Punctuating nonrestrictive elements
I can use punctuation to set off nonrestrictive elements.
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General
In this lesson, students will learn to identify restrictive and nonrestrictive elements. They will use commas, parentheses, and dashes in their writing.
Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.2a
Learning objective
Students will be able to use punctuation to set off nonrestrictive elements.
Introduction
Students will review basic comma usage that they’ve learned up to this point.
Instruction
Students will learn to identify a nonrestrictive/parenthetical element and how to set it off through punctuation. They will also learn the distinctions between commas, parentheses, and dashes. Students will engage in activities, including deciding if the underlined element is restrictive or nonrestrictive, highlighting the nonrestrictive element, using the designated punctuation to separate the nonrestrictive element, and inserting the nonrestrictive element into a sentence.
Quiz
Students are given 10 exercises in which they will identify restrictive and nonrestrictive words. They will then add commas, parentheses, or dashes to sentences with nonrestrictive elements.
Closing
Students will work in pairs to add nonrestrictive elements to a sentence (one using commas, one using parentheses, and one with dashes).
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