The Comma

Description : The story happens in a classroom where Ms. Monira the Arabic teacher wears a dress with many small commas printed on the fabric. She uses the dress to engage the sudents and teach them about the comma, how to use it, and its importance. They learn that this punctuation mark is the most commonly used among other marks. They also learn about the semicolon and its important uses.

SGD : Goal 4: Quality Education,

Keywords : Children literature, the importance of the comma, an upside-down 27th Arabic letter Waw, division, connection.

Type : An educational story

Relations : It is one of eight stories in the collection Our Beautiful Language: The Punctuation Mark

Coverage : The story presents the importance of using the comma

Language and Age : In Arabic for age 11-12

Publishing Rights : The writer and Al-Dar Al-Masriah Al-Lubnaniah, Cairo

Publisher and Place : Al-Dar Al-Masriah Al-Lubnaniah, Cairo

Publication Date : 2002

E-Format : 15 pages in Arabic