Mini Lesson 4

ESL Lesson Plan
Spring 2022
Name of Instructor: Amy Price Grade Level: 2nd
Lesson Objective: Students will be able to identify question marks and use them properly
in oral and writing assignments. Vocabulary words that will be discussed will be question,
question marks, and asking sentences.
Language Objective: To understand what question marks are and when to use them.
Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening
Students will read a paragraph and circle all the question marks that they can find.
The teacher will say a sentence and the students will determine if a question is being asked.
Students will demonstrate verbally their understanding of question marks.
Teacher will provide a list of various sentences and the students will determine if the
sentences are asking questions.
Resources/Materials Required: Computer, question mark hat (provided by the teacher),

white board, dry erase marker, Punctuation Dab It Worksheet.
Assessment: Check student’s worksheets, and handwritten sentences for accuracy in

identifying question marks and properly using question marks in written text.
Introduction:
Teacher: We are going to be learning about question marks and how to properly use them in
sentences.
Teacher: Does anyone know what a QUESTION MARK is or what it does? Who has heard the
word question before?
Teacher will begin the lesson with a Brain Pop video over question marks. Teacher explains to
the students that a question mark is used at the end of a sentence that is asking a question. She
writes several sentences on the board as examples. She also writes a big question mark on the
board for a visualization. She then explains to the students that all asking sentences will begin
with words like who, what, when, where why and so on. She will explain that the only time a
question mark is used is when a question is being asked.
Teacher will now pass out the materials needed to make a question mark hat and give students a
few minutes to assemble their hat and put them on. She then tells the students that they will now
take turns going around the room and asking each other questions using one of the works written
inside the question mark on their hats. She explains that this activity is going to help them better
understand how to form an asking sentence and when to properly use question marks. The class
practices this activity until every student has asked a question. After everyone has asked their
questions, she then writes several questions on the board and reads them aloud and tells the
students to give a thumbs up if it is a question and thumbs down if it is not a question. She does
this activity several more times to help the students have a better understanding of what a
question mark is and when they are used.
Teacher will again review the definition of what a question mark is and when they are used. She
will point to the big question mark on the board and ask the class what the symbol is called. She
will review the vocabulary words of the day which are question, question mark, and asking
questions.
Teacher, fantastic job on identifying and knowing when to use question marks class!
Middle:
Teacher: Now students we are going to dig a bit deeper. We will be doing an activity that will
help you better understand what a question mark is and when they are used. Can someone
remind us of what a question mark is?
Fantastic job! A question mark is used at the end of a sentence that is asking a question. Can
someone remind us of what words are used in asking sentences? That is correct words like who,
what, when, where, and why are some of the most common words used when having to use a
question mark.
Teacher will give each student a dry erase marker and white board. She explains that the class
will split up into four small groups. After the groups are formed one student will get the white
board and dry erase marker and be prepared to determine if the sentence on the board is an
asking sentence and requires a question mark. This will be repeated until each student gets a
chance to answer and points will be kept. At the end of the activity the group with the most
points will get 15 minutes of free time at the end of the day!
Teacher: Now we will split up into our stations. There will be the Teacher/small group station
this will be where the teacher will reteach the lesson to those who may be struggling. After going
back over the lesson, the students will have independent work (seatwork). The students will be
required to write five asking sentences correctly. There will be a vocabulary station with a match
word/definition worksheet that will be completed as a group. There will be a computer station
where the students will go to Dream Box and work on interactive lessons over question marks
and other forms of punctuation. For the GT students there will be a station where the students
will get two prewritten paragraphs and they will need to add question marks in the correct places
along with other punctuation.
Conclusion:
Teacher will give a quick review over what a question mark is and when they are needed and
then she will have an interactive activity where students will be given the worksheet Punctuation
Dab It. The students will independently read the worksheet and determine where question marks
are needed. They will also be asked to underline the asking word in each sentence as previously
discussed in class. After they complete this assignment there will be a vocab worksheet that the
students will have to write the vocabulary word and its definition. Students will work
independently and when they finish, they will turn in their work to the inbox for the teacher to
review and determine if the class is ready to move forward or if more time is needed to be spent
going over what question marks are and when they are needed.

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ESL Lesson Plan

Name of Instructor: Amy Price Grade Level: 2nd

Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening

Students will demonstrate verbally their understanding of question marks.

Resources/Materials Required: Computer, question mark hat (provided by the teacher),

Assessment: Check student’s worksheets, and handwritten sentences for accuracy in

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