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Grade 5 Reading & Writing · World 5: Sentence Shipyard · Level 41
Semicolons in Lists
Separate list items that already contain commas.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 41
- Commas separate items in a list. But what if the items have commas inside them? It gets confusing.
- A semicolon is a stronger divider. Use it between items when at least one item already has a comma.
- A plain list, like red, white, and blue, just needs commas.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:
- 5.L.GC.1.48 — Mechanics: Use semicolons to separate items in a series or list when at least one of the items already contains commas. (Introduce)