on commas with dictation a lot. That seemed to help cement the concepts we were learning. I just pulled from read alouds and ds' individual reading. We learned a lot of rules with our grammar (R&S). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Xahm said: What age/level? And what's the problem? Comma usage is one of those frustrating areas that lacks consensus in certain aspects, so if you have a particular standard you want to require, you'll need to make sure the resource you use doesn't conflict with that. 😬😩😳It’s for me. I can’t use commas to save my life. All through school, I just corrected the papers teachers gave back to me and I never really can figure out how and when to use commas. It’s a bit embarrassing, but true. For the record, my 10 year seems to remember all we have learned in grammar about using commas. So, there’s that. I just can’t keep this in my memory. Edited January 14, 2022 by Elizabeth86 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Fix-It explains comma usage, but you must have the teacher's manual and teach it directly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 https://www.iue.edu/student-success/coursework/commas.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 10 minutes ago, Garga said: https://www.iue.edu/student-success/coursework/commas.html Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xahm Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Similar to the resource above, https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/commas/index.html is a good resource for college/adult learners. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenecho Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Semicolons, Cupcakes, and Cucumbers. It's a fun book (my child WANTED to read it as a bedtime story...over and over), and I think adequately covers commas use in lists (but not so much as a pause in a sentence or other uses). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 (edited) I like the way MCT presents clause punctuation. Hake Grammar is good for the details, but not so good if all you want is comma stuff. Note that you can't understand punctuation if you don't understand grammar, so if the student hasn't had much in the way of grammar, that should be the focus of the teaching. The idea that commas go where there is a "pause" is idiotic and was invented by folks who wanted to circumvent grammar instruction. Edited January 27, 2022 by EKS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 hour ago, EKS said: Note that you can't understand punctuation if you don't understand grammar, so if the student hasn't had much in the way of grammar, that should be the focus of the teaching. The idea that commas go where there is a "pause" is idiotic and was invented by folks who wanted to circumvent grammar instruction. This is oh, so true, all of it. My go-to is Easy Grammar, because it's so direct, and it's *only* grammar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knitgrl Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 (edited) I know someone here on the forum has suggested this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1877673382/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_6?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 ETA - I threw it on an amazon list, in case it was something we need in the future. I have not used it myself. ETA2 - I probably didn't need to use the comma in the above sentence. Edited January 27, 2022 by knitgrl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraClark Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 I'm using Junior Analytical Grammar: Mechanics with ds10, and it is a good source of when to use commas. Commas are a struggle I have too, and it has clarified some things for me (not that I use them correctly now, ha, but I could find the errors if you told me how many to look for). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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