Standards: 4th Grade Language Arts,

WRITTEN AND ORAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS 1.1 Use simple and compound sentences in writing and speaking.

General Goal(s):

identify and write interrogative and declarative sentences.

Specific Objectives: Required Materials: Anticipatory Set:

students will, after a teacher lead example, be able to identify sentence fragments and change fragments into complete sentences. They will also be able to identify and write interrogative and declarative sentences. Teaching Transparency LA2 and LA3 (Harcourt School Publisher, Excursions), overhead projector, markers, worksheet, paper and pencils. As I tell the kids what we are going to do, write what I say on the over head projector. Tell students that we all speak in sentences and phrases, and writing is a way to communicate in writing.

Instructional process:
Instruction: display Transparency LA2 and read aloud the information in the box. Tell students that sentence 1 is a complete sentence because it expresses a complete thought: Juan ran. Explain that sentence two is a fragment because it does not have a subject; it doesnt tell who swam in the pool. Check for understanding as I help students complete items 3 though 5 and work with students to suggest ways to make each fragment a complete sentence. Guided practice: students help rewrite fragments 6 though 8 with proper capitalization and punctuation. Instruction: Next display Transparency LA 3 and read the information at the top. Use sentences 1 and 2 to show students that difference between a declarative (statement) and a fragment. Guided practice: have students change fragments written on the board into declarative sentences by adding a subject or predicate. Instruction: read the information in the lower box. Ask students what kind of sentence it is and explain that question sentences are called interrogative. Ask students to identify items 6 through 8 as fragments or complete sentences. Check for understanding by asking students to change declarative sentences written on the board into a interrogative sentences. Guided practice: have student complete worksheet Independent practice: have students write 5 declarative and then change these sentences into interrogative sentences using their spelling words for homework.

Assessment: use Harcourt School Publisher, Excursions assessment book in addition to

having student write these types of sentences throughout the school year.

Modifications:

choose declarative and interrogative sentences from The Hot and Cold Summer, and have students identify sentences using punctuation for clues. Let students dictate some corrections and sentences to aid or teacher. Reduce the amount of work for certain students. Use lower grade level reading worksheet.