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Statements and Questions
OBJECTIVES • To identify and write statements • To identify and write questions • To distinguish between statements and questions
DAILY MAINTENANCE Assign Practice Book page 1, Section 1.2. After students finish, 1. Give immediate feedback. 2. Review concepts as needed. 3. Model the correct answer. Pages 4–5 of the Answer Key contain tips for Daily Maintenance.
PRACTICE EXERCISE 1 Have students read aloud their responses. Have the rest of the class tell which sentences end with a period and which end with a question mark. EXERCISE 2 Ask students what clues in a sentence help to identify it as a question. Explain that a verb like do or does or a question word (who, what, when, where, why, or how) at the beginning of a sentence indicates that it is a question.
WARM-UP Have partners interview each other about a person, a hobby, or an event. At the end of the activity, ask students to describe the difference between questions and statements. Have volunteers write on the board their questions and responses. Encourage students to tell how the punctuation is different for each kind of sentence.
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EXERCISE 4 Explain that students will use the words in parentheses to begin their sentences. Remind students to end each sentence with a period. EXERCISE 5 Ask volunteers to read aloud their questions out of order. Have other students choose the best answer for each question.
Statements and Questions A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark. Some sentences tell things. A telling sentence is called a statement. A statement ends with a period ( . ). There are many animals in the zoo. The lions are sleeping under a tree.
Some sentences ask things. An asking sentence is called a question. A question ends with a question mark (?).
Read from a piece of writing that the class is currently reading. Emphasize the difference between statements and questions.
Do you like to go to the zoo? What do the lions eat?
EXERCISE 1 Match each question in Column A with an
answer in Column B. Then rewrite them. Add question marks at the end of questions. Add periods at the end of statements. Column A 1. What is your favorite animal 2. When do you go to the zoo
TEACH Explain that questions and statements are different types of sentences. Point out that whether a sentence makes a statement or asks a question, it still must have a subject and a predicate, and it must express a complete thought. Review the use of a capital letter at the beginning of both types of sentences. Invite a volunteer to read aloud about statements and questions. Ask students to identify the subject and the predicate in each example sentence.
Column B
a. I go there in the summer b. I like snakes the best
3. Where do you see snakes
c. Only the zookeeper feeds them
4. Who feeds the animals
d. I see them at the reptile house
EXERCISE 2 Rewrite the sentences. Add
periods at the end of statements. Add question marks at the end of questions. 1. Many people work at a zoo 2. What does a zoo veterinarian do 3. Veterinarians take care of sick animals 4. Do zookeepers feed the animals 5. They feed the animals and clean the cages 6. How do volunteers help at a zoo 7. Some volunteers lead tour groups through the zoo 8. Would you like to be a zookeeper
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EXERCISE 3 Have students rewrite the sentence parts, adding the correct punctuation. As students read aloud their responses, have volunteers tell which sentences are statements and which are questions.
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