A compact review of compound sentence structure organised for quick referencing. This download includes: Scaffolding Notes 1: Vocabulary Overview Scaffolding Notes 2: Functions of Coordinating Conjunctions Scaffolding Notes 3: Features of Compound Sentences Scaffolding Notes 4: Structure of Compound Sentences Scaffolding Notes 5: Sentence Structure Rubrics 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 scaffolding notes on teaching and learning resources of phrase types based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this unit students will be able to: Recall the meaning of key words associated with phrases. Define phrases based on their placement and function in sentences. Identify the pattern of the varied phrases and label their parts. Analyse and discover the placement of phrases in sentences. Evaluate the accurate use of phrases. Create new sentence patterns with phrases. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Pattern of Phrases SN 3: Placement and Functions of Phrases SN 4: Structure of Phrases SN 5: Phrase Types Rubrics 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 compact review of suffixes for a quick referencing. After studying these scaffolding notes students will be able to: Match the terms associated with suffixes with their meanings. Add suffixes to high frequency and other studied words. Create new words with common suffixes based on their meanings. Use suffixes to form words and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words. Assess and evaluate the correct use of suffixes in forming new words. Create new word patterns with words beginning and ending in common suffixes and frame sentences. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Common Suffixes with Meanings SN 3: Greek Suffixes with Meanings SN 4: Noun Suffixes with Meanings SN 5: Adjective Suffixes with Meanings SN 6: Verb and Adverb Suffixes with Meanings SN 7: Suffixes used in Math, SST and Science Curriculum SN 8: Suffixes Rubrics 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 compact review of Bullet Points and Ellipses for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Punctuation. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement. After studying these students will be able to: Consider the functions of bullet points and ellipses to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in a text. List the similarities and the differences between bullet points and ellipses. Apply punctuation rules to identify the appropriate use of bullet points and ellipses in a text. Use bullet points to list unordered series of items; to give the reader information quickly; and to simplify big chunks of writing. Use ellipses to indicate an omission from the text; and to show hesitation or an interruption. Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English punctuation – bullet points and ellipses – when writing. This Resource Includes: SN 1: Functions of Bullet Points and Ellipses SN 2: Meaning and Functions of Ellipses SN 3: Functions and Rules of Bullet Points SN 4: Bullet Points and Ellipses Rubrics 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

This compact review of Question Marks and Exclamation Marks for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Punctuation. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement. With the help of these scaffolding notes students will be able to: Consider the functions of question marks and exclamation marks to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in a text. List the similarities and the differences of question marks and exclamation marks. Apply punctuation rules to identify the appropriate use of question marks and exclamation marks. Use question marks to mark WH direct question ends; and to mark auxiliary verb question ends. Use exclamation marks to mark exclamatory sentence ends; and to mark one-word interjection ends. Use question marks and exclamation marks to aid cohesion in writing; to convey specific meanings; and to add variety to writing. This Resource Includes: SN 1: Functions of Question Marks and Exclamation Marks SN 2: Question Marks vs Exclamation Marks SN 3: Question Marks Rules SN 4: Exclamation Rules SN 5: Rubrics 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

This compact review of Apostrophes and Brackets for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Punctuation. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement. After studying these students will be able to: Consider the functions of apostrophes and brackets to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in a text. List the similarities and the differences apostrophes for possession and contraction or omission. Apply punctuation rules to identify the appropriate use of apostrophes and brackets in a text. Use apostrophes to show singular and plural possession; and to show omission or contraction. Use brackets to enclose additional information or brief explanation; and to enclose incidental information. Use apostrophes and brackets to aid cohesion in writing; to convey specific meanings; and to add variety to writing. This Resource Includes: SN 1: Functions of Apostrophes and Brackets SN 2: Uses of Brackets SN 3: Apostrophes – Possession vs Contraction SN 4: Round and Square Brackets Rules SN 5: Uses of Apostrophes SN 6: Apostrophes and Brackets Rubrics 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

This compact review of Verb Moods for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Indicative, Imperative, Interrogative, Conditional and Subjunctive Mood. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement. After studying these Scaffolding Notes students will be able to: Recall the meaning of the terms associated with verb moods. Consider the functions of verb moods to identify the signs that exemplify the verb forms in the given text. Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional and subjunctive mood. Investigate and identify the mood of the given verb. Recognise and correct inappropriate shifts in verb moods. Create their own sentences showing the mood of the verb. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Functions of Verb Moods SN 3: Subjunctive vs Conditional Mood SN 4: Verb changes in Subjunctive Verb Forms SN 5: Moods of Verbs Rubrics 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 More Grammar Resources by the same Author: Active and Passive Voice Direct and Indirect Speech Subject-Verb Agreement Standard English Conventions Grammatical Cases Verbals Moods of Verbs

This compact review of Modal Verbs for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Vocabulary. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement. After studying these Scaffolding Notes students will be able to: Recall and list the modal verb types with their positions. Identify the modal verbs from a given text and say what they express. Form and use modal verbs to express ability, possibility, advice, obligation and request. Form and use modal verbs to convey various conditions. Recognise and correct inappropriate use of modal verbs in writing. Produce well-written sentences using modal verbs in correct positions. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Functions and Positions of Modal Verbs SN 3: Types of Modal Verbs SN 4: Expressions of Modal Verbs SN 5: Model Verbs Rubrics 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 compact review of Conditional Sentences for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Sentence Structure. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: Match the terms associated with conditionals with their meanings. Consider the usage and formation to identify the verbs that exemplify the conditionals in the given text. Form and use conditionals to achieve particular effects. Illustrate the structure of conditionals relating them to condition and results with tenses. Identify the common mistakes made by beginners in the use of conditionals in writing. Produce well-written conditional sentences keeping in mind the formation and usage to express probability, possibility and hypothesis. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Concept Note of Conditionals SN 3: Usage and Formation of Conditionals SN 4: Structure of Conditionals SN 5: Conditional Sentences Rubrics SN 6: Formation of Conditionals 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 compact review of Spelling Rules and Silent Letters for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Spelling. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: Provide an example each for the rules of words with irregular rules. Provide an example each for the rules of the words with silent letters. Apply spelling rules to add –ed or –ing to words ending in '-fer‘; and use words with “Y” that sound like “I”. Analyse the given text to identify the use of words with silent letters in writing. Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘CH’, ‘SC’, ‘EI’, ‘EIGH‘, ‘EY‘, ‘OU’ and ‘OUGH‘ in writing. Create new word patterns with words ending in –fer; words with silent letters; and words spelt ‘CH’, ‘SC’, ‘EI’, ‘EIGH‘, ‘EY‘, ‘OU’ and‘OUGH‘. This download includes: SN 1: Spelling Rules SN 2: Spelling Rules and their Sound SN 3: Silent Letters SN 4: Spelling Rubrics 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 compact review of Metaphor for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Figurative Language. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement. After studying this information students will be able to: Define metaphor with examples. State the similarities and the differences between simile and metaphor. Examine the examples of metaphor to identify what reference they make. Interpret a text and identify the examples of metaphor. Interpret a text and explain how a metaphor has impact on the reader. Use metaphor to make my writing figurative and descriptive. This download includes: SN 1: Definitions and Purpose of Metaphor SN 2: Similarity and Difference between Simile and Metaphor SN 3: Metaphor Types SN 4: Metaphor Examples SN 5: Metaphor Patterns SN 6: Metaphor Rubrics 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 compact review of Adjective or Relative Clause for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Clauses. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement. After studying this information students will be able to: Define a clause and its components. List the properties of relative clauses with examples. Explain the role of relative pronouns and relative adverbs in forming adjective clauses. Identify the adjective clauses used as essential and non-essential information. Exercise error identification to ensure that adjective clauses are placed correctly and they are not dangling. Use adjective clauses in writing to vary sentence structure. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Definition, Types and Uses of Adjective Clauses SN 3: Properties of Adjective Clauses SN 4: Relative Pronouns and Relative Adverbs SN 5: Adjective Clause Types SN 6: Misplaced and Dangling Modifier SN 7: Adjective Clause Rubrics

This compact review of Noun or Nominal Clause for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Clauses. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement. After studying this information students will be able to: Define clauses and their components. Explain the role of interrogative pronouns or adverbs and expletives in forming noun clauses. Determine the properties of noun clauses as used in sentences. Identify the noun clauses functioning as nouns in sentences. Exercise error identification to ensure that noun clauses are used correctly in writing. Use noun clauses to vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader interest and style. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Components of Noun Clauses SN 3: Noun Clauses Connectors SN 4: Properties of Noun Clauses SN 5: Comparison between Noun, Noun Phrase and Noun Clause SN 6: Functions of Noun Clauses SN 7: Noun Clauses as Expressions of Urgency SN 8: Noun Clause Rubrics

This compact review of Compound Words for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Vocabulary. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centres. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Definition with Examples SN 3: Compound Word Patterns SN 4: Compound Word Types SN 5: Compound Words with Pictures SN 6: Compound Words for Pair of Pictures SN 7: Two words of a Compound Word in a picture SN 8: Compound Word Examples in Pictures SN 9: Sentences with Compound Words SN 10: More Compound Words with Similar Base Words SN 11: Compound Words Rubrics

This compact review of Information Text for quick referencing is perfect for teaching how to write an information text - Problem-Solution. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement. After studying this information, your students will be able to: Identify the problems and solutions in the given texts, situations and visuals. Identify the clue or signal words used in information texts that identify problem and suggest solution. Determine the organisational methods used in structuring information texts that identify problem and suggest solution. Plan and write an information text on a given topic that identifies the problem and proposes solution. Identify areas to improve by peer evaluating an information text and respond to the peer feedback. Select a task that goes with your level and create an information text that identifies problem and suggests solution. This download includes: SN 1: Problem-solution text organised by aspects of a solution SN 2: Problem-solution text organised by solutions of a problem SN 3: Problem-solution text organised by solutions of a problem SN 4: Planning Frame SN 5: Sample Plan SN 6: Sentence Frame SN 7: Sample Draft SN 8: Rubrics for Evaluation SN 9: Data and Tasks for Differentiation

A compact review of advertisement features organized for quick referencing. This Includes: Vocabulary Overview What Makes an Effective Advertisement Assessment Rubrics Teachers can use these handouts as ready reference material to remind the learners about advertisement designing, thereby helping them to enhance their skills and writing capabilities. 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 scaffolding notes on prose comprehension with resources for 6 sessions on teaching and learning of the story “My Lost Dollar” by Stephen Butler Leacock based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this unit students will be able to: SESSION 1 - REMEMBERING - Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text and analyze the impact of specific word choices. SESSION 2 - UNDERSTANDING - Analyze the development of the text including its relationship to the setting. SESSION 3 - APPLYING - Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters create such effects as humour. SESSION 4 - ANALYSING - Analyze how incidents in a story propel the action, reveal aspects of a character or provoke a decision. SESSION 5 - EVALUATING - Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. SESSION 6 - CREATING - Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot. This download includes: Scaffolding Notes 1 - Setting Elements Template Scaffolding Notes 2 - Character Description Guide Scaffolding Notes 3 - Freytag’s Pyramid – Plot Diagram Scaffolding Notes 4 - Story Analysis Guide Scaffolding Notes 5 - Summary Elements Template Scaffolding Notes 6 - Story Comprehension Rubrics

This compact review of Grammatical Cases for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Subjective, Nominative, Objective, Possessive and Vocative Cases. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement. After studying these Scaffolding Notes students will be able to: Recall the meanings of the terms and tabulate the changes that pronouns show in various cases. Consider the functions of grammatical cases to identify the words that exemplify the cases in the given text. Illustrate the structure and label the parts of sentences in various cases. Ensure that nouns and pronouns are in the proper case in the given text. Recognise and correct inappropriate shifts in grammatical cases. Produce and present well-written sentences using nouns and pronouns in appropriate cases. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Pronoun Changes in Cases SN 3: Grammatical Case Types SN 4: Functions of Grammatical Cases SN 5: Structure of Subjective and Nominative Cases SN 6: Structure of Objective Case SN 7: Structure of Possessive Case SN 8: Structure of Vocative Case SN 9: Grammatical Cases Rubrics

These Worksheets with Answer Key are perfect for teaching Phrases - Noun Phrase or Nominal Phrase. 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. This Download Includes: EXERCISE 1: Match the terms with their meaning. EXERCISE 2: Answer the given questions to demonstrate your previous knowledge of noun phrases. EXERCISE 3: Watch the video – Noun Phrase – to answer the following questions with examples. Define a phrase. Define a noun phrase. List the components of a noun phrase. Describe the functions of noun phrases. EXERCISE 4: Answer the given questions to demonstrate your understanding of noun phrases. EXERCISE 5: Identify the noun phrases based on their functional classification. EXERCISE 6: Identify the functions of noun phrases as used in the sentences. EXERCISE 7: Identify the purpose for which noun phrases are used in the sentences. EXERCISE 8: Identify the role of noun phrases as used in the sentences. EXERCISE 9: Name the noun class of visuals; frame sentence using the named nouns; then expand them to noun phrases that are equivalent in meaning to the nouns. EXERCISE 10: Identify the noun phrases that are formed based on the given patterns. Then colour code the elements of the noun phrases. EXERCISE 11: Identify the modifiers used in the noun phrases as pre-, post- or both. EXERCISE 12: Fill in the blanks with noun phrases. EXERCISE 13: Identify the patterns of noun phrases. EXERCISE 14: Identify the noun phrases in the following sentences. EXERCISE 15: Replace the nouns with noun phrases or vice versa. EXERCISE 16: Review the common errors writers make due to misplaced and dangling modifiers in the following examples. EXERCISE 17: Place phrases within a sentence, recognising and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers – Part 1 and 2. EXERCISE 18: Create noun phrases using the given patterns. EXERCISE 19: Write about any one of the following to demonstrate your mastery of the use of noun phrases in writing. EXERCISE 20: Identify the structure of noun phrases and determine whether they are pre-modifiers or post-modifiers.

These Worksheets with Answer Key are perfect for teaching Phrases – Adverb or Adverbial Phrases. 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. This Download Includes: EXERCISE 1: Match the WORDS with their MEANING. EXERCISE 2: Watch the video – Adverb Phrase – to answer the following questions with examples. Define an adverb phrase and compare adverbs with adverb phrases. Describe the role of adverb phrases as modifiers. List the types of adverb phrases with examples. EXERCISE 3: Take the following quiz to demonstrate your understanding of adverbial phrases. EXERCISE 4: Review the properties of adverb phrases and identify the elements from the examples. EXERCISE 5: Take the following quiz to demonstrate your knowledge of the properties of adverb phrases. EXERCISE 6: Identify the adverb phrases. EXERCISE 7: Fill in the blanks with appropriate adverb phrases. EXERCISE 8: Review the functions based on adverbial types to identify the adverb phrases from the examples. EXERCISE 9: Identify the questions the adverb phrases answer. EXERCISE 10: Identify the functions of adverbial phrases. EXERCISE 11: Decide the type of adverb phrases used in sentences based on their functions. EXERCISE 12: Identify the type of adverb phrases used in the sentences. EXERCISE 13: Demonstrate the mastery of the use of clauses in writing. EXERCISE 14: Review the common errors writers make due to misplaced and dangling modifiers in the following examples. EXERCISE 15: Place phrases within a sentence, recognising and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers. EXERCISE 16: Identify the errors to ensure that the subject of the modifier is clearly stated in the sentence. EXERCISE 17: Name the action in the visual. Describe the action using an adverb. Expand the adverb to an adverb phrase that is equivalent in meaning. EXERCISE 18: Create new sentence patterns using adverbial phrases. EXERCISE 19: Underline the adverbial phrase and state the question (how, when, where, why) it answers. EXERCISE 20: Identify the type of the underlined adverbial phrase: time, place, manner, frequency or purpose. EXERCISE 21: Fill in the blanks of the given passage: choose from the list of adverbial phrases in the box. Enter a phrase each in the blank, to keep the grammar and meaning of the text. EXERCISE 22: Identify the adverbial phrase in each of the sentences and state the word class it modifies.