The Animated Classroom

WALT use punctuation karate:

?

,A

.!

“”

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Why PK? Pros of Punctuation Karate:

• Caters to needs of visual; auditory and tactile learners.• Children are active while learning; good for ADHD and other

highly active children• Practically ALL children are engaged; ‘no child is left behind’• You can teach almost any aspect of punctuation using this

system – each action relates to its written form• Once students have learned this, it shows in their writing• This will then transfer very easily to their word processing

skills• It is a practically paperless method of learning!

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1: Capital letter

Draw a C in the air with your arm while saying “capital letter”

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2: Period

Punch your right fist into your left open hand while saying “peri-” and then punch out into the air in front of you to say “-od”

1: “peri” 2

“od”

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3: Quotation marks / 66 and99

Bend your index and ring fingers of both hands back and forth while saying “quotation marks” or “66 and 99” for younger grades

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4. Question mark

Like the C for ‘capital letter’; draw the top part of the ? In the air while saying “question” and punctuate a period as described while saying “mark”

?“Question”

“mark”

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5. Exclamation mark

! Create a fist and pull your arm straight down; creating a line in the air while saying “exclamation”and punctuate a period as described while saying “mark”

1 “Exclamation”

2 “mark

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6. Indent (for new paragraph)

________The next day…… if you are facing the children; Right hand open vertically in front of you; palm facing to your left, slide your hand to your left while saying “indent”. Opposite to all if your back is to the class.

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Try it: Punctuate the red components in the text below using punctuation karate:

capitals, exclamation marks, periods and indents.

There was such a noise in the back garden! You have never heard anything quite like it – at least I hope you never have.

Steve and Rob had been playing Red Indians around the little summer-house at the bottom of the lawn. Bob was dressed as a chief with feathers he had saved from the chicken run, and Steve was supposed to be trying to get into the summer-house.

That was when ……

Only highlight the parts you want to teach in the session. Capitals for names have not been highlighted on this occasion as it is not being taught.

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Design the future with punctuation karate:

• Instead of setting paper-based punctuation class-work or sending home paper-based punctuation assignments, you may consider:– Recording your class and playing back to

them to reinforce the punctuation karate– Linking it to your class website or

internet homepage for parents to use to support their child’s writing at home

– web streaming for each new aspect of punctuation taught/learnt in your classroomthink green

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Useful links for punctuation karate:

Blogspots: http://creativecoop.blogspot.com/2008/09/kung-fu-punctuation.htmlhttp://ashfieldprimary.blogspot.com/2011/03/punctuation-karate.html School web:http://www.mackwestss.eq.edu.au/karate_punctuation.htm