Date: November 7, 2022
Grade: 5
Subject: Language Arts
Strand: Grammar
Duration: 1hr
Topic: Punctuation Mark (Question Marks and Full stop)
Focus Question: How do I glean meaning from information about the ways in which people
interact with the environment?
Attainment Target
Students should be able to:
Write grammatically accurate sentences and correct punctuated using SJE and JC
appropriately.
Objectives
At the end of the lesson pupils should be able to:
Use appropriately capital letters, question mark and quotation mark.
Skills
Differentiate between common punctuation marks
Demonstrate an understanding of punctuation through correct usage
Identify when each punctuation mark (period, question mark) is needed
Vocabulary: punctuation mark, full stop, capital letter, abbreviations, question, question
mark.
Content: Punctuation marks help readers make sense of what’s going on in your writing.
Question marks tell them when someone is asking a question. Periods keep sentences
separate. Apostrophes can communicate possession or indicate when something is missing.
And we can’t forget what a difference a comma can make when you’re deciding between
“Let’s eat Grandma!” and “Let’s eat, Grandma!”
Teaching Materials: classroom textbook; Primary English pages 45-47
Teaching Learning Activities
Students will be told the objectives of the lesson, after which teacher will introduce the topic
and explain to students that punctuation is the usage of marks to make the meanings of
sentences clearer.
Activity 1: Warm-Up
teacher will create sticky notes with punctuation signs/marks and display them on the
board to check students' previous knowledge.
Activity 2: Teacher will familiarise students with punctuations by prompting students
with sentence strips to determine which punctuation they can acknowledge and its
purpose in the text.
Activity 3: Using the Primary English page 45, teacher will explain the rules for using Full-
stop
Activity 4: Teacher will create enlarged sentences with accurate simple punctuations on the
white board. Ample exercises will be shown to students to make the concept clearer.
Activity 5: Teacher will create non- punctuated sentences on the white board and ask
students prompt question to see if they can tell the missing punctuation mark.
Ending:
Divide the class into four groups. Give each group a different passage without
punctuation marks.
The group with the maximum number of correct punctuation marks will win.
Review: Write some sentences without punctuation marks on the board and ask the
students to complete those sentences with correct punctuation marks.
Extension; Primary English page 46-47
Date: November 8, 2022
Grade: 5
Subject: Language Arts
Strand: Grammar
Duration: 1hr
Topic: Punctuation Mark (continuation)
Focus Question: How do I glean meaning from information about the ways in which people
interact with the environment?
Attainment Target
Students should be able to:
Write grammatically accurate sentences and correct punctuated using SJE and JC
appropriately.
Objectives
At the end of the lesson pupils should be able to:
Use appropriately capital letters, question mark and quotation mark.
Skills
Differentiate between common punctuation marks
Demonstrate an understanding of punctuation through correct usage
Identify when each punctuation mark (period, question mark) is needed
Vocabulary: punctuation mark, full stop, capital letter, abbreviations, question, question
mark.
Content: Punctuation marks help readers make sense of what’s going on in your writing.
Question marks tell them when someone is asking a question. Periods keep sentences
separate. Apostrophes can communicate possession or indicate when something is missing.
And we can’t forget what a difference a comma can make when you’re deciding between
“Let’s eat Grandma!” and “Let’s eat, Grandma!”
Teaching Materials: worksheet, written class quiz
Introduction: Teacher will begin the lesson by discussing that Punctuation is usage of
marks to make meanings of sentences clearer. Discussion questions include:
1. Tell me the name of some punctuation marks?
2. Tell the name of punctuation mark that we will use with these words (apple
banana orange pear grapes)?
3. Which punctuation mark will be used after interrogative sentence?
4. Which punctuation mark will be used to put a pause in a sentence.
Announcement of the Topic: After this discussion teacher will announce the topic by
saying ,” Well students today we will learn about Punctuations.
Activity II:
Now teacher will tell the students that a sentence start with a capital letter and ends with
a full stop. A question sentence ends in a question mark(?).
Full stop, question mark and use of capital letters in a sentence is called punctuation.
Activity III:
Now teacher will write down few non-punctuated sentences on the board(eg. we are
going to movie on april 4) Now students will add punctuation marks to the sentences.(eg.
We are going to movie on April 4).
Recapitulation
1. What is Punctuation?
2. Where does we use full stop?
3. Which word we use to replaced the last comma?
4. Where does we use question mark?
Evaluation: Teacher will asses their knowledge by taking a written class quiz.
WRITTEN CLASS QUIZ
Circle the options that show the correct use of capita letters and full stop for the
underlined words. (4marks)
1. The fireworks on independence day are beautiful.
a. Independence Day
b. independence day
c. Independence day
2. i did not go to school yesterday because I was sick.
a. I did
b. I did
c. I Did
3. Mary Was born on January 12, 1994.
a. mary was
b. mary Was
c. Mary was
4. The third month of the year is march
a. is March.
b.is March.
c. is march.
Add full stops or question marks in the sentences and capitalization the letters
wherever necessary
( 8marks)
1.samantha went skiing on the mountains with her mother
2.we are going to a movie on april 4
3. where do you stay
4. what is your name
5.when did you come
6.cows give us milk we make curd and butter from the milk.
7. we cannot live without the sun
8. the lion is the largest of the big cats
9.most of the lions live in hot forest
10. the sun gives us light and heat
Extension
Date: November 9, 2022
Grade: 5
Subject: Language Arts
Strand: Writing Task
Duration: 1hr
Topic: Expository Writing
Focus Question: How do I glean meaning from information about the ways in which people
interact with the environment?
Attainment Target
Students should be able to:
Write grammatically accurate sentences and correct punctuated using SJE and JC
appropriately.
Objectives
At the end of the lesson pupils should be able to:
Write an expository piece
Skills
Create an expository piece
Write a paragraph
Write an introduction
Write a conclusion
Vocabulary: paragraph, writing, expository, punctuate.
Content
Expository writing is used to describe, explain, define, or otherwise inform a reader about a
specific subject. It's devoid of opinion or unnecessary descriptive language.
There are three parts of an expository essay: which are: the introduction, the body and your
conclusion.
The introduction- this is where you introduce your topic, with the main idea of each
paragraph. this also consists of the hook or the attention grabber
The body- this is where you start putting your information together in paragraphs.
The conclusion- the ending of your paragraph.
Engage/ Explore
To begin the lesson teacher will, have students write out a few sentences to answer
this question: What is the difference between a newspaper article and a fairy tale?
Give them a few minutes to write their responses. Then call on a few to share. Write
the common ideas on the board.
Using what is written on the board, explain how fairy tales are narratives and how
articles are expository. Stress that their purpose is to give information based on facts.
Discussion:
o Why is it important that a piece of writing like a newspaper article is different
from a story?
Reenforce knowledge by watching the below video lesson
What is Expository Writing? - Definition & Examples - Video & Lesson Transcript |
Study.com teacher will have students take notes on the qualities and purposes of
expository text (give information, expose the truth, educate the reader, be clear,
concise and organized, etc.)
Recapitulation
Why do we use expository methods for instead of narrative?
Example
Evaluate:
Students will be asked to write an introductory paragraph. using the topic: Enslave Africans
