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Prepared by: Jessica Marie G. Miranda

Intended for: Grade-9
Learning Area: English
Quarter: One
Date: June 20, 2018

CONTENT STANDARD: The learner demonstrates understanding of how Anglo-American

literature and other text types serve as means of enhancing the self; also how to use
processing, assessing, summarizing information, word derivation and formation strategies,
appropriate word order, punctuation marks and interjections to enable him/her to participate
actively in a speech choir.

PERFORMANCE STANDARD: The learner actively participates in a speech choir through

using effective verbal and non-verbal strategies based on the following criteria: Focus, Voice,
Delivery, Facial Expressions, Body Movements/ Gestures and Audience Contact.

I. Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to:
1. reads an article entitled, ‘A Short History of Punctuation’;
2. define punctuation marks;
3. recognize the different punctuation marks used in the given sentences;
4. identify the sentences with correct punctuation marks;
5. construct sentences using correct punctuation marks;
6. write a dialogue using appropriate punctuation marks; and
7. inculcate the importance of using punctuation marks correctly to avoid
misunderstanding

II. Content
a) Subject Matter
Punctuation Marks

b) Reference
English Communication, Arts and Skills through Anglo-American and Filipino Literature 9
by Milagros Lapid and Josephine Serrano

c) Materials
laptop, speaker, DLP

III. Procedure
A. Daily Routine
- greetings
- prayer
- checking of attendance, I.D.’s and uniforms of students
- cleaning the room

B. Motivation
Let’s Discover!
-The teacher gives as copy of the article entitled, ‘A Short History of Punctuation.’
-The teacher asks the students to reads the article silently.
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A Short History of Punctuation by: Polly M. Robertus

EARLYGREEKSHAD HARDLYANYPUNCTUATION
FONOITCERIDEHTDEGNAHCNEVEDNA*
THEIRWRITINGATTHEENDOFEACHLINELATER GNITIRWFOYAWAOTDEGNAHCYEHT*
THATFAVOREDRIGHTHANDEDPEOPLEANDSHOWED
WHEREANEWPARAGRAPHBEGANBYUNDERLINING
THEFIRSTLINEOFITLATERTHEGREEKPLAYWRIGHT ARISTOPHANES .
INVERTEDMARKSTOSHOW . WHERE
THEREADERSSHOULDTAKEBREATH: THE . ROMANS . MADE . WRITING . MUCH .
EASIER . TO . READ . BY . PUTTING . DOTS . BETWEEN . WORDS . AND . BY . MOVING .
THE . FIRST . LETTER . OF. A . PARAGRAPH . INTO . THE . LEFT . MARGIN: THEY .
ADAPTED . SOME . OF . THE . GREEK . MARKS . SUCH . AS . THE . COLON . MARK . TO .
INDICATE . PHRASE . ENDINGS:
INTHEEARLYMIDDLEAGESTHISSYSTEMOFPUNCTUATION
BROKEDOWNBECAUSEVERYFEWPEOPLECOULDREAD ANDWRITE
BUTWRITERSKEPTASPACEATTHEENDOF
ASENTENCEANDCONTINUEDTOMARKPARAGRAPHS EVENTUALLY WORDS
WERESEPARATED AGAIN AND NEW SENTENCES BEGAN WITH A LARGER LETTER
*Hint: Try reading from right to left.

The educational reforms of Charlemagne led to the invention of lowercase

letters which could be written and read much faster. Phrases and sentence endings were
indicated either by ... or by a slash (/). As time went on writers looked for more ways to
clarify meaning/In medieval music notation they found a way to indicate how a voice should
rise or fall at the end of a sentence or phrase. Can you hear your voice rise at the end of a
question? Our question mark came directly from medieval music notation. When a long
sentence broke in the middle > they put a new mark that became our semi colon and colon.
The hyphen appeared as two lines (=) instead of one. Around A.D. 1500 the indented
paragraph appeared, as did the comma and period as we know them. Printers of the
Renaissance invented new marks like the exclamation points and quotation marks. By that
time, people were commonly reading silently, and punctuation came to depend more on
grammatical groups than breath groups. (Parentheses and dashes appeared with the advent of
printing.) By the end of the seventeenth century, our punctuation system was in place for the
most part, though sometimes details varied. Just think, though: After only a few lessons in
school—and with lots of practice reading and writing—you can boast that you’ve mastered a
system that took westerners many centuries to develop.

Follow-up questions:
1. What have you observed as unusual in the informative article? What is it all about?
2. What punctuation marks are described in the article?
3. What problems in writing and reading are caused by improper use of capitalization and
punctuation marks?
4. Are these problems applicable even in today’s world? How do we solve such problems?

D. Lesson Development
- The teacher presents a PowerPoint Presentation about Punctuation Marks.
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Rules for Periods

 Use a period at the end of a complete sentence.
 Use periods (decimal points) with money and percentages.
$2a.13 3.25%
 Use periods after initials
George W. Bush David A. Paap

 Don’t use a period at the end of a sentence that already ends with an abbreviation.
• Bob woke up at 7 A.M.
(Using question marks and exclamation are okay after an abbreviation)
• Bob woke up at 7 A.M.!
• Bob woke up at 7 A.M.?

Rules for Question Marks

 Use a question mark after a question.
• This is not difficult, is it?
 Use a question mark to indicate uncertainty or doubt.
• The author of this book lived from 1810(?) to 1895.
 (This shows that you are not positive the exact date.)

 In a polite request (when no answer is required), the question mark is often omitted
even though the sentence is phrased like a question. Use it or don’t use it – it is your
choice.
• Would you please bring us the remote?
• Would you please bring us the remote.
Both examples are correct

Rules for Exclamation Points

 Use an exclamation point after exclamations to show:

• Delight: Wow! Nice catch!
• Urgency: Please help me!
• Anger: Drop dead!
• Surprise: I can’t believe it’s you!
• Distress: Oh, no! This can’t be right!
• Excitement: I got an A!
• Intensity: I love you!
• Loud noises: Crash! Bang!
• Strong Commands: Stop! Don’t move!

 Is it a question or an exclamation? Sometimes a sentence can go either way.

• How could you do that?
• How could you do that!
 It depends on what you are trying to convey to the reader.

Some people use exclamation points all the time! It makes their writing look hyper active! It’s
even worse to use lots of exclamations!! - oh, no, not the double exclamations!!
Never use double exclamation points in formal writing. In fact, don’t use many
exclamation points at all.

Rules for Commas

 Independent clause combinations:
• I hurried to the store. I bought a bag of Doritos.
• I hurried to the store, and I bought a bag of Doritos.
Notice that there are two independent clauses being connected. A dependent and an independent
clause does not use a comma.
• I hurried and bought a bag of Doritos.
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 I hurried (independent clause) bought a bag of Doritos (dependent

clause).
• When you have two short independent clauses and you are using a conjunction, you
may use a comma or not.
• Kate slept late, but Jen got up early.
• Kate slept late but Jen got up early.

Rules for Colon

 To introduce a list
 After a salutation in a business letter
(Dear Chairperson: )
 Between numbers in time (2:25)

Rules for Hyphen

 To divide a word when you run out of room at the end of the line (divide only at the
syllables, never divide one syllable words or contractions).
 Between numbers in fractions.

Rules for Quotation Marks

 use when quoting someone's exact words. Periods and commas always come inside the
quote marks.
1. Phil said, "The American Revolution began in April, 1775."
2. "All of us will attend the banquet," said the chairperson.

IV. Application
-The teacher divides the class into five groups.
Direction: Create a dialogue based on the given words below. Use correct
punctuation marks in your dialogue. Present it in front of the class.

Group 1: street, old woman, fairy, three wishes

Group 2: fast food chain, security guard, beggar, friends
Group 3: hospital, nurse, patient, baby
Group 4: market, vendor, mother, child

Content: 20%
Presentation: 20%
Cooperation: 10 %
50%

V. Evaluation

A. Multiple Choice
Direction: Read the following sentences. Select the sentence that uses commas
correctly.
1. A. Jake and F'red eat too much sleep too much, and exercise too little.
B. Jake and Fred eat too much, sleep too much, and exercise too little.
C. Jake, and Fred eat too much, sleep too much, and exercise too little. ,
2. A. Well I'm sure, that there is an easier w4y.
B. Well, I'm sure that there is an easier, woy.
C. Well, I'm sure that there is an easier way.
3. A. On December 2,1993 Dr. Ramirez and his family moved into the old family home.
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B.' On December, 2,7gg3, Dr, Ramirez and,his family moved into the old farnily
horne.
C. On December 2,1993, Dr. Ramirez and his farnily moved into the old family home.
4. A., The fat,lazy cat seerns to do nothing but eat and sleep.
B. The fatlazy cat seems to do nothing but eat, and sleep.
C. The fat,lazy, cat seems to do nothing but eat and sleep.
5. A. The office closes, Ibelieve at 4:00 P.M. on Fridays.
B. The office closes, Ibelieve, at 4:00 P.M. on Fridays.
C. The office closes I believe, at 4:00 P.M. on Fridays.

B. Correcting Errors
Directions: Correctly punctuate the following sentences with a period, question mark, or
exclamation point where needed.
1. Did you know there are more than half a million snowflakes in each cubic foot of snow
2. Is there anything you’d give your life for
3. The track meet was supposed to start at 2:00 PM, but it began at 2:45 PM
4. If you take this action, where will it lead
5. Wow What an absolutely fantastic idea
6. They’re going to the theater tonight, aren’t they
7. Will you meet me at 2:00 PM tomorrow
8. There are only two lasting things we can give our children- roots and wings
9. They discussed colors, fabrics, styles, etc but came to no decision.
10. Fantastic Did you see that stunt

V. Assignment
Directions: For each sentence below, find the punctuation error and write the correction with the
word preceding it in the blank to the left.
____________1. “Are you sure we’re on the right road?” asked Mr. Bradley, the new sheriff for
LA County.
____________2. “It has been my experience that a C.P.A. can be very helpful when filing a Fed
Income tax form, “Prof. Higgins replied.
____________3. The Eskimos have more than two dozen names for snow in Nome, Alas.
According to Dr Warren at W.S.U. , an expert on Alaskan culture.
____________4. “Freeze. I’ve got you in my sights!” screamed sgt. Preston.
____________5. What time does Lt. Fuzz want Pvt. James to report for K.P. duty