• Items in a series

• Direct address, introductory words, appositives, and parenthetical expressions

• Conventional uses (dates, letters and addresses)

• After introductory adverbial clauses

• With quotation marks

• Before coordinating conjunction in compound sentences consisting of two long independent clauses.

• Tag questions

• Opposing elements

• With adjectives before nouns

Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans
Comma lesson plans geared toward GED students, yet appropriate for HS students
 

American Heritage Book of English Usage  With a detailed look at grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups and scientific forms

Comma lessons  Several lessons on commas

Using Commas Ideas for using commas

Suggestions for English Language Learners:                   

ESL Ideas      (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional)
(B) Students highlight commas in a newspaper article or other written material. 
(I, T) Students keep a writing log for which the teacher provides sentences that are incorrect which students then correct independently or with peers.
 

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