Part 1

Invitation to Notice and Compare/Contrast

Today, you will watch a video and look at some of the sentences Eileen Spinelli wrote in Sophie's Masterpiece.

  • What do you notice about them?

  • What is the same about them? How are they different?

  • How could you use commas to list things or combine repetitive sentences?

Focus Phrase: I use commas to separate items in a list or to combine repetitive sentences.