Punctuation Lesson, Grades 6-8: Commas with Nonrestrictive Elements

"Ms. Kwan, who coaches our soccer team, brought orange slices." Do the commas stay or go? In about 45 minutes, students learn to tell extra (nonessential, or nonrestrictive) information from needed (essential, or restrictive) information, and to set the extra part off with commas.

What's inside

• 16 slides, with speaker notes on all 16
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Rule Notes, 1 student page
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page
• Print-all PDF, 6 pages: lesson plan, Rule Notes, worksheet and answer key together

Answer key included

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