Punctuation WebQuest - Year 4

Introduction

During this WebQuest you will learn to use punctuation including... 

- question marks

- exclamation marks

- commas

- apostrophes

- speech marks (also called quotation marks) 

Task

Task 1 

Watch this video or listen to your teacher read the story...

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-fj9_CtTNM]


Task 2  

Play these games...

End punctuation: game 1  

Apostrophe for contractions: game 1, game 2 , game 3, game 4 

Apostrophe to show ownership: game 1

Commas for lists: game 1 

Speech Marks: game 1

All punctuation: game 1


Task 3

Practice saying these sentences with a partner 

Watch this video... 

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqomDyOwB6I]

Find a partner and practice saying.... (remember to change your voice) 

- Hello?

- Hello!

- Hello. 

Can your partner guess which one you said first?

Try again... 

- Mrs White?

- Mrs White!

- Mrs White. 


Task 4

Add the missing puntuation to the story "Yo, Yes"

With a partner 'perform' your story to the class making sure you read the punctuation. Does it make sense?


Task 5

In your Literacy Book, create your own punctuation characters. Give them names and decribe their personalities. 

- full stop

- comma

- exclamation mark

- question mark  

- speech marks 

- apostrophe

Example:

 

This is Mr Inquisitive the Question Mark. He asks questions all the time so he is always learning new things!


Task 6 

In your literacy book write a story about an adventure that your Punctuation Characters go on (maybe they go to Punctuation Island?). Make sure you use correct punctuation in your story. 


Extention task

Watch this video... 

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdCOswMeXFQ]

What was that piece of punctuation... work out what it is and explain how to use it.

You could explain any way you like (video, poster, writen explanation)