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.
This resource provides an in-depth analysis of the poem, breaking down its structure, themes and language. It examines the symbolism and imagery that Frost uses to convey his message, as well as the historical and cultural context that informs the poem’s meaning. It offers tips and strategies for interpreting poetry more broadly, including techniques for identifying and analysing figurative language, meter and rhyme, and tone and mood. It also discusses the role of the reader in interpreting poetry, and offers exercises and discussion questions to help you deepen your engagement with Frost’s work. Whether you are a teacher, a student, a lover of poetry or simply someone looking to enhance your understanding of this beautiful and enigmatic poem, this resource is the perfect tool to help you gain insight and appreciation into “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost.
“A Difficult Customer” serves as an engaging and thought-provoking resource (bundle) to teach reading comprehension skills to students. Through the story’s intriguing plot and relatable characters, students can practice critical thinking, analyze character motivations, improve vocabulary and develop a deeper understanding of narrative elements. By actively engaging with the story and participating in various activities, students will enhance their reading comprehension abilities, becoming more proficient readers and thinkers.
After attempting these activities, your students will be able to:
Give/explain the meaning of words in context.
Identify/explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of words and phrases.
Retrieve and record information/identify key details from the text.
Summarise main ideas from the text.
Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning.
Make comparisons within the text.
Predict what might happen from details stated and implied.
Evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader.
Make inferences from the text/explain and justify inferences with evidence from the text.
This bundle includes:
Scaffolding Notes: 20 Handouts
Worksheets with answers: 26 Exercises
Unit Lesson Plan: 52 Pages
PowerPoint Presentation: 55 Slides
Google Slides: 31 Slides
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“The Three Questions” by Leo Tolstoy is a captivating short story that explores important philosophical concepts through a thought-provoking narrative. This comprehensive reading comprehension resource enhances students’ understanding of the story while developing essential reading comprehension skills. It covers various aspects of the text, including setting, characters, plot, story analysis, and a summary. The resource is structured to target specific reading comprehension skills like retrieval, author’s intent, author’s use of language, structural devices, elements of fiction, simple inference, complex inference, figurative language, and language analysis, and engage students in meaningful discussions and activities. It provides a wide range of activities, including comprehension questions, discussion prompts, analysis exercises, and writing tasks, to support students in developing their reading comprehension skills while engaging with the rich content of “The Three Questions” by Leo Tolstoy.
This bundle includes:
Scaffolding Notes: 20 Handouts
Worksheets with answers: 27 Exercises
Unit Lesson Plan: 53Pages
PowerPoint Presentation: 54 Slides
Google Slides: 38 Slides
Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Writing, this resource provides a comprehensive guide to mastering evaluative speech writing. It covers a range of objectives and success criteria across multiple cognitive domains, ensuring a holistic approach to skill development.
Objectives:
The resource sets clear objectives, guiding students to recall key concepts, comprehend explicit and implicit meanings, apply their understanding, analyze speeches, evaluate ideas, and finally, create original evaluative speeches. These objectives align with the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum requirements, fostering a well-rounded skill set.
Scaffolders:
Offering a scaffolded approach, this resource serves as a supportive framework, helping students navigate the complexities of evaluative speech writing. It acts as a valuable tool for mastering the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum requirements, promoting a step-by-step understanding.
The Persuasive Speech Writing Toolkit offers a scaffolded approach, guiding students through the intricacies of crafting compelling speeches covering Cambridge IGCSE curriculum requirements. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Writing, this resource encompasses a wide range of objectives and success criteria across multiple cognitive domains. It addresses Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analysing, Evaluating, and Creating, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience.
This toolkit is designed to help students:
Recall key elements of persuasive speech writing.
Demonstrate comprehension of explicit and implicit meanings in persuasive texts.
Apply knowledge by creating introductory and concluding paragraphs.
Analyse persuasive speeches, evaluating their effectiveness.
Evaluate speeches based on specified criteria.
Create persuasive speeches that effectively articulate thoughts.
Scaffolders:
Providing essential support, the toolkit includes writing prompts and sentence frames, offering a scaffolded approach to guide students at each stage of persuasive speech writing.
Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Writing, “Journal Entry” is a resource designed to help students excel in the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum. It covers a spectrum of objectives and success criteria, focusing on Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analysing, Evaluating and Creating.
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
Recall and list key details and facts from a given text in a journal entry.
Demonstrate an understanding of implicit meanings and attitudes conveyed in the text through a journal entry.
Apply the knowledge gained from the text to real-world scenarios or personal experiences in a journal entry.
Analyse facts, ideas and opinions from the text, demonstrating a deep understanding of the journal entry.
Evaluate the text critically, assessing its strengths and weaknesses in journal entries.
Create an original response in a journal entry, synthesising information from the text and expressing personal thoughts.
This download includes:
The resource provides a scaffolded approach, ensuring students master the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum requirements.
Unlock the power of language with this comprehensive resource designed for students in the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum, focusing on explaining how writers use language to convey meaning and create effects in texts. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Writing, this resource offers a scaffolded approach to guide students through various cognitive domains, ensuring mastery across Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analysing, Evaluating and Creating.
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
Recall and recognise explicit and implicit meanings in a given text.
Comprehend the explicit and implicit meanings within a text.
Apply understanding of language elements to new contexts.
Analyse how writers achieve effects and influence readers through language.
Evaluate the effectiveness of language choices in achieving specific effects.
Create own expressive use of language elements.
This Download Includes:
Lesson Starters:
This resource engages students with captivating lesson starters, such as matching imagery types, word classes, figurative language and language techniques with examples.
Writing Prompt and Sentence Frame:
The resource also provides a scaffolded approach to guide students through the process of writing, ensuring mastery of the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum requirements.
Embark on a journey of comprehensive learning with this resource, “Evaluative Letter Mastery,” meticulously designed to cater to the diverse needs of students following the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Writing, this resource encompasses a range of objectives and success criteria across multiple cognitive domains, covering Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating and Creating.
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
Recall key components of evaluative letter writing, including the structure, format, and key language features.
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the explicit and implicit meanings of evaluative letter writing.
Apply their understanding of evaluative letter writing to create a sample letter, integrating explicit and implicit meanings.
Analyse facts, ideas and opinions presented in evaluative letter writing, using evidence from the text.
Evaluate ideas and opinions, both explicit and implicit, in evaluative letter writing.
Synthesise understanding of evaluative letter writing to create an original, well-developed and sophisticated response.
This resource provides a scaffolded approach to guide students through the process of writing an evaluative letter, promoting mastery of the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum requirements.
Embark on a journey of comprehensive learning with this resource, “Evaluative Letter Mastery,” meticulously designed to cater to the diverse needs of students following the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Writing, this resource encompasses a range of objectives and success criteria across multiple cognitive domains, covering Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating and Creating.
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
Recall key components of evaluative letter writing, including the structure, format, and key language features.
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the explicit and implicit meanings of evaluative letter writing.
Apply their understanding of evaluative letter writing to create a sample letter, integrating explicit and implicit meanings.
Analyse facts, ideas and opinions presented in evaluative letter writing, using evidence from the text.
Evaluate ideas and opinions, both explicit and implicit, in evaluative letter writing.
Synthesise understanding of evaluative letter writing to create an original, well-developed and sophisticated response.
This resource provides a scaffolded approach to guide students through the process of writing an evaluative letter, promoting mastery of the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum requirements.
This comprehensive resource is designed to assist students in the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum in honing their skills in crafting impactful and informative speeches. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Writing, this resource encompasses a range of objectives and success criteria across multiple cognitive domains. The resource is meticulously structured based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, covering Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analysing, Evaluating and Creating.
After completing these lessons, students will be able to:
Recall key information from a text and incorporate it into an informative speech.
Comprehend both explicit and implicit meanings in a text and demonstrate understanding in informative speech.
Apply the acquired knowledge to construct a well-supported, informative speech.
Analyse facts, ideas and opinions to enhance the depth of informative speech.
Evaluate the effectiveness of informative speech and make informed judgements.
Synthesise information and create an informative speech that effectively communicates ideas.
This resource provides a scaffolded approach to guide students through the process of writing an informative speech, promoting critical thinking, effective communication, and mastery of the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum requirements.
A comprehensive Cambridge IGCSE writing guide designed to facilitate mastery of the curriculum requirements. This resource provides a scaffolded approach to guide students through the process of writing evaluative magazine articles. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Writing, it encompasses a range of objectives and success criteria across multiple cognitive domains, covering Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, and Creating.
This resource aims to help students:
Recall the key components.
Comprehend explicit and implicit meanings.
Create a sample article integrating explicit and implicit meanings.
Analyse facts, ideas, and opinions as presented.
Evaluate ideas and opinions, both explicit and implicit.
Create an original, well-developed and sophisticated response.
Scaffolders:
Providing support, this resource includes a writing prompt focusing on article content and a sentence frame emphasising article structure to guide students through the writing process.
Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Writing, this comprehensive resource guides students through various cognitive domains, fostering skills in Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analysing, Evaluating, and Creating. With a focus on informative letter writing, it ensures the holistic development of language skills required for success in the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum.
Objectives:
This resource sets clear objectives that progress through Bloom’s Taxonomy, from recalling key information to synthesising ideas into a well-crafted informative letter. Students will develop the ability to comprehend, apply, analyse, evaluate, and synthesise information effectively, aligning with the rigour of the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum.
Scaffolders:
To support student learning, the resource offers a scaffolded approach, helping students navigate the complexities of informative letter writing. This scaffolding is designed to align with the specific requirements of the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum, ensuring that students master the necessary skills step by step.
Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Writing, this comprehensive resource guides students through various cognitive domains, fostering skills in Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analysing, Evaluating, and Creating. With a focus on informative letter writing, it ensures the holistic development of language skills required for success in the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum.
Objectives:
This resource sets clear objectives that progress through Bloom’s Taxonomy, from recalling key information to synthesising ideas into a well-crafted informative letter. Students will develop the ability to comprehend, apply, analyse, evaluate, and synthesise information effectively, aligning with the rigour of the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum.
Scaffolders:
To support student learning, the resource offers a scaffolded approach, helping students navigate the complexities of informative letter writing. This scaffolding is designed to align with the specific requirements of the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum, ensuring that students master the necessary skills step by step.
This bundle includes Google Slides about:
Informative Speech
Evaluative Letter
Language Analysis
Interview Writing
Journal Entry
Complaint Letter
Reading Comprehension
Informative Letter
Evaluative Speech
Persuasive Speech
Evaluative Magazine Article
Informative Magazine Article
Narrative Writing
Newspaper Report
Descriptive Writing
Summary Writing
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Embark on a journey of literary exploration with this resource, “Mastering Literary Devices.” This resource provides a scaffolded approach to guide students through understanding and effectively using comparison devices such as simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and analogy. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Language, it encompasses a range of objectives and success criteria across multiple cognitive domains, ensuring a holistic learning experience.
Objectives:
This resource aims to achieve various objectives, from recalling and identifying examples of comparison literary devices in provided texts to demonstrating mastery by independently creating original pieces of writing that effectively utilise these devices. Students will comprehend the meaning of comparison devices in different contexts, analyse their impact on the overall meaning and tone of a text, and assess their effectiveness in various literary works.
Embark on a journey of literary exploration with this resource, “Mastering Literary Devices.” This resource provides a scaffolded approach to guide students through understanding and effectively using comparison devices such as simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and analogy. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Language, it encompasses a range of objectives and success criteria across multiple cognitive domains, ensuring a holistic learning experience.
Objectives:
This resource aims to achieve various objectives, from recalling and identifying examples of comparison literary devices in provided texts to demonstrating mastery by independently creating original pieces of writing that effectively utilise these devices. Students will comprehend the meaning of comparison devices in different contexts, analyse their impact on the overall meaning and tone of a text, and assess their effectiveness in various literary works.
These bundled resources are perfect for teaching Rhetorical Comparison Devices - Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole and Analogy. These no prep activities would be great for English lessons or English centers. Your students will love these ELA Boom Cards, Google Slides, PPT, Unit Plans, Worksheets and scaffolding notes.
After completing this unit students will be able to:
Note the definitions, purposes and quick memory tips to interpret and verbalise the rhetorical comparison devices in the graphics.
Compare and contrast rhetorical comparison devices and find their similarities and differences with examples.
Form rhetoric statements to go with the graphics that exemplify the rhetorical comparison devices.
Analyse and state what is being compared in the text using rhetorical comparison devices.
Identify the impact of the use of rhetorical comparison devices in the given text.
Create expressions for the rhetorical comparison devices using the given patterns.
This download includes:
Scaffolding Notes: 6 Handouts
Worksheets with Answers: 23 Exercises
Unit Lesson Plan: 28 Pages
PowerPoint Presentation: 30 Slides
Google Slides: 30 Slides
Boom Cards: 73 Digital Task Cards
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
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“Mastering Descriptive Writing: A Cambridge IGCSE Guide” is an invaluable resource designed to help students navigate the intricacies of the Cambridge IGCSE writing curriculum. Employing a scaffolded approach, this guide is meticulously aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Writing, ensuring comprehensive coverage of objectives and success criteria across various cognitive domains. The resource aims to foster proficiency in Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analysing, Evaluating, and Creating, providing a well-rounded foundation for students to excel in descriptive writing.
Objectives:
The guide encompasses a series of objectives, meticulously crafted to foster a deep understanding of descriptive writing. From recalling key elements to creating a descriptive piece that meets specific criteria, students will progress through levels of comprehension and application. The objectives cover a spectrum of cognitive domains, ensuring a holistic development of writing skills.
Scaffolders:
To facilitate the learning process, the guide includes effective scaffolders. These scaffolders include a focused writing prompt that directs attention to the content of the description and a planning frame that aids in structuring the description. These tools provide students with the necessary support to build a strong foundation in descriptive writing.
“Mastering Descriptive Writing: A Cambridge IGCSE Guide” is an invaluable resource designed to help students navigate the intricacies of the Cambridge IGCSE writing curriculum. Employing a scaffolded approach, this guide is meticulously aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Writing, ensuring comprehensive coverage of objectives and success criteria across various cognitive domains. The resource aims to foster proficiency in Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analysing, Evaluating, and Creating, providing a well-rounded foundation for students to excel in descriptive writing.
Objectives:
The guide encompasses a series of objectives, meticulously crafted to foster a deep understanding of descriptive writing. From recalling key elements to creating a descriptive piece that meets specific criteria, students will progress through levels of comprehension and application. The objectives cover a spectrum of cognitive domains, ensuring a holistic development of writing skills.
Scaffolders:
To facilitate the learning process, the guide includes effective scaffolders. These scaffolders include a focused writing prompt that directs attention to the content of the description and a planning frame that aids in structuring the description. These tools provide students with the necessary support to build a strong foundation in descriptive writing.
Embark on a comprehensive instructional journey to master the intricacies of summary writing for the Cambridge IGCSE with this specialised guide. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Writing, this resource provides a step-by-step approach to achieving various objectives across cognitive domains such as Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analysing, Evaluating, and Creating.
Objectives:
This guide is meticulously crafted to aid students in accomplishing key objectives in summary writing. From recalling essential information and grasping main ideas to applying knowledge to creating a coherent summary, students will also develop skills in analysing source texts, evaluating information quality, and ultimately crafting concise and well-structured summaries.
Starters:
Kickstart the learning process with engaging activities. Match the dos of summary writing with their corresponding reasons and explore the don’ts with their explanations to steer clear of common pitfalls. This interactive session sets the foundation for a deeper comprehension of effective summary writing.
Scaffolders:
Providing crucial support, this resource includes writing prompts focusing on content and planning frames concentrating on structural aspects. These scaffolders guide students in organising their thoughts and building a solid foundation for their summaries.
