UNIT X UNIT 3 | 105 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Write: Commas in a series Make a list of your favorite foods. Write a complete sentence, using commas, asking your parents to buy you all your favorite foods. DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold • Write examples of other sentences on the board with commas in a series until students are confident to complete Activity A. • Write one more sentence on the board and don’t include commas. Then give students sticky notes to place where they think commas should go. Let them experiment until they get the answer right. Guide them when they have questions. Amplify Give students a short paragraph that mentions several items in multiple series but has no commas. Direct students to add commas in all the right places. GRAMMAR: Commas in a Series Identify conjunctions Ask students to look at the example sentences in the Grammar box on page 105. Through inductive reasoning, guide students to note how the nouns that have commas between them are similar. They are part of a series. Read the Grammar box about commas in a series. Discuss the rules and examples. A Identify when to use commas in a series Students complete Activity A using the rules as a guideline. Have a student come to the board to write each answer. ANSWERS 1. Farmers feed corn to cows, goats, sheep, and chickens. 2. The United States sells corn to Mexico, Japan, and Colombia. 3. Corn can be yellow, white, or purple. 4. Corn can be used to make shampoo, toothpaste, paper, and soda. 5. Mario likes corn on the cob with butter, salt, and pepper. B Use commas in a series in writing Prior to writing, have a class discussion about what a series is. Have students give you examples of a series of things that can be found in a specific place, like in the gym, in your classroom, or in their bedrooms. Then have students complete Activity B independently. ANSWERS Sample answers: 1. To grow corn, farmers have to fertilize, plow, plant, and harvest. 2. You can buy corn at supermarkets, farmers markets, and farm stands. 3. My favorite corn products are tortillas, cornbread, and popcorn. 4. My least favorite corn products are corn flakes, cooked corn, and corn syrup. C Make connections Before writing, students should brainstorm the different words they know to describe foods that they do and don’t like. ANSWERS Sample answers: 1. I like tortillas because they are flavorful, crunchy, and delicious. 2. I don’t like grits because they are lumpy, mushy, and sticky. Practice Book p. 57 Assessment Program p. 45 Proficiency Assessment: Mid-Unit Exam PRACTICE COMMUNICATE EXPLORE AND LEARN A Add the missing commas to the items in a series. 1. Farmers feed corn to cows goats sheep and chickens. 2. The United States sells corn to Mexico Japan and Colombia. 3. Corn can be yellow white or purple. 4. Corn can be used to make shampoo toothpaste paper and soda. 5. Mario likes corn on the cob with butter salt and pepper. B Complete each sentence with a list of three or more things. 1. To grow corn, farmers have to . To grow corn, farmers have to fertilize, plow, plant, and harvest the crop. 2. You can buy corn at . 3. My favorite corn products are . 4. My least favorite corn products are . C Describe what you like or don’t like about a corn product. Use three or more items. 1. I like because . 2. I don’t like because . I like corn on the cob because it is sweet, crunchy, and juicy. I don’t like corn flakes because they are dry, soggy, plain, and boring. GRAMMAR Commas in a Series Use commas to separate three or more items in a series. Put a comma after every item except the last one. This helps readers understand the sentence. They make things from it—like tortillas, cereal, cornbread, and popcorn. I looked around the room at Mom’s old manta, turquoise jewelry, and pictures. UNIT 3 105 UNIT 3 / CONNECT TO GRAMMAR
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