Punctuation Lesson Plans

Learners read Punctuation Takes a Vacation.  In this punctuation lesson plan, students discuss punctuation marks and how they are used.  Learners write postcards using a punctuation mark and students guess which punctuation mark it is. 

Fourth graders put elbow macaroni where commas and quotation marks are supposed to be in sentences. In this punctuation lesson plan, 4th graders use the pasta to define where punctuation is missing in sentence strips.

Students investigate punctuation. In this grammar lesson, students use various forms of punctuation in their own sentences like exclamation marks and questions marks.

Students explore the importance of correct verbal and written communication in the real world. In this lesson, students brainstorm what their world would be like without punctuation, listen to and read excerpts without punctuation, and record and present possible solutions.  

Students, in a group of three or four, design a board game to help reinforce the rules of Perfect Punctuation. They make game pieces for the game with Crayola Model Magic and include the punctuation marks of periods, exclamation points, commas and question marks.

Reinforce the rules for the correct usage of punctuation marks in sentences and paragraphs. Clarity and organization of thought form the main focus of this lesson plan. Use this activity to emphasize the use of ellipses and other punctuation symbols.

Students practice proper punctuation. In this grammar instructional activity, students use a variety of macaroni shapes to punctuate sentences appropriately. For example, students use small macaroni for commas.

Students explore correct punctuation by listening to a short reading with no punctuation. In this punctuation lesson, students use the 5W's to find the punctuation needed in sentences. Students label sentence strips with correct punctuation.

Explore indirect and direct characterization and review rules of punctuation. After a review, middle schoolers complete a short worksheet, labeling sentences as an example of a direct or indirect characterization. In groups, they play a punctuation game and take a punctuation quiz. They discuss the process of creative writing.

Using Georges Seurat's painting "Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte," this lesson launches into a discussion of punctuation. Pupils go on to listen to the book Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater, and identify which words need to be capitalized. Learners then rotate through centers in which they work on activities related to capitalization, punctuation, and complete sentences.