Lesson Plan
Command an Exclamation!
Get ready to get dramatic! Use this fun and interactive lesson to teach your students about imperative and exclamatory sentences.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify sentences as commands or exclamations and their corresponding ending marks.
Introduction
(10 minutes)- Pretend that you are having trouble putting a letter you wrote to your friend into an envelope.
- Ask your class to help by telling you what to do. As students guide you with commands, give exclamations of how you are confused, frustrated, or happy about the instructions. If the students don't give exact direction, act sad or confused. If they give great direction, express happiness.
- Ask your students to remember the commands they gave you. Write the sentences on the board and tell your students to reflect on the types of sentences they were saying.
- Request that your students remember the sentences you were saying. Write the sentences on the board and ask everyone to reflect on the types of sentences you were saying.