A set of 25 task cards and exercises on prose comprehension of an inimitable style story, “The Woman on Platform No 8” by Ruskin Bond. After working with these worksheets students will be able to: Spot the setting elements and describe the setting. Name the characters and make a character sketch. Discover the plot elements and develop the plot. Analyse the text to make a critical appreciation. Examine the lines from the text with reference to context. This resource includes: (EXERCISE 1) Vocabulary check (EXERCISE 2) Identifying setting elements of the given story (EXERCISE 3) Describing the setting of the story (EXERCISE 4) Answering application-based questions (EXERCISE 5) Selecting best option to answer setting questions (EXERCISE 6) Spotting the traits of the characters in the story (EXERCISE 7) Identifying one of the main character’s elements in the story (EXERCISE 8) Making a character sketch of the main character (EXERCISE 9) Making character sketch of all the characters (EXERCISE 10) Selecting best option to answer characterization questions (EXERCISE 11) Identifying plot elements of the story (EXERCISE 12) Identifying plot description elements in the story (EXERCISE 13) Developing the plot of the story (EXERCISE 14) Making a story plots (EXERCISE 15) Selecting the best option to answer plot questions (EXERCISE 16) Identifying story elements by answering questions (EXERCISE 17) Identifying story elements of the story (EXERCISE 18) Making a critical appreciation of the story (EXERCISE 19) Writing a story (EXERCISE 20) Selecting the best option to answer story components questions (EXERCISE 21) Identifying summary elements (EXERCISE 22) Writing a summary using the template (EXERCISE 23) Explaining the line with reference to context (EXERCISE 24) Finding the context of the famous quotes (EXERCISE 25) Selecting the best option to answer inferential questions Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

Unit plans with 5 sessions on prose comprehension of a inimitable style story, “The Woman on Platform No. 8” by Ruskin Bond. After completing this unit students will be able to: SESSION 1: Spot the setting elements and describe the setting. SESSION 2: Name the characters and make a character sketch. SESSION 3: Discover the plot elements and develop the plot. SESSION 4: Analyse the text to make a critical appreciation. SESSION 5: Examine the lines from the text with reference to context.hension skills of the learners, especially the technique required to make a critical appreciation of a story. Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

PowerPoint Presentation of unit plans with 3 sessions on poetry comprehension – If- by Rudyard Kipling. After completing this unit students will be able to: Analyse the poem to make a critical appreciation (session 1). Identify the poetic devices and explain how they are used in the poem (session 2). Annotate the lines of the poem with reference to context (session 3). Lesson Preview: Poet and Introduction (Scaffold Notes 1) Poem and Summary (Scaffold Notes 2) SESSION 1: POETRY ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL APPRECIATION SESSION 2: POETIC DEVICES IN POETRY AND THEIR USAGE SESSION 3: POETRY ANNOTATION AND REFERENCE TO CONTEXT Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

Unit plans with 3 sessions on poetry comprehension – If- by Rudyard Kipling. After completing this unit students will be able to: Analyse the poem to make a critical appreciation (session 1). Identify the poetic devices and explain how they are used in the poem (session 2). Annotate the lines of the poem with reference to context (session 3). Lesson Preview: Poet and Introduction (Scaffold Notes 1) Poem and Summary (Scaffold Notes 2) SESSION 1: POETRY ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL APPRECIATION SESSION 2: POETIC DEVICES IN POETRY AND THEIR USAGE SESSION 3: POETRY ANNOTATION AND REFERENCE TO CONTEXT Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A set of 15 task cards and exercises on poetry comprehension – If- by Rudyard Kipling. After working with these worksheets students will be able to: Analyse the poem to make a critical appreciation. Identify the poetic devices and explain how they are used in the poem. Annotate the lines of the poem with reference to context. This download includes worksheets on: Inferring the meaning of the words from the context of the poem (Exercise 1) Writing lines that refer to given meanings (Exercise 2) Making a critical appreciation of the poem (Exercise 3) Answering think a bit questions (Exercise 4) Answering poetry elements questions (Exercise 5) Identifying the meaning of expressions used in the poem (Exercise 6) Identifying and explaining the poetic devices used in the poem (Exercise 7) Comparing and contrasting “you” with “others” (Exercise 8) Thinking a bit and answering (Exercise 9) Answering poetic devices questions (Exercise 10) Summarizing the stanzas of the poem (Exercise 11) Identifying annotation elements (Exercise 12) Annotating the lines of the poem (Exercise 13) Answering comprehension questions (Exercise 14) Answering multiple choice questions (Exercise 15) Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

This resource covers the integral, surface and deep features of prose comprehension and story analysis. It contains full-on activities and assessments to cover the skills of literacy in an easy, structured, cover-your-bases system. It includes everything you need to get going with a prose lesson in your classroom for a week (5 days). This Resource Includes: 1. Story: The Model Millionaire 2. Lesson Plans & Rubrics on: * Story Analysis * Comprehension * Letter Writing * Interviewing * Biography Writing 3. Guides & Formats: * Story Analysis Guide * Critical Appreciation Format * Letter Writing Guide * Interview Guide * Biography Guide 4. Support Material: * Sample Letter * Interview Tips * Sample Biography 5. Lesson Notes: * Questions & Answers * Story Components Details 6. Word Bank: * Active Verbs * Adjective Types * Adverb Types * Connectives 7. Worksheets * Biography Exercises (4) Teachers can use this to enhance the comprehension skills of the learners, especially the technique required to make a critical appreciation of a story.

A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on story analysis. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Acquire knowledge of story elements. Discuss story components and story analysis guide. Analyse the assigned story to make a critical appreciation. Demonstrate mastery of story elements in writing. This Resource Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes Vocabulary Overview - Plot, Characters, Setting Flipped Lesson Part - Video - How to Analyze Literature Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – A Picture is Worth 1000 Words Success Criteria - Story Analysis Checklist Scaffolding Notes - Story Components, Template, Guide, Prompt Collaborative Group Tasks – Think-Share, Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – 3 Online Quizzes Assessment Criteria for Outcome Expectations - Rubrics Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - Writing Task by Outcome Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - Exercise Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - PEEL Technique Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Worksheets and Task Cards Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1-6/9 Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive Word-Bank: Connectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on debating skills. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Review basic debating skills. Discuss the debate format for a classroom. Learn how to conduct a debate. Demonstrate the art of argument building in a debate. This Resource Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes Vocabulary Overview - Debate, Argument, Rebuttal Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Basic Debating Skills Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Debate Decide Success Criteria - Debate Checklist Scaffolding Notes - Debating Format for a Classroom, Conducting a Debate Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – 3 Online Quizzes Assessment Criteria for Outcome Expectations - Rubrics Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - Writing Task by Outcome Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - Worksheet Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - What If Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Worksheets with Answers Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.1cd/3/6 Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on story setting. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Review the characteristics of a plot. Discuss conflict and plot types. Use Plot Diagram for tracing plot structure in a short story. Demonstrate an understanding of plot structure by analyzing a several short stories. This Resource Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes Vocabulary Overview - Plot, Exposition, Climax, Resolution Flipped Lesson Part - Video - What is the Plot of a Story? Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Conflicts Confirmed Success Criteria - Story Plot Checklist Scaffolding Notes - Plot Types, Conflicts Types, Template, Plot Diagram Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – 3 Online Quizzes Assessment Criteria for Outcome Expectations - Rubrics Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - Writing Task by Outcome Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - Worksheet Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - Match the Plot Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Worksheets Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3/5/7.3/8.2/9-10.5/11-12.5 Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive Word-Bank: Connectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

An unit plan with 3 sessions on poetry comprehension – O Captain, My Captain by Walt Whitman. After completing this unit students will be able to: Analyse the poem to make a critical appreciation (session 1). Identify the poetic devices and explain how they are used in the poem (session 2). Annotate the lines of the poem with reference to context (session 3). Lesson Preview: Poem and Summary (Scaffold Notes 1) Poet, Introduction, and Setting (Scaffold Notes 2) SESSION 1: POETRY ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL APPRECIATION Discussion: Poetry Forms (Scaffold Notes 3) Poetry Structures (Scaffold Notes 4) Poetry Analysis Guide (Scaffold Notes 5) Poetry Analysis Template (Scaffold Notes 6) Collaborative Group Tasks: Pair-Share - Vocabulary Check (Exercise 1) Ask-Write - Identification of Poetry Elements (Exercise 2) Write-Advance – Critical Appreciation of the Poem (Exercise 3) Assessment - Poetry Analysis Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 7) Differentiated Tasks - Planning to write poems (Exercise 4) Plenry – Selecting correct options for poem comprehension (Exercise 5) SESSION 2: POETIC DEVICES IN POETRY AND THEIR USAGE Discussion: Comparison Devices (Scaffold Notes 8) Sound Devices (Scaffold Notes 9) Figures of Speech (Scaffold Notes 10) Poetic Devices Prompts (Scaffold Notes 11) Collaborative Group Tasks: Pair-Share – Meaning of expressions used in the poem (Exercise 6) Ask-Write - Identification of poetic devices (Exercise 7) Write-Advance - Explanation of the Poetic devices as used (Exercise 8) Assessment - Poetic Devices in Poetry Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 12) Differentiated Tasks - Creating poems (Exercise 9) Plenary – Selecting correct options for poem comprehension (Exercise 10) SESSION 3: POETRY ANNOTATION AND REFERENCE TO CONTEXT Discussion: Annotation Guide (Scaffold Notes 13) Annotation Template and Prompt (Scaffold Notes 14) Explanation Prompts for Figures of Speech (Scaffold Notes 15) Collaborative Group Tasks: Pair-Share - Summarizing the meaning (Exercise 11) Ask-Write - Identification of annotation elements (Exercise 12) Write-Advance - Annotating the lines of the poem (Exercise 13) Assessment - Annotation Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 16) Differentiated Tasks - Analyzing poems (Exercise 14) Plenary - Answering comprehension questions (Exercise 15) Home Learning – Online Quizzes and Online Comprehension Passages CCSS - Common Core Standards - ELA.LITERACY.RL.6-8.1-4 Skills - Social and Cognitive Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A ready to use unit lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources of a poetry comprehension of the poem, “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Find the meaning of certain expressions in the poem. Write a brief summary of each stanza of the poem. Use textual clues to prepare and answer the comprehension questions. Use specified criteria to find poetry elements of the poem. Use PEE (Point-Evidence-Explain) model to analyse the poet’s use of figurative language and sound devices in the poem. Write PEEL (Point-Evidence-Explain-Link) paragraphs about the use of figurative language and sound poetic devices in the poem. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Match the meanings (A-Z) with the expressions (1-26) they refer to. EXERCISE 2: Find meanings of certain expressions: words and phrases in the poem. EXERCISE 3: Determine meanings of words and phrases as they are used in the poem. EXERCISE 4: Analyse the development of vocabulary over the course of the text. EXERCISE 5: Read the poem and briefly summarise the meaning of each stanza. EXERCISE 6: Determine the central idea of the poem and analyse its development. EXERCISE 7: Match the different feelings (1-6) Bess would have at different points during the story with the time and the reason (A-H) she feels these different emotions. EXERCISE 8: Use textual clues to answer the comprehension questions – Part 1. EXERCISE 9: Use textual clues to answer the comprehension questions – Part 2. EXERCISE 10: Use textual clues to answer the comprehension questions – Part 3. EXERCISE 11: Use the specified criteria to find poetry elements of the poem. EXERCISE 12: Analyse the impact of specific word choices. EXERCISE 13: Answer questions to check your understanding of poetry elements. EXERCISE 14: Use PEE (Point-Evidence-Explain) model to analyse poet’s use of comparison poetic devices in the poem. EXERCISE 15: Answer the questions to check your understanding of comparison poetic devices used in the poem. EXERCISE 16: Use PEE (Point-Evidence-Explain) model to analyse poet’s use of sound poetic devices in the poem. EXERCISE 17: Answer the questions to check your understanding of sound poetic devices used in the poem. EXERCISE 18: Use PEE (Point-Evidence-Explain) model to analyse poet’s use of figurative language in the poem. EXERCISE 19: Answer the questions to check your understanding of the figurative language used in the poem. EXERCISE 20: Write a PEEL (Point-Evidence-Explain-Link) paragraph on any one of the comparison poetic devices used in the poem. EXERCISE 21: Write a PEEL (Point-Evidence-Explain-Link) paragraph on any one of the sound poetic devices used in the poem. EXERCISE 22: Write a PEEL (Point-Evidence-Explain-Link) paragraph on any one of the figures of speech used in the poem. EXERCISE 23: Use the guide to describe the character of the highwayman based on what you learn in the poem.

A ready to use PowerPoint presentation that presents teaching and learning resources of a grammar lesson on clause types based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Identify the independent and dependent clauses from each of the given sentences. List the features of dependent and independent clauses. Identify the functions of clauses in specific sentences. Examine the placement of clauses in a sentence pattern. Verify and correct misplaced and dangling modifiers. Create sentences with the given sentence structure and pattern. This download includes: Scaffolding Notes 1: Vocabulary Overview EXERCISE 1: Identify the independent and dependent clauses from each of the examples. Scaffolding Notes 2: Coordination vs Subordination EXERCISE 2: List the features of dependent and independent clauses. Scaffolding Notes 3: Features of Clause Types EXERCISE 3: Answer the given questions to test your knowledge of clauses. EXERCISE 4: Identify the functions of clauses in general sentences. EXERCISE 5: Identify the function of clauses in specific sentences. EXERCISE 6: Identify the features of clauses in general and their function in specific sentences. EXERCISE 7: Identify the placement of clauses and label their features in compound sentences. Scaffolding Notes 4: Placement of Clauses in Compound Sentences EXERCISE 8: Examine the structure and pattern of clauses in compound sentences. EXERCISE 9: Identify the placement of clauses and label their features in complex sentences. Scaffolding Notes 5: Placement of Clauses in Complex Sentences EXERCISE 10: Examine the structure and pattern of clauses in complex sentences. EXERCISE 11: Assess and verify the correct placement of clauses in compound sentences. EXERCISE 12: Assess and verify the correct placement of clauses in complex sentences. EXERCISE 13: Create sentences with the given clause placement patterns. EXERCISE 14: Demonstrate the mastery of the use of clauses in writing. Scaffolding Notes 6: Clause Types Rubrics EXERCISE 15: Complete each of the sentence with meaningful independent clause. EXERCISE 16: Split each of these sentences into two clauses. EXERCISE 17: Complete each of the sentence with either independent or dependent clause. EXERCISE 18: Identify the independent and dependent clause in each of the sentence. EXERCISE 19: Identify either the independent or the dependent clause as directed.