JOHN’S EDU MARKET stands out for its unique share of resources and information. Teachers can use these resources to support students as they include well-formulated lesson plans, carefully designed support material, and well-planned worksheets. This platform aims at bringing "Tomorrow's lessons to today's classroom, and today's lessons to a classroom now". The Teacher-Author of this platform is an English graduate, associated with Gems Education as a Subject Leader of English.
JOHN’S EDU MARKET stands out for its unique share of resources and information. Teachers can use these resources to support students as they include well-formulated lesson plans, carefully designed support material, and well-planned worksheets. This platform aims at bringing "Tomorrow's lessons to today's classroom, and today's lessons to a classroom now". The Teacher-Author of this platform is an English graduate, associated with Gems Education as a Subject Leader of English.
A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on problem and solution information text.
After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:
Acquire understanding of the features of problem and solution information text.
List the problem and solution text elements.
Demonstrate knowledge of problem and solution information text in writing.
This Resource Includes:
Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes
Vocabulary Overview - Problem, Solution, Information Text
Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Problem and Solution Text Structure
Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Problems and Solutions
Success Criteria - Problem and Solution Information Text Checklist
Scaffolding Notes - Problem and Solution Information Text 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 - 2 Online Exercises
Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - Noughts and Crosses
Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Task Cards
Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.2abcdef/4/5
Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive
Educational Tools and Resources - Adverbs, Verbs, Adjectives, Connectives
Teachers can use this resource to teach the students to use problem and solution as information text in writing, thereby helping them to enhance their reading, vocabulary, language, and 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 lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on information text types.
After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:
Acquire understanding of the features and structures of information text types.
List the information text elements.
Demonstrate knowledge of information texts in writing.
This Resource Includes:
Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes
Vocabulary Overview - Information Text
Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Text Structures
Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Information Gap
Success Criteria - Information Text Types Checklist
Scaffolding Notes - Information Text Elements
Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share
Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – 2 Online Quizzes
Assessment Criteria for Outcome Expectations - Rubrics
Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - Writing Task by Outcome
Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - TIC-TAC-TOE Assignments
Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - Post-It Notes
Home Learning for Reinforcement – 5 Task Cards
Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.2abcdef/4/5
Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive
Educational Tools and Resources - Adverbs, Verbs, Adjectives, Connectives
Teachers can use this resource to teach the students to use information texts in writing, thereby helping them to enhance their reading, vocabulary, language, and 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 bundle of 10 worksheets and task cards on role play.
This resource includes:
Using KWL chart for student knowledge of role play.
Role playing non-scripted persons and situations.
Role playing scripted situations.
Scripting and role playing.
Demonstrating role play knowledge in writing.
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 package of 11 worksheets with answers on cumulative sentences.
This resource includes exercises on:
Defining sentence elements
Providing examples for sentence elements
Adding subordinate constructions
Demonstrating cumulative sentence knowledge in writing
Adding modifiers to main clause
Identifying subordinate constructions
Supplying clauses for subordinate constructions
Teachers can use these task cards to enhance the vocabulary, language, grammar, and writing skills of the learners.
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 package of 8 task cards on autobiography writing.
This resource includes exercises on:
Comparing two texts
Comparing biography and autobiography
Identifying features of autobiography
Demonstrating autobiography knowledge in writing
Writing autobiography of a person, place, thing, animal, and idea
Teachers can use these task cards to enhance the vocabulary, language, grammar, and writing skills of the learners.
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 package of 9 task cards on picture story writing.
This resource includes exercises on:
Telling a story in a sentence
Describing images for a story
Describing images using senses
Demonstrating picture story knowledge in writing
Planning story based on images
Thinking of pictures to go with stories
Using picture chart to write a story
Teachers can use these task cards to enhance the writing skills of the learners.
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
package of 8 task cards on elegy.
This resource includes exercises on:
Identifying elegy vocabulary
Identifying given text as elegy
Writing Epitaph poems
Demonstrating elegy knowledge in writing
Teachers can use these task cards to enhance the vocabulary and writing skills of the learners.
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 package of 9 task cards on factual description.
This resource includes exercises on:
Identifying descriptive techniques used in writing
Using sensory language to describe nouns
Comparing descriptive texts
Demonstrating factual description knowledge in writing
Identifying sensory language used in writing
Teachers can use these task cards to enhance the writing skills of the learners.
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 package of 10 task cards on capitalization and periods.
This resource includes exercises on:
Framing questions that are answered with diary writing.
Identifying features of a diary.
Preparing word bank for diary entry.
Demonstrating diary entry knowledge in writing.
Making diary entry on a given situation.
Teachers can use these task cards to enhance the vocabulary, reading, and writing skills of the learners.
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 package of 9 task cards on comic strips creations.
This resource includes exercises on:
Identifying characters and giving captions.
Analyzing features of comic strips.
Planning comic strips.
Demonstrating comic strips knowledge in designing.
Design comic strips.
Teachers can use these task cards to enhance the designing and writing skills of the learners.
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 package of 10 worksheets with answers on understanding texts as a reading strategy.
This resource includes exercises on:
Distinguishing word, phrase, clause, and sentence.
Determining the meaning of words and phrases used in texts.
Finding meaning for clauses and sentences used in texts.
Demonstrating knowledge of understanding texts in writing.
Reading the extracts to find meaning.
Teachers can use these task cards to enhance the reading and writing skills of the learners.
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 Entrance Assessment Test is developed with the aim of creating a fair selection process.
The test measures reading, writing, and application of grammar skills of children predominantly of ages 10 to 11 years.
EAT strives to make the selection process fair for all candidates with assessments designed to enable all children to demonstrate their academic potential without excessive preparation.
A package of 11 worksheets with answers on preposition kinds.
This includes task cards and exercises on:
Naming preposition kinds based on meaning and examples.
Identifying prepositions and their kind.
Choosing correct prepositions to fill in the blanks.
Using prepositions to describe image presentation.
Demonstrating knowledge of preposition kinds in writing.
Identifying other prepositions used in text extracts.
Stating the meaning and framing sentences with prepositions.
Here are 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 bunch of 10 worksheets and task cards on story setting.
This Includes:
Labeling the setting of images.
Identifying the setting of text extracts.
Describing the setting.
Demonstrating the setting knowledge in writing.
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 package of 9 worksheets with answers on writing techniques of Shakespeare.
This resource includes:
Matching the meaning with quotes.
Identifying the linguistic devices used.
Finding the meaning of phrases.
Reading Shakespeare extracts to answer questions.
Demonstrating Shakespeare’s language knowledge in writing.
Identifying humor and sarcasm in the text.
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 set of worksheets with answers on poetry comprehension for 6 sessions on teaching and learning of the poem “The Giantess” by Carol Ann Duffy 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 the text.
SESSION 2 - UNDERSTANDING - Determine the theme or central idea of the text and analyse its development.
SESSION 3 - APPLYING - Determine the figurative and connotative meanings of the words and phrases in the text.
SESSION 4 - ANALYSING - Analyse the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.
SESSION 5 - EVALUATING - Identify what the text says both explicitly and implicitly with inferences drawn from it.
SESSION 6 - CREATING - Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says.
This download includes:
EXERCISE 1 - Interpret and verbalise the pictures of metaphors in the poem.
EXERCISE 2 - What do the following expressions mean in the poem?
EXERCISE 3 - Read the poem and briefly summarize the meaning of each stanza:
EXERCISE 4 - Identify the figures of speech in the poem and say how they are used.
EXERCISE 5 - Identify the poetry elements of the poem.
EXERCISE 6 - Answer the figurative language questions.
EXERCISE 7 - Answer the questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension (Part 1).
EXERCISE 8 - Demonstrate the mastery of comprehension by answering given questions. Follow the rubrics.
EXERCISE 9 - Answer the questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension (Part 2).
EXERCISE 10 - Answer the questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension (Part 3).
EXERCISE 11 - Select the best option that answers the question on comprehension (Part 1).
EXERCISE 12 - Select the best option that answers the question on comprehension (Part 2).
EXERCISE 13 - Select the best option that answers the question on comprehension (Part 3).
EXERCISE 14 - Match the giantess tools with the verbs and the household tools they refer to in the poem.
EXERCISE 15 - Tabulate the jobs assigned, relationships assured, tools provided, materials used and the payment offered to the seven girls in the poem.
A unit set of worksheets with answers on prose comprehension of the fictional story, “Trouble Half-Way” (an extract) by Jan Mark based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy.
After completing this unit students will be able to:
Find meaning of certain expressions - words and phrases - in the story.
Answer questions to demonstrate knowledge of the setting of the story.
Use the guide to identify character traits and make a character sketch of the main characters in the story.
Use Freytag’s Pyramid to identify the elements and develop the plot of the story.
Use analysis guide to identify the elements and make the critical appreciation of the story.
Make a diary entry from the point of view of a main character in the story.
This download includes:
STORY: An Extract from ‘Trouble Half-Way’ by Jan Mark
EXERCISE 1: Match the meanings (A-J) to the words (1-10) they refer to.
EXERCISE 2: Frame your own sentences using the given words.
EXERCISE 3: Find meaning of certain expressions: words and phrases in the story (Spelling and Vocabulary).
EXERCISE 4: Find the meaning of certain expressions: words and phrases in the story (Grammar and Punctuation).
EXERCISE 5: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the story (Grammar and Punctuation).
EXERCISE 6: Analyse the development of vocabulary over the course of the text (Grammar and Punctuation).
EXERCISE 7: Answer questions to demonstrate your knowledge of the setting of the story.
EXERCISE 8: Refer to the text to answer the given questions.
EXERCISE 9: Use the guide to identify character traits and make a character sketch of the main characters in the story.
EXERCISE 10: Refer to the text to retrieve answers to the given questions.
EXERCISE 11: Answer the characterisation questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension.
EXERCISE 12: Answer the questions to demonstrate your understanding of characterisation.
EXERCISE 13: Use Freytag’s Pyramid to identify plot elements.
EXERCISE 14: Answer the plot-related questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension.
EXERCISE 15: Use textual clues to answer the following questions.
EXERCISE 16: Use the analysis guide to identify the story elements the story.
EXERCISE 17: Answer the questions citing the textual evidence that most strongly supports the analysis.
EXERCISE 18: Answer questions based on what the text says explicitly and the inferences drawn from the text.
EXERCISE 19: Answer the questions to demonstrate your skill of literary techniques used.
EXERCISE 20: Write a diary entry as if you were Amy, reflecting on her feelings about Richard and rest of her life at the moment.
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 worksheets with answers which present teaching and learning resources of past tense based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy.
After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:
Relate past tense verb forms to person and number.
Write the past tense verb stem, conjugate the verb and use it correctly in a sentence.
Use sentence stems to formulate the sentences to go with the actions in the past tense verb forms.
Analyse the function of past tense verb forms using the timeline they refer to.
Exercise error identification to notify the wrong use of past tense verb forms.
Use past tense verbs to convey various times, sequences, states and conditions.
This download includes:
EXERCISE 1: Use the verb “blow” to give an example each for the past tense verb structure.
EXERCISE 2: Relate past tense verb forms to person and number – Part 1.
EXERCISE 3: Relate past tense verb forms to person and number – Part 2.
EXERCISE 4: Use the given verbs to go with the past tense form stated in order to fill in the blanks.
EXERCISE 5: Select the correct option to demonstrate the formulation and usage of past tense verb forms.
EXERCISE 6: Use the sentence stems to formulate sentences to go with the actions in the pictures and the past tense verb forms.
EXERCISE 7: Select the correct option to demonstrate the formulation and usage of past tense verb forms.
EXERCISE 8: Analyse the functions of past tense verb forms with examples.
EXERCISE 9: Analyse the functions of past tense forms with timeline diagrams.
EXERCISE 10: Analyse the functions of past tense verb forms using the timeline they refer to.
EXERCISE 11: Recognise and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tenses.
EXERCISE 12: Demonstrate past tense formulation and usage in writing.
EXERCISE 13: Use your knowledge of past verb tenses to write about one of the given topics.
EXERCISE 14: Change the verbs into their corresponding past tenses.
EXERCISE 15: Change the verbs into their corresponding past tenses.
A ready to use set of worksheets with answer key that present teaching and learning resources of a spelling lesson on words ending in -cious, -tious, -cial, -tial, -able, -ible based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy.
After completing these worksheets students will be able to:
Provide examples for common suffixes based on their sound and meanings.
Add suffices to root words (nouns or verbs) to form adjectives based on the spelling rules.
Use common suffixes to form words ending in –tious and -cious (shus sound) and determine the meaning of new words.
Use common suffixes to form words ending in –cial and –tial (shul sound) and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words.
Use common suffixes to form words ending in –able and –ible and correct the inappropriate use of suffixes in forming new words.
Create new word patterns with words ending in shus, shul and able sounds and frame sentences.
This download includes:
EXERCISE 1: Provide examples for common suffixes based on their sound and meanings.
EXERCISE 2: Add suffices to root words (nouns) to form adjectives based on the spelling rules.
EXERCISE 3: Add suffices to root words (verbs) to form adjectives based on the spelling rules.
EXERCISE 4: Use common suffixes to form words ending in –tious (shus sound) and determine the meaning of new words.
EXERCISE 5: Use common suffixes to form words ending in –cious (shus sound) and determine the meaning of new words.
EXERCISE 6: Use common suffixes to form words ending in –tial (shul sound) and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words.
EXERCISE 7: Use common suffixes to form words ending in –cial (shul sound) and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words.
EXERCISE 8: Use common suffixes to form words ending in –ible and correct the inappropriate use of suffixes in forming new words.
EXERCISE 9: Use common suffixes to form words ending in –able and correct the inappropriate use of suffixes in forming new words.
EXERCISE 10: Create new word patterns with given suffixes and frame sentences with them.
EXERCISE 11: Use a –cious word from the list to complete each of the sentences below.
EXERCISE 12: Use a –tious word from the list to complete each of the sentences below.
EXERCISE 13: Use the root words to create adjectives with the suffixes –cial or –tial.
EXERCISE 14: Add –cial or –tial to complete each of these stem words.
EXERCISE 15: Add the suffix –ible to form adjectives from the root words.
EXERCISE 16: Use verbs as root words to form nouns and the suffix –ible to form adjectives.
EXERCISE 17: Add the suffix –able to form adjectives from the root words.
EXERCISE 18: Use verbs as root words to form nouns and the suffix –able to form adjectives.
EXERCISE 19: Use –ible words from the list to complete the sentences below.
EXERCISE 20: Use –able words from the list to complete the sentences below.
These Worksheets with an Answer Key are perfect for teaching Grammatical Cases – Subjective, Nominative, Objective, Possessive and Vocative. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these grade-appropriate exercises that are well planned for student engagement.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities 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:
EXERCISE 1: Match the TERMS (1-11) with their MEANINGS (A-K).
EXERCISE 2: Distinguish and tabulate the changes that pronouns show in various cases. Use the pronouns in the box below.
EXERCISE 3: Watch the video - What is Grammatical Case? - to list the grammatical case types with their meanings, examples and remarks.
EXERCISE 4: Consider the functions of grammatical cases to identify the words that exemplify the cases in the given text.
EXERCISE 5: Illustrate the structure and label the parts of sentences in subjective and nominative case. Fill in the blanks. (Part 1-4)
EXERCISE 6: Test your knowledge of grammatical cases.
EXERCISE 7: Test your knowledge of pronouns in grammatical cases.
EXERCISE 8: Test your knowledge of direct objects in grammatical cases.
EXERCISE 9: Ensure that nouns and pronouns are in the proper case.
EXERCISE 10: Produce and present well-written sentences using nouns and pronouns in appropriate cases.
EXERCISE 11: Recognise and correct inappropriate shifts in grammatical cases.
EXERCISE 12: Demonstrate the mastery of using grammatical cases in writing.
EXERCISE 13: Identify the nouns or pronouns in the subjective case and state whether they are used as a subject of a verb or subject complement.
EXERCISE 14: Identify the underlined words as noun or pronoun in the objective case and state whether they are used as a direct object, indirect object or object of a preposition.
EXERCISE 15: Identify the nouns or pronouns in the possessive case and state whether they are used as a noun with apostrophe, possessive pronoun or possessive determiner.