Yes or No Questions

Subject: ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)

Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins

Topic: Answering Yes or No Questions

Grade Level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Standards / Framework:

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

Know Before You Start: Students should be familiar with present form do, does, and the past tense form did.

Hook:

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.”

Activity:

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.”

Closure:

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

Differentiation:

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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