Aug. 1, 2008 - Clueless About Commas.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/punctuation/commas/index.shtml
OK, so it's not a moral failing, but my 11 year old remains totally clueless about commas. His familiarity with other forms of punctuation is glancing at best.
This is not news to me. I've been helping him clean up his poetry for some time now. He's a wonderful, lyrical writer with an artist's soul and he shines best in poetry.
But, darn it, at some point ya just gotta learn when to use a comma. This year, we will master comma use if, it, kills, me. And it may. At least if Week One in our IEW Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons book provided any indication.
If any of you are struggling to aid an English mechanics challenged kid, I highly suggest the BBC link above.
Stay, tuned for progress updates. Such progress will no doubt be slow tenuous and painful. Unless you love, sentences like in this, paragraph!
Blessings, Holly
Comments
Aug. 27, 2008 - Tee Hee
Posted by Dana
According to your darling niece K, your DS informed her that he had to take grammar this year. He clarified: "That means I have to learn new words and memorize their definitions."
Perhaps this battle will be more uphill than you realize...
