Yes or No Questions

At a Glance:

Grades:	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Subject:	ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)
Topic:	Answering Yes or No Questions
Lesson Length:	30 - 45 mins

Standards / Framework:

What will students learn in this activity?

Students will practice asking and answering "yes" or "no” questions with the verb “do”.

What should students know before this activity?

Students should be familiar with present form do, does, and the past tense form did.

How can teachers introduce this lesson?

Discuss the sample comic above and model yes or no questions with the class.
Review the following question starters: am, is, are, was, were, have, had, do, does, did, can, will, should.
Have students practice forming questions and answering using both positive and negative statements. For example, “Do you like ice cream?” “Yes, I do.” or “No, I do not.”

What will students do?

Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a comic depicting a conversation between two people.
The comic should include a yes or no question beginning with “Do” or “Does.”

How can teachers wrap up the lesson?

Have students share their comics with the class. Ensure students are using the correct subject-verb agreement while answering yes or no questions.

How can teachers differentiate this activity?

Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
Allow students to work with a peer model.
Provide sentence frames for students “Do you like _____?” “Yes/No I do/do not like _____.” “Do you want _____?” “Yes/no I do/do not want ____.”

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Comic to print or display: Comic.

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