L.

I - Using
commas to create
pauses
 -I can explain the role of a comma
Explain
in a sentence (indicating a pause).

Success -I can correct punctuation

Correct
(comma) errors in sentences.
Criteria

-I can construct sentences using a

Constru
comma correctly to indicate a
ct
pause.
Warm up: Do I
know???? 3MINS

Look at these questions; think and

explain:

1. When do we use commas in a

sentence.

2. When reading a sentence or a

story and you see a comma, what do
you do?
 I DO: 7MINS –USING COMMAS
AFTER INTRODUCTORY
WORDS OR PHRASES
Writers often use a comma when they want to indicate
a very brief pause following an introductory word or
phrase. By using a comma in this way, they can
emphasize a plot event or signal a change in the plot.
They can also help create the storytelling “feel” of a
text.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e83ceUF5Lg
The following examples from “Two Legs or One?” show
how writers use commas after introductory words and
phrases.

1. Following an introductory noun of direct address :

Wife, come, cook these as quickly as you can. . . .

2. Following an introductory prepositional phrase (especially if there is

more than one introductor y prepositional phrase):

With that, Goha fell to the fl oor and pretended to be dead.

On hearing this, Goha sat bolt upright.

3. Following an introductory inter jection, adverb, or adverbial phrase

that expresses time:

One day, a hungry man named Goha was walking. . . .

Read: Unit 2: Lesson 3, Two Legs or
One (Paragraph 17-23)

HTTP://HMH.TRUNITY.ORG/COURSES/241554/ WE WILL READ AND ANNOTATE.

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We DO- 15MINS Read paragraph 17-23

Annotate: In paragraph 17, underline an introductory phrase that signals a

sudden, surprising event, and highlight the comma that follows it.

Interpret: How does this comma add to the storytelling “feel” of the

selection?
 You Do: 10mins- Group

Write your own sentences with commas

following introductory words and phrases.
Use the examples as models. Your
sentences can be about an experience that
you or someone you know had with a
“trickster,” or they can be about another
topic related to folk tales or humor writing.

Extend:

Complete the worksheet on schoology

on using commas to indicate pauses.
Share your responses with the class
Group 1: 1 sentence

Group 2: 1 sentence

Group 3: 1 sentence

Group 4: 1 sentence
Closing 2mins: Complete this worksheet
in the material folder