Utility-Based Learning provides a pedagogical, self-contained discussion of probability estimation methods via a coherent approach from the viewpoint of a decision maker who acts in an uncertain environment. This approach is motivated by the idea that probabilistic models are usually not learned for their own sake; rather, they are used to make decisions. This Resource Covers: 1. Meaning of UBL 2. UBL Features 3. UBL View Point 4. UBL Impact 5. UBL Process 6. UBL Resources

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. Lesson Plans & Rubrics on - * Story Analysis * Character Description * Story Comprehension * Alternate Resolution Story * Debate 2. Presentations * Dinner Party * Debate Starter * Basic Debating Skills 3. Formats, Guides & Templates * Setting Description * Plot Development * Story Appreciation * Character Description * Classroom Debate 4. Word Bank * List of Connectives * List of Active Verbs * Adjectives & Adverbs Teachers can use this to enhance the comprehension skills of the learners, especially the technique required to make a critical appreciation of a story.

An unit plan with 5 sessions on prose comprehension of a Shakespearean tragic-comedy, “The Winter’s Tale”. 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. Lesson Preview Vocabulary Overview Author, Introduction, and Setting Story Summary Shakespeare’s Time – Historical Context Shakespeare’s Language – Writing Techniques SESSION 1: STORY SETTING AND SETTING DESCRIPTION Discussion: Setting Features (Scaffold Notes 1) Setting Characteristics (Scaffold Notes 2) Setting Elements (Scaffold Notes 3) Collaborative Tasks: Pair-Share: Inferring the setting Ask-Write: Identifying setting elements of the given story Write-Advance: Describing the setting of the story SESSION 2: STORY CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERIZATION Discussion: Character Types (Scaffold Notes 5) Character Description Adjectives Based on Senses (Scaffold Notes 6) Character Description Guide (Scaffold Notes 7) Adjectives to Describe Personality Traits (Scaffold Notes 8) Collaborative Tasks: Pair-Share: Spotting the traits of the characters in the story Ask-Write: Identifying one of the main character’s elements in the story Write-Advance: Making a character sketch SESSION 3: STORY PLOT AND PLOT DEVELOPMENT Discussion: Plot Types (Scaffold Notes 10) Conflict Types (Scaffold Notes 11) Plot Diagram (Scaffold Notes 12) Plot Template (Scaffold Notes 13) Collaborative Tasks: Pair-Share: Identifying plot elements of the story Ask-Write: Identifying plot description elements in the story Write-Advance: Developing the plot of the story SESSION 4: STORY ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL APPRECIATION Discussion: Story Components (Scaffold Notes 15) Story Analysis Guide (Scaffold Notes 16) Collaborative Tasks: Pair-Share: Identifying story elements by answering questions Ask-Write: Identifying story elements of the story Write-Advance: Making a critical appreciation of the story SESSION 5: REFERENCE TO CONTEXT Discussion: RTC Template (Scaffold Notes 18) RTC Prompt (Scaffold Notes 19) Collaborative Tasks: Pair-Share: Identifying summary elements Ask-Write: Identifying RTC elements for the given lines Write-Advance: Explaining the line with 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 lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on diary writing. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Develop an understanding of diary entry. Acquire imaginative skills and techniques required for diary entry. Use sequences of sentences and paragraphs that are linked smoothly to demonstrate knowledge of diary entry. This Resource Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes Vocabulary Overview - Diary, Chronicler, Journal Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Diary Entry Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Same Answer Success Criteria - Diary Entry Checklist Scaffolding Notes - Diary Writing Format 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 - 5 Online Exercises Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - Diary Entry Features Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Task Cards Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.3abcde/4 Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive Educational Tools and Resources - Adverbs, Verbs, Adjectives, Connectives Teachers can use these resource to teach the students to make a diary entry, thereby helping them to enhance their writing skills. Here are some other 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 unit lesson plan with 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of writing a biography based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. This download includes: Video: Writing Biographies Scaffolding Notes 1: Vocabulary Overview EXERCISE 1: Compare and contrast a biography and an autobiography. Use the Interactive Venn Diagram to record the difference between autobiography and biography. Scaffolding Notes 2: Biography vs Autobiography Chart EXERCISE 2: Identify the sentences that answer the given questions to show the structure and features of a sample biography. Scaffolding Notes 3: Question Prompts for Biography EXERCISE 3: Determine the author’s use of narrative language and techniques for the given sample biography – Part 1. EXERCISE 4: Determine the author’s use of narrative language and techniques for the given sample biography – Part 2. EXERCISE 5: DIFFERENTIATION - Demonstrate your knowledge of writing a biography by attempting any one of the following tasks. Focus on content, ideas, organization, voice, word choice, vocabulary, sentence structure and conventions as suggested by rubrics. Scaffolding Notes 4: Writing a Biography Rubrics EXERCISE 6: Follow either the graphic organizer or Bio Cube to plan a biography on a chosen person. Scaffolding Notes 5: Biography Graphic Organiser Use Bio Cube from Cube Creator to develop an outline of a person whose biography you want to write. Use specific prompts to describe a person’s significance, background and personality. EXERCISE 7: Follow the biography structure to organise the first draft of a planned biography on the chosen person. Scaffolding Notes 6: Biography Structure EXERCISE 8: Use the checklist to evaluate each other’s work with constructive feedback. Scaffolding Notes 7: Biography Checklist EXERCISE 9: Use the rubrics to evaluate each other’s work with constructive feedback. Scaffolding Notes 8: Biography Rubrics EXERCISE 10: Follow the teacher instructions and student feedback to write the final draft of the drafted biography. Write your own biography and publish it on Writing with Writers. Scaffolding Notes 9: Sample Biography – Helen Keller Scaffolding Notes 10: Transitions – Connective Words Scaffolding Notes 11: Adjective Types and Adverb Types Scaffolding Notes 12: Active Verbs Scaffolding Notes 13: Sentence Types Select Biographies and Memoirs and list them under the headings based on people whose work was in sports, science, engineering, the arts and anything else that may grab a student passing by the table. EXERCISE 11: Read an extract from the biography of Albert Einstein and answer the comprehension questions. EXERCISE 12: Online Exercise: English ESL Biography Worksheets

This Unit Plan is perfect for teaching Irony – Verbal, Situational and Dramatic. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: Define irony types – verbal, situational and dramatic. Examine the examples of irony and state what is ironic in them. Show examples of irony that use language, which normally signifies the opposite. Interpret a given text and identify the examples of irony. Evaluate a text and explain how irony is used in it. Use language to express the opposite of what is expected for humorous or emphatic effect. Here are some other 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 elegy. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Recognize the elements of Elegy. Spot the phrases that express the author’s feelings in a text. Analyse whether the given text is an Elegy. This Resource Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes Vocabulary Overview - Elegy Flipped Lesson Part - Video - What is an Elegy? Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Topic Key Words Success Criteria - Elegy Checklist Scaffolded Notes - Basic Elegy Elements 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 - Memoirs Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - PQE Technique Home Learning for Reinforcement – 3 Worksheets and Online Exercises Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5/7.5a/8.5/9-10.3 Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive Educational Tools and Resources - Adverbs, Verbs, Adjectives Teachers can use this resource to teach the students to identify poems as elegy, thereby helping them to enhance their reading and vocabulary skills. Here are some other 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 characterization. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Acquire knowledge of character types and traits. Discuss character descriptors and description guide. Identify the characters and their traits in a given story. Analyse and describe the characters. This Resource Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes Vocabulary Overview - Character, Trait, Role Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Characters and Character Qualities Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Guess the Character Success Criteria - Characterization Checklist Scaffolding Notes - Character Types, Descriptors, 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 - Literary Elements Mapping, Character Games Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - PQP Technique Home Learning for Reinforcement – 8 Worksheets and Task Cards Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.RL.6-8.3/6/9/9-10.3/W.9-10.3abd 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

Unit plans with 3 sessions on poetry comprehension – A Thing of Beauty by John Keats. 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: Summary, Poet and Introduction (Scaffold Notes 1) Poem and Summary (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 - Inferring the meaning of the words from the context of the poem (Exercise 1) Ask-Write - Listing things of beauty and things of pain (Exercise 2) Write-Advance – Critical appreciation of the poem (Exercise 3) Assessment - Poetry Analysis Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 7) Differentiated Tasks - Answering questions (Exercise 4) Plenary – Answering poetry elements questions (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) Collaborative Group Tasks: Pair-Share – Meaning of expressions used in the poem (Exercise 6) Ask-Write - Identification and explanation of poetic devices (Exercise 7) Write-Advance - Answering questions with short answers (Exercise 8) Assessment - Poetic Devices in Poetry Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 11) Differentiated Tasks - Answering differentiated questions based on poem theme (Exercise 9) Plenary – Answering poetic devices questions (Exercise 10) SESSION 3: POETRY ANNOTATION AND REFERENCE TO CONTEXT Discussion: Annotation Guide (Scaffold Notes 12) Annotation Template and Prompt (Scaffold Notes 13) Collaborative Group Tasks: Pair-Share - Summarizing the meaning of the poem (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 14) Differentiated Tasks - Answering comprehension questions (Exercise 14) Plenary - Answering multiple choice questions (Exercise 15) Home Learning: Answering inferential questions (Exercise 16) 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 unit plan with 3 sessions on poetry comprehension – Daffodils by William Wordsworth. 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). This unit includes: 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 - Completing summary (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) Plenary – 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 and filling blanks (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 exercises 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

This Resource Covers: 1. TBL: Task-Based Learning * Task-Based Learning Focus * Task-Based Learning Characteristics * Task-Based Learning Stages * Present Practice Produce (PPP) Paradigm * Task-Based Learning Advantages * Task-Based Learning Concerns 2. TBL: Team-Based Learning * Team-Based Learning Purpose * Team-Based Learning Procedure * Team-Based Learning Principles *Team-Based Learning Routines * Team-Based Learning Basis * Team-Based Learning Teacher Roles * Team-Based Learning Benefits 3. TBL: Technology-Based Learning * Technology-Based Learning Benefits 4. TBL: Theme-Based Learning * Theme-Based Learning Objectives * Theme-Based Learning Outcomes * Theme-Based Learning Basics * Theme-Based Learning Steps * Theme-Based Learning Advantages 5. TBL Resources

A PowerPoint Presentation on a complete set of Rubrics for Reading, Speaking, Listening, Reading, Language, and Skills in an ESL Classroom. This Resource Covers Rubrics on: Reading - Skimming, Scanning, and Close Reading Inferring Comprehension Text Comparison Text Review Text Audience, Register, Tone Text Purpose, Context, Style PEE Paragraph to Comment Persuasive and Expository Texts Story Setting Story Characters Story Plot Story Components Story Analysis Reference to Context Poetic Devices in Poetry Poetry Analysis Poetry Annotation Figurative Language - Figures of Speech Elegy Imagery Irony Language and Grammar - Sentence Structure Sentences by Function Sentence Order Phrases and Clauses Active and Passive Voice Direct and Indirect Speech Parts of Speech Noun Types Pronoun Types Verb Types Subject-Verb Agreement Prepositions Punctuation Tenses Vocabulary - Lesson Vocabulary Articles Compound Adjectives Compound Words Connectives Degrees of Comparison Homophones Homonyms Homographs Prefixes and Suffixes Spelling Synonyms and Antonyms Word Order Adjectives Speaking and Listening - Choral Recitation Debating Interviewing Rhetorical Devices in Public Speaking Role Play Spoken vs Written English Use of Prompts to Speak Listening to Respond Writing - Argumentation Newspaper Article Biography and Autobiography Creative Writing Descriptive Writing Dialogue Writing Diary Entry Imaginative Writing Narrative Writing Paragraphing Persuasive Writing Play Script Writing Poem Writing Report Writing Review Writing Summary Writing Using Prompts to Write Information Text - Information Text Description Cause and Effect Compare and Contrast Problem and Solution Sequencing Writing for Purpose - Story Writing Digital Story Telling Letter Writing Drafting Editing and Proofreading Form Filling Note Taking Skills - Advertisements Brochure Designing Comic Strips Poster Making Skills - Social and Cognitive

This Resource Covers: SBL: Skills-based learning centers on developing and applying specific skills that can then be used to obtain the required knowledge. The classroom environment will encourage independence, as well as combining active-learning and collaboration to help the children retain the knowledge. This process allows the pupils to access, process and then express the knowledge they have learnt rather than simply writing it down. 1. Meaning of Skills-Based Learning 2. Skills-Based Learning Focus 3. Skills-Based Learning Process SBL: Students ‘learning to be something’ (Studio) rather than ‘learning about something’ (Lab). 1. Principles of Studio-Based Learning 2. Studio-Based Learning Advantages 3. Studio-Based Learning Characteristics 4. SBL Resources

A ready to use unit lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources of compound-complex sentence structure based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Identify the functions of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. Identify the features of compound-complex sentences. Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions to link two clauses. Implement the features of compound-complex sentences to discover their structure. Assess and verify the correct use of compound-complex sentence patterns in writing. Create compound-complex sentences with the given sentence structure and pattern. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Identify the coordinating conjunctions from the examples. Scaffolding Notes 2: Functions of Coordinating Conjunctions EXERCISE 2: Identify the subordinating conjunctions from the examples. Scaffolding Notes 3: Functions of Subordinating Conjunctions EXERCISE 3: Answer the given questions to demonstrate your understanding of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. EXERCISE 4: Identify the coordinators and subordinators from the given examples of compound-complex sentences Scaffolding Notes 4: Features of Compound-Complex Sentences EXERCISE 5: Identify the parts of compound-complex sentences with examples. EXERCISE 6: Think of a compound-complex sentence to go with each of the picture. EXERCISE 7: Answer the given questions to demonstrate your understanding of compound-complex sentences. EXERCISE 8: Answer the given questions to demonstrate command of the conventions of compound-complex sentence structure. EXERCISE 9: Implement the properties of compound-complex sentence to discover its structure. Scaffolding Notes 5: Structure of a Compound-Complex Sentence EXERCISE 10: Answer the given questions to recognise variations in sentence structure as used in writing – Part 1. EXERCISE 11: Answer the given questions to recognise variations in sentence structure as used in writing – Part 2. EXERCISE 12: Identify the errors and revise the sentences. EXERCISE 13: Create compound-complex sentences with the given sentence structure and pattern. EXERCISE 14: Demonstrate the mastery of the use of compound-complex sentence structure in writing. Scaffolding Notes 6: Sentence Structure Rubrics EXERCISE 15: Identify coordinators and subordinators in the given compound-complex sentences. EXERCISE 16: Identify the independent clause and the dependent clauses in the given compound-complex sentences. EXERCISE 17: Place commas wherever necessary in the given compound-complex sentences. EXERCISE 18: Join each of the 3 given simple sentences to frame 1 compound-complex sentence using coordinators and subordinators. EXERCISE 19: Split each the given compound-complex sentence into three simple sentences.

Resource-based learning actively involves students, teachers, and teacher-librarians in the effective use of a wide range of print, non-print, and human resources. Resource-based learning fosters the development of individual students by accommodating their varied interests, experiences, learning styles, needs and ability levels. Students who use a wide range of resources in various mediums for learning have the opportunity to approach a theme, issue or topic of study in ways which allow for a range of learning styles and access to the theme or topic via cognitive or effective appeals. This Resource Covers: 1. Meaning of RBL 2. What is RBL? 3. RBL Objectives 4. RBL Outcomes 5. RBL concerned with 6. RBL Approaches 7. Digital and Social Resources 8. RBL Issues 9, RBL Implementation 10. RBL Roles 11. RBL Benefits 12. RBL Resources

A ready to use unit lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources of complex sentence structure based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Identify the functions of subordinating conjunctions. Identify the features of complex sentences. Use subordinating conjunctions to introduce a clause or link two clauses. Implement the features of complex sentences to discover their structure. Assess and verify the correct use of complex sentence patterns in writing. Create complex sentences with the given sentence structure and pattern. This download includes: Scaffolding Notes 1: Vocabulary Overview EXERCISE 1: Identify the subordinating conjunctions from the examples. Scaffolding Notes 2: Functions of Subordinating Conjunctions EXERCISE 2: Identify the functions of subordinating conjunctions. EXERCISE 3: Identify the subordinators from the given examples. Scaffolding Notes 3: Features of Complex Sentence EXERCISE 4: Identify how the subordinating conjunctions are used in the sentences. EXERCISE 5: Identify the features of complex sentences. EXERCISE 6: Think of a complex sentence to go with each given picture. EXERCISE 7: Identify the functions of clauses in general and their function in specific sentences – Part 1. EXERCISE 8: Identify the function of clauses in general and their function in specific sentences – Part 2. EXERCISE 9: Identify the function of clauses in general and their function in specific sentences – Part 3. EXERCISE 10: Implement the properties of complex sentences to discover their structure. Scaffolding Notes 4: Structure of Complex Sentence EXERCISE 11: Examine the structure and the pattern of the complex sentences. EXERCISE 12: Assess and verify the correct use of sentence patterns in writing. EXERCISE 13: Create complex sentences with the given sentence structure and pattern. EXERCISE 14: Demonstrate the mastery of the use of complex sentence structure in writing. Scaffolding Notes 5: Sentence Structure Rubrics EXERCISE 15: Complete the sentences with meaningful clauses. EXERCISE 16: Identify the main and subordinate clauses. EXERCISE 17: Place commas wherever necessary. EXERCISE 18: Join the sentences by using subordinators: when, where, if, although, because, since, while. EXERCISE 19: Split the following complex sentences into simple sentences. EXERCISE 20: Rewrite the following simple sentences as complex sentences. EXERCISE 21: Rewrite the following complex sentences as compound sentences.

Quest-based learning — QBL — is an instructional theory that relies on elements of game design in learning communities to support student choice within the context of a standards-based curriculum. This Resource Covers: 1. Meaning of QBL 2. QBL Focus 3. QBL Key Insights 4. QBL Resources

A ready to use lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources of compound sentence structure based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Identify the functions of coordinating conjunctions. Identify the features of compound sentences with examples. Use coordinating conjunctions to coordinate or connect two clauses. Implement the features of compound sentences to discover their structure. Assess and verify the correct use of compound sentence patterns in writing. Create compound sentences with the given sentence structure and pattern. This download includes: Scaffolding Notes 1: Vocabulary Overview EXERCISE 1: Identify the coordinating conjunctions from the examples. Scaffolding Notes 2: Functions of Coordinating Conjunctions EXERCISE 2: Identify the functions of compound sentences. EXERCISE 3: Identify the features of a compound sentence with examples. Scaffolding Notes 3: Features of Compound Sentences EXERCISE 4: Identify the properties of compound sentences. EXERCISE 5: Answer the given questions to test your knowledge of the features of compound sentences. EXERCISE 6: Use coordinating conjunctions to coordinate or connect two clauses. EXERCISE 7: Answer the given questions to apply your knowledge of the compound sentences. EXERCISE 8: Implement the features of compound sentences to discover their structure. Scaffolding Notes 4: Structure of Compound Sentences EXERCISE 9: Examine the structure and the pattern of the compound sentences. EXERCISE 10: Assess and verify the correct use of compound sentence patterns in writing. EXERCISE 11: Create compound sentences with the given sentence structure and pattern. EXERCISE 12: Demonstrate the mastery of the use of compound sentence structure in writing. Scaffolding Notes 5: Sentence Structure Rubrics EXERCISE 13: Identify the coordinators in the given compound sentences. EXERCISE 14: Complete the sentences with meaningful clauses. EXERCISE 15: Use the coordinators (FANBOYS) to replace the semicolons in the compound sentences. EXERCISE 16: Use either coordinators or semicolons to join two independent clauses. EXERCISE 17: Split these compound sentences into two simple sentences. EXERCISE 18: Rewrite the given simple sentences as compound sentences.

A ready to use lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources of simple sentence structure based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Recall the properties of sentences with examples. Identify the parts of simple sentences with examples. Think of simple sentences to go with the given pictures. Implement the properties of simple sentences to discover their structure. Assess and verify the correct use of simple sentence patterns in writing. Create simple sentences with the given sentence structure and pattern. This download includes: Scaffolding Notes 1: Vocabulary Overview EXERCISE 1: Compare and contrast a phrase, clause and sentence. Use subject, verb and complete thought as criteria to differentiate. Use YES and NO to identify the difference. Scaffolding Notes 2: Phrase-Clause-Sentence Chart EXERCISE 2: Identify the properties of sentences in the given examples. Scaffolding Notes 3: Parts of a Sentence EXERCISE 3: Identify the parts of sentences. EXERCISE 4: Identify the parts of a simple sentence with examples. Scaffolding Notes 4: Features of a Simple Sentence EXERCISE 5: Answering questions to demonstrate the knowledge of sentence structure. EXERCISE 6: Think of a simple sentence to go with each picture. EXERCISE 7: Implement the properties of simple sentences to discover their structure. Scaffolding Notes 5: Structure of a Simple Sentence EXERCISE 8: Answer the following to recognise variations in sentence structure as used in writing. EXERCISE 9: Assess and verify the correct use of simple sentence patterns in writing. EXERCISE 10: Create simple sentences with the given sentence structure and pattern. EXERCISE 11: Demonstrate the mastery of the use of simple sentence structure in writing. Scaffolding Notes 6: Sentence Structure Rubrics EXERCISE 12: Identify the following as phrase, clause and sentence. EXERCISE 13: Identify subject and predicate from the given sentences. EXERCISE 14: Identify the subjects and verbs then decide whether the verbs are transitive or intransitive. EXERCISE 15: Put each group of words together in a sentence. EXERCISE 16: Complete each sentence by adding either a subject or a predicate.