Lesson Plan Template
Subject
Language Arts
Standards:
Content Objectives:
Assessment Plan:
(Formative and/or
Summative)
Topic & Concept(s)
Grade:
Capitalization, Punctuation, Common and 2nd Grade
Proper Nouns Review
L.2.2 – Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when writing
L.2.2a – Capitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names.
L.2.2c – Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.
Language
Students will be able to apply all aspects of
Students will develop a sentence with correct
capitalization, punctuation, and common and Objectives: capitalization, punctuation and at least one
proper nouns to develop a classroom ABC
common and one proper noun and illustrate it.
book with at least 85% accuracy.
Summative: The Pre-Test I gave at the beginning of unit as well as the student’s final page of the alphabet
book. Students must have the following in the alphabet book:
 One common noun
 One proper noun
 Correct capitalization

At least two different punctuation marks used correctly

Illustration of their sentence(s)
Integration of
Literacy:
 Reading
 Writing
 Listening
 Speaking
 Viewing
 Visual
Representation
Materials/
Technology:
Differentiation:
Vocabulary
Writing: Students will create their own
sentences to illustrate in the alphabet book
for the class.
Listening: Students will listen to one another
present their page of the alphabet book.
Speaking: Students will present their page of
the book to the class and point out their
common and proper nouns, capitalization,
and punctuation.
Viewing: Students will look at each other’s
illustrations of their sentences.
Visual Representation: I will have an
example alphabet page that I made for
students to come up and look at if needed.
Colors/markers
Alphabet Book: A book that goes by ABC
order and either begins with a letter of the
alphabet or the subject begins with a certain
letter of the alphabet.
Content/Process-My two boys who I have been differentiating for will only have to include one common OR
one proper noun, not both as well as only one punctuation type and correct capitalization.
My ELL students will have a partner in which they will complete two alphabet pages together as a group.
The partner will be informed before hand and be directed on how to help the ELL student to accomplish the
ABC book page. As for the assessment, I or my aide will read the sentences to the students and allow them to
correct the sentence after it being read to them.
Introduction:
Good Morning! Today we are going to review what we have learned all this week! Then we are going to put
it into practice by making an alphabet book like the one we are about to read.
Anticipatory Set:
(Background
knowledge)
Read the ABC book and identify specific common and proper nouns, punctuation, and capitalization.
Lesson Procedure (The following three categories occur simultaneously)
Instruction
1. Review the rules of capitalization.
1. Names of people
2. Names of places
Modeling
1. Capitalization Rules
I will ask students to give examples
after we are finished discussing a
rule.
3. Names of months of the
year
2. I will write the punctuation on the
board as we discuss.
4. Names of days of the week
3. I will give a few examples of
common and proper nouns:
5. Historical events
6. Names of holidays
7. Beginning letter of a
sentence
8. The word “I”
Royals=Proper baseball team=common
Paola = Proper city = common
Kansas = Proper state = common
Checking for Understanding
1. I will ask students to see if they can
name all 9 rules by themselves.
2. I will give students a punctuation
mark and they will have to tell me
what it does or how it is used.
3. We will play a few rounds of The
Slouch Game.
9.
Title of a
book/magazine/poem etc
2. Punctuation Marks
Period: Most common, found at the
end of sentences. Used for
abbreviations, and initials.
Exclamation Mark: Used to
express strong emotion such as
excitement, anger, or urgency.
Question Mark: Used at the end of
a questioning sentence.
Interrogative sentence
Comma: Used to separate words in
a series. Separates the date and the
year, as well as the day of the week
and the month. It also separates a
city and a state.
Quotation Marks: used to show
direct quotes or when a person is
speaking.
Apostrophe: shows ownership or
where letters have been left out of
words.
3.
Common and Proper Nouns
Proper nouns are specific and
capitalized and common nouns are
general and not capitalized unless
at the beginning of a sentence or in
a title.
Guided Practice
Independent
Practice:
Closure:
Self Reflection:
While reviewing (the instructional part of my lesson) I will ask students to recall specific information, they will
have their worksheets and handouts from the unit as a resource.
I will show students an example of my page of the alphabet book and go over the criteria with them. I will then
release them to work freely on their alphabet book page and will be available for answering specific questions as
I am walking around. My examples of pages will be available for students to come to the board and look at. I
will make sure to visit the two boys’ desk that I am differentiating for. Students will then present their page to
the class.
Students will complete the post summative assessment.
Great Job this week! I have had a wonderful time teaching you all! Before we wrap up can someone tell me
something they have learned this week? (ask this question 3 times) Can someone tell me a couple of things that
they are unsure of clarification on or need regarding capitalization, punctuation, and common and proper nouns?
Again, great job ! Your alphabet book pages turned out wonderful!
What went well?
What could I have done differently?
Were the students engaged?
Did I differentiate well?