1. Comma Rules 1-5 We will add on comma rules 6-8 once we’ve mastered these.
Objective: Be able to properly place commas in a variety of situations.

2. Comma Rule #1 Use commas to separate three or more items in a series.
EX: We will walk on Michigan Avenue, shop, and eat at the Cheesecake Factory.

3. Comma Rule #2 An introductory phrase is usually followed by a comma.
EX: By the end of the season, our basketball team will have won twenty games straight.
YOU DO NOT NEED A COMMA AFTER VERY SHORT INTRODUCTORY PHRASES.
EX: On Thursday we are going to Hawaii.

4. Comma Rule #3 You commas when addressing someone directly. EX:
Michael, please take out your book.
I am happy to tell you, Karyn, that you have now earned an A.
You should head home before it gets dark, Darren.

5. Comma Rule #4
An appositive is usually a group of words that renames a noun or pronoun and gives more information about it. The appositive can appear at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence. An appositive is usually set off by commas.
EX: Tysley, my friend from Minneapolis, will be staying with me next week.

6. Comma Rule #5
Review: You should have already mastered how to use commas with coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
Add commas to these examples to show mastery:
Juan enjoys many kinds of music but heavy metal gives him a headache.
Although it’s raining now we might try to head to the beach later today.