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Master the use of commas in authentic writing contexts with this focused Lesson 2 teaching sequence on commas in lists and dialogue.

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In this lesson, students explore how commas work in everyday writing — both in lists and when separating speech from the speaker — through clear, explicit instruction before moving into guided and independent application tasks.

As part of this two-lesson comma series, Lesson 2 zooms in on:

• Using commas in lists
• Separating dialogue from the speaker (e.g. “Let’s go,” she said.)
• Writing lists within dialogue

Structured around the Gradual Release of Responsibility model (I Do, We Do, You Do), this lesson supports students as they build confidence identifying, explaining and applying comma conventions in their own writing.

What’s included in this teacher resource?

• A complete lesson plan aligned to explicit teaching practices
• Modelled examples and worked demonstrations
• Guided practice activities
• Independent writing tasks for application
• Reflection prompts to consolidate learning
• A purposeful exit slip to check understanding and inform next-step teaching

Perfect for upper primary classrooms, this lesson gives teachers everything needed to explicitly teach commas in context while gathering meaningful formative assessment data at the end of the session.

Ideal for use as part of a punctuation unit, writing workshop, or grammar refresher sequence.

Format: PDF

Aligned to Australian Curriculum Outcome: Understand how to use the comma for lists, to separate a dependent clause from an independent clause, and in dialogue (AC9E6LA09)

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