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Student Instructions
1. 
Edit the text to make it a complete and clean sentence using an Oxford comma.
2. 
Move the lazy cat to check your answer.
3. 
Record yourself explaining the difference in the meaning of the sentence with and without the Oxford comma.
Your Goal: Learn why we use commas to clarify the meaning of sentences!
Teacher Notes (not visible to students)
See junewriters.com/teachers for other resources to help you teach comma placement and other grammar, punctuation, and editing conventions. Writing conventions practiced in this assignment: • If your sentence has a series or list consisting of three or more words, separate the elements with commas. Use a comma before the conjunction that introduces the last item. • The final comma in this series--the one before the conjunction--is called a serial comma or an Oxford comma and is a source of heated debate among adults. -It’s fine to write sentences with or without the Oxford comma. Both of the sentences above work fine without the Oxford comma; the meaning is clear. -However, keep in mind that omitting the Oxford comma can sometimes have a big impact on the meaning of your sentence.
