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Subject

English Language Arts (2005), English Language Arts (NYS P-12 Common Core)

Learning Objectives

Students will apply their knowledge of the rules of English grammar, punctuation and capitalization to make corrections.

Description

Students become editors! This SMART Board lesson will allow 5th grade students to edit texts.

Website(s)

Brain Pop
Brain Pop

Materials and Resources

cbishopp_assessment.nyl

Materials

• SMART Board set up (laptop, projector, & SMART board)
• SMART Board software
• Editing SMART Notebook file
• Editing.notebook

Anticipatory Set

Students will already be familiar and have a strong understanding of English grammar, punctuation and capitalization rules. This is a review activity for the 5th grade ELA state exam.

Procedure

1. Teacher will show the BrainPop movies, "Punctuation" and "Capitalization" on the SMART Board to review grammar rules. As a class, the students will complete the online quiz.
2. The Editing SMART Notebook file contains an excerpt from a children's novel. Teacher has purposely created grammar, punctuation, and capitalization errors.
3. On each slide, students will find the errors on each of the pages of the notebook file. They come up to the board and will use the highlighter function as well as the various colored SMART Board pens to make these corrections.
4. As a follow up to the activity students will go to site Power Proofreading to practice their editing skills,

Duration

60-minute session

Related Academic Standards

New York State

3-5LAS1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

• While building proficiency in English, ELLs/MLLs, in English as a New Language and Bilingual Education programs may demonstrate skills bilingually or transfer linguistic knowledge across languages.

3-5LAS2 

• Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
• While building proficiency in English, ELLs/MLLs, in English as a New Language and Bilingual Education programs may demonstrate skills bilingually or transfer linguistic knowledge across languages.

L.5.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

L.5.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

ELA1.I.SW2F Students use standard English for formal presentation of information selecting appropriate grammatical constructions and vocabulary, using a variety of sentence structures, and observing the rules of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.