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Punctuation Lesson

This daily lesson plan aims to teach 11th and 12th grade students how to use punctuation to expand and manipulate writing for future career purposes. The lesson will review the functions of periods, semicolons, colons, and dashes through a lecture, worksheet, and group activity. Students will learn to understand and demonstrate how punctuation can alter a sentence's tone and purpose. They will then be assigned a homework prompt applying these punctuation techniques.

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Punctuation Lesson

This daily lesson plan aims to teach 11th and 12th grade students how to use punctuation to expand and manipulate writing for future career purposes. The lesson will review the functions of periods, semicolons, colons, and dashes through a lecture, worksheet, and group activity. Students will learn to understand and demonstrate how punctuation can alter a sentence's tone and purpose. They will then be assigned a homework prompt applying these punctuation techniques.

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Emma Kelly
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DAILY LESSON PLAN


Date: 10/6/15

Teacher(s):

Emma Kelly

Lesson Title: Using Punctuation to Expand Writing Purpose


Grade: 11th - 12th
Projected/Current Unit of Study: Writing Use in Your Future Career
Lead in: This unit will be introduced to upperclassmen in high school to prepare for
the writing necessary after graduation. The tone and voice of the writer can be reflected
in the use of language and punctuation in scholarship, college, and standardize testing
essays. This unit will not introduce punctuation, but the individual lessons will provide
the students with complex uses of the different types of marks.

ELA Standard(s):
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.D
Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms
and conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style
are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.5
Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or
trying a new approach.

Learning Objectives: (Students will:)


Understand the different functions of period, semicolon, colon and dash
Manipulate the rules of grammar in their own writing.
Evaluate sentence mechanics with a small group of peers.
Demonstrate how the multiple uses of punctuation can alter the tone (voice/purpose)
of the sentence.

Delivery Strategies (mark with X; lesson specifics on next page):

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Lecture X
Socratic Lesson
Overhead/PowerPoint Note
Group Discussion
Group Activity X
Jigsaw

Role Play
Reading Analysis
Audio-Video Analysis
Writing Activity
Debate
Worksheet X

Assessment and/or Evaluation Strategies (mark with X):


Observation
Anecdotal Notes
Work Samples
Interview/Conference
Checklist
Oral Questioning
________________

Learning Log/Journal
Self-assessment
Peer-assessment
Assessment Rubric
Evaluation Rubric
Completion of Worksheet X
________________

Presentation
AV Presentation
Written Submission X
Oral Report
Test/Quiz
________________
________________

Resources/Materials:

Teachers Notes
Worksheet
Words and punctuation marks on sheets of paper
Homework assignment sheet

Lesson Delivery Specifics:

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Timing | 20 min. |Segment 1: Class Review and Short worksheet


The students will begin to develop their own collegiate style of writing; the beginning of
this lesson will focus on reviewing and reintroducing the dash, period, semicolon, and
colon.
As a class, we will go over the importance of punctuation. Although this class is filled
with upper level students, this review focuses on the basics of a few punctuation marks.
An important point to make during this lecture/review is this: how can different
punctuation marks affect your writing?
The punctuation marks will then be defined.
After, a quick worksheet will be introduced and completed together in class. This
worksheet fluidly connects to the activity.
See Notes on page 4
Timing| 15 min |Segment 2: | Class Activity
This segment of the lesson will give students the opportunity to break into groups and
grammatically edit a paragraph using the punctuation discussed in the mini-lesson.

1. Separate students into three groups.


2. Give each group a handout with a run on paragraph.
3. As a team, each group must come up with one way to fix the paragraph using the
following: period, dash, colon, and semicolon.
4. As a class, we will regroup and present the different ways of editing the paragraph.
When each group presents their paragraph, the class will see different ways to edit the
paragraph. With different punctuation marks, there is not just one way to correctly edit a
run-on paragraph.

Timing|10 min|Segment 3: | Quick Review and Homework Introduction


The main purpose of this segment is to summarize the information from the mini-lesson
and activity. Homework will be assigned using the information learned in class.
1. Review with the class what each punctuation mark is
2. Go over homework requirements.
3. Dismiss class and ask if they have any more questions.

Homework/Extension/Reminders:
Prompt: What is your dream job? The one that you would pretend to be when you were

a kid. Write about a page using all of the punctuation marks (period, semicolon, colon,
dash) we went over today. That is the main focus of the assignment. Good luck.

PUNCTUATION NOTES/ INTRODUCTION INTO LESSON


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What ARE punctuation marks? (Ask class)
o Look for answers like:
They end a sentence
Used to separate sentences
Used to separate different parts of sentences
Why is it important to change your use of punctuation marks throughout a
paragraph?
They can be used to set a tone for a paper or sentence
Any other ideas as to how punctuation could change a
sentence/paragraph/writing as a whole?

Different punctuation marks we will be focusing on:


o Period- placed at the end of a declarative statement
o Semicolon- these indicate a pause in a sentence, connects independent
clauses and it shows a close relationship between the clauses (whereas the
period separates two separate ideas)
o Colon- indicate a pause in a sentence, introduces quotes, explanation,
example, or a series
o Dash: indicates a short break in a thought or sentence, introduce phrase to
add emphasis, definition, or explanation

***The lack of knowledge about punctuation can create tension in the


writing. The misuse of these marks can lead to

INTRODUCE QUICK WORKSHEET

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