Commas in Lists

She packed a hat a towel sunscreen and a book. Corrected:

He bought apples bananas oranges and grapes. Corrected:

The classroom had desks chairs a whiteboard a bookshelf and a globe. Corrected:

For dinner we had soup bread salad and pasta. Corrected:

Things you might find in a school bag:

Animals you might see at a zoo:

Foods you enjoy eating:

Things you can see outside your window:

A list of 2 items: use ___ (no comma needed). Example: a cat and a dog.

A list of 3 items: use ___ comma. Example: ___

A list of 4 items: use ___ commas. Example: ___

A list of 5 items: use ___ commas. Example: ___

Shopping list: bread / butter / cheese / jam Sentence: ___

What I did today: woke up / had breakfast / went for a walk / read a book Sentence: ___

Animals in the garden: a frog / two lizards / a possum / several birds Sentence: ___

She enjoyed reading drawing, painting and cooking. Error: ___ Corrected: ___

The colours were red, blue green, and yellow. Error: ___ Corrected: ___

I need flour eggs, milk and butter. Error: ___ Corrected: ___

What you would pack for a camping trip:

Sports you know how to play:

Things you would find in a kitchen:

Countries you would like to visit:

My list poem:

Things on your desk right now:

Things you did this morning:

Your favourite things to do on weekends:

Foods in your kitchen right now:

My explanation of the rule:

Example 1: ___

Example 2: ___

Rewrite with an Oxford comma: 'I like cats dogs and birds.'

Rewrite without an Oxford comma: 'I like cats, dogs, and birds.'

Which do you prefer and why?

I packed a hat, sunscreen and a towel. Reason: ___

After the match, we celebrated with pizza. Reason: ___

She ran, hid and waited. Reason: ___

Yes, I agree with you completely. Reason: ___

We bought bread, milk, eggs and butter. Reason: ___

Recipe (ingredients): ___

Recount (things you did): ___

Informational text (facts): ___

Narrative (description of a character): ___

Simple (everyday items): ___

Medium (activities or places): ___

More complex (describing things): ___

Sophisticated (use adjectives in the list): ___

Compound list sentence 1: ___

Compound list sentence 2: ___

Compound list sentence 3: ___

Descriptive list 1 (a place): ___

Descriptive list 2 (a person's appearance): ___

Descriptive list 3 (an object's features): ___

My recount paragraph:

List sentences I included: ___

Errors found: ___

Corrected paragraph:

Animal chosen: ___

My informational paragraph:

List sentences used: ___

'After dinner, we played board games.' Purpose of comma: ___

'I bought milk, eggs and bread.' Purpose of comma: ___

'Sadly, it was too late to change anything.' Purpose of comma: ___

'Wait, I need to tell you something!' Purpose of comma: ___

'She ran, jumped and skipped all the way home.' Purpose of comma: ___

List of nouns: ___

List of verbs: ___

List of adjectives: ___

List of noun groups: ___

My story paragraph:

Types of lists I used: ___

Text 1 source: ___ List sentence: ___ Comma analysis: ___

Text 2 source: ___ List sentence: ___ Comma analysis: ___

Text 3 source: ___ List sentence: ___ Comma analysis: ___

My persuasive paragraph:

List sentences used: ___

Science: ___

History: ___

Maths: ___

Art: ___

How does the vocabulary change between subjects?

Essay topic: ___

My essay opening:

Number of list sentences: ___ Total commas in lists: ___

The rule (in simple words): ___

Example 1: ___

Example 2: ___

Example 3: ___

Common mistake to avoid: ___

Activity for Year 2 student: ___

My description:

Number of list sentences: ___ I checked every comma: YES / NO

My reflection:

1. ___

2. ___

3. ___

4. ___

5. ___

My corrected paragraph:

Commas I added: ___

My list poem title: ___

My list poem:

My place: ___

My description with comma lists:

List sentences I wrote: ___

Original list sentence(s) (from my old writing): ___

Corrected version: ___

What I fixed: ___

When to use commas in lists: ___

When NOT to use commas: ___

My example sentence with correct commas: ___

The most common mistake: ___

What I know well about commas in lists: ___

What was confusing or tricky: ___

What I will do differently in my writing: ___

One piece of advice for a friend learning this: ___

My topic / genre: ___

My masterpiece:

List sentences I'm most proud of: ___

Setting: ___

Sight list: ___

Sound list: ___

Feeling / touch list: ___

Full description combining all three: ___

Better version of 1: ___

Better version of 2: ___

Better version of 3: ___

Before (my original paragraph): ___

After (with correct comma lists): ___

What I fixed: ___

Noun list: ___

Adjective list: ___

Verb list: ___

Place list: ___

Feeling list: ___

My comma-in-lists rule in my own words: ___

My list poem title: ___

My poem:

Comma lists in my poem: ___

What I understand confidently about list commas: ___

What still trips me up: ___

How I will apply this in my writing: ___

My advice to someone just learning this rule: ___

My scene (noun-only, list-heavy paragraph):

What I found difficult or interesting about this: ___

My final paragraph:

Types of lists I used (nouns, verbs, adjectives, phrases): ___

I am proud of this because: ___