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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.
These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Grammar and Punctuation – Apostrophes and Brackets. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these self-grading exercises that are gamified for student engagement.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Boom Cards students will be able to:
Consider the functions of colons and semicolons 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.
These digital task cards:
Would be great on a Laptop, Desktop, Chromebook or Tablet;
Can be used on any other mobile device that can access the internet;
Can even be used on your Smart Board.
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 about Boom Learning:
To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet.
Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge).
Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires.
For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards.
You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards).
Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.
For additional assignment options you’ll need a premium account.
If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account.
Readhere for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial.
These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Punctuation - Hyphens and Dashes. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these ready to use exercises that are well planned for student engagement.
After completing this New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based lesson students will be able to:
Consider the functions of hyphens and dashes to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in a text.
List the similarities and the differences of hyphens and dashes; en dashes and em dashes.
Apply punctuation rules to identify the appropriate use of hyphens and dashes in a text.
Use hyphens to join two or more words to create new meaning; to create compound words with prefixes and suffixes; to clarify meaning; to write fractions or numbers; and to indicate a missing element.
Use dashes to introduce an explanation or clarification; to separate a non-essential information; to replace a pair of commas; and to replace a pair of brackets.
Use hyphens and dashes to aid cohesion in writing; to convey specific meanings; and to add variety to writing.
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
These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Spelling - Irregular Spellings and Silent Letters. 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:
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:
EXERCISE 1: Provide an example each for the spelling rules to go with the description of them. Use the given root words.
EXERCISE 2: Provide an example each for the spelling rules to go with the description and sound associated with them. Use the words in the box.
EXERCISE 3: Provide an example each for words with silent letter/s to go with the description of them. Use the words given in the box.
EXERCISE 4: Identify the odd ones out.
EXERCISE 5: Apply spelling rules to add –ed or –ing to words ending in '-fer‘.
EXERCISE 6: Apply spelling rules to use words with “Y” that sound like “I”.
EXERCISE 7: Analyse the given text to identify the use of words with silent letters in writing.
EXERCISE 8: Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘CH‘ in writing.
EXERCISE 9: Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘SC‘ in writing.
EXERCISE 10: Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘SC‘ with their appropriate sound in writing.
EXERCISE 11: Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘EI’, ‘EIGH’ and ‘EY‘ in writing.
EXERCISE 12: Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘OU’ and ‘OUGH‘ in writing.
EXERCISE 13: Create new word patterns with words ending in –fer; words with silent letters; and words spelt ‘CH’, ‘SC’, ‘EI’, ‘EIGH‘, ‘EY‘, ‘OU’ and ‘OUGH‘.
RUBRICS: Spelling Rubrics
These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Spelling – Irregular Spellings and Silent Letters. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these self-grading exercises that are gamified for student engagement.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Boom Cards 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‘.
These digital task cards would be great on a:
laptop
desktop
Chromebook
tablet
mobile device
Smart Board
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 about Boom Learning:
To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet.
Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge).
Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires.
For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards.
You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards).
Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.
For additional assignment options you’ll need a premium account.
If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account.
Readhere for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial.
These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Reading Comprehension through a Humourous Story - My Lost Dollar by Stephen Butler Leacock. 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:
Find the meaning of the challenging words, phrases and expressions in the story.
Identify the setting elements and the characteristic features of the main characters in the story.
Apply textual clues to answer the retrieval, inferential and authorial technique questions.
Analyse the story to find its plot elements – exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.
Evaluate the text to find its story elements – genre, message, speaker, point of view, tone, conflict type, authorial techniques, plot type, language register, purpose and style.
Write a summary, make a character description and create a critical appreciation of the story.
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
These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Phrases – Noun or Nominal Phrase. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these self-grading exercises that are gamified for student engagement.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Boom Cards students will be able to:
Define phrases and their components.
Define noun phrases and their components.
Determine the purpose for which noun phrases are used in sentences.
Identify the patterns of noun phrases in sentences.
Exercise error identification to ensure that the modifiers in noun phrases are placed correctly and they are not dangling.
Use noun phrases to vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader interest and style.
These digital task cards:
Would be great on a Laptop, Desktop, Chromebook or Tablet;
Can be used on any other mobile device that can access the internet;
Can even be used on your Smart Board.
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 about Boom Learning:
To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet.
Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge).
Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires.
For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards.
You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards).
Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.
For additional assignment options you’ll need a premium account.
If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account.
Readhere for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial.
These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Clauses – Noun or Nominal Clause. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these self-grading exercises that are gamified for student engagement.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Boom Cards 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.
These digital task cards:
Would be great on a Laptop, Desktop, Chromebook or Tablet;
Can be used on any other mobile device that can access the internet;
Can even be used on your Smart Board.
More about Boom Learning:
To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet.
Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge).
Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires.
For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards.
You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards).
Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.
For additional assignment options you’ll need a premium account.
If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account.
Readhere for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial.
These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Phrases – Adjective or Adjectival Phrases. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these self-grading exercises that are gamified for student engagement.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Boom Cards students will be able to:
Define phrases and their components.
Define adjective phrases and their components.
Identify the adjective phrases as used in the sentences.
Create new adjective phrase patterns in sentences.
Exercise error identification to ensure that the adjective phrases are not misplaced and dangling.
Use adjective phrases to vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader interest and style.
These digital task cards:
Would be great on a Laptop, Desktop, Chromebook or Tablet;
Can be used on any other mobile device that can access the internet;
Can even be used on your Smart Board.
More about Boom Learning:
To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet.
Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge).
Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires.
For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards.
You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards).
Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.
For additional assignment options you’ll need a premium account.
If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account.
Readhere for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial.
These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Reading Skills through a Free-Verse Poetry - Mother to Son by Langston Hughes. 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 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.
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 bundle of 4 resources on alternate ending story writing.
This bundle includes:
Handouts: Vocabulary, Sentence Elements, Rubrics
Worksheets, Exercises, and Task Cards
Lesson Plan with Resources
Ready to use PowerPoint Presentation
Teachers can use these ready-made resources 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 bundle of 4 products on verb forms in tenses.
After working with these worksheets, the students will be able to:
Relate verb forms in tenses to person and number.
Write the verb stem, conjugate the verb and use it correctly in a sentence.
Use sentence stems to formulate the sentences to go with the actions and the tense forms.
Analyse the function of tenses using the timeline they refer to.
Recognise the usage of verbs in a piece of writing, identify the correct tense and the perspective.
Demonstrate tense formulation and usage in writing.
This download includes worksheets with answers on:
Verb Forms in Tenses
Present Tense
Past Tense
Future Tense
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 bundle of 4 products (Worksheets with answer Key) is perfect for teaching Adjectives - Types, Compounds, Order and Degrees of Comparison. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these well-planned exercises that are standardised for student engagement.
This bundle includes Worksheets on:
Adjective Types: 18 Exercises
Adjective Order: 18 Exercises
Degrees of Comparison: 24 Exercises
Compound Adjectives: 21 Exercises
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
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This bundle of 8 (Scaffolding Notes) is perfect for teaching Word Classes - Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions and Interjections. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these exciting exercises that are excellent for student engagement.
This bundle includes Scaffolding Notes on:
Noun Types: 5 Handouts
Pronoun Types: 5 Handouts
Adjective Types: 6 Handouts
Verb Types; 6 Handouts
Adverb Types: 5 Handouts
Conjunction Types: 5 Handouts
Preposition Types: 6 Handouts
Parts of Speech: 4 Handouts
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Google Slides: 8 Presentations
PowerPoint Presentations: 8 Lessons
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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 PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Grammar - Direct and Indirect Speech. 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:
List the similarities and differences between direct and indirect speech.
Identify the changes seen in adverbs, modal verbs and pronouns when converting direct into indirect speech.
Identify the structure of the sentences when the speech is direct and indirect.
Test their understanding of the changes seen in verb tenses when converting direct into indirect speech.
Use commas, inverted commas and relevant end punctuation to mark direct speech and quotations.
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue to develop experiences, events and characters.
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
Powerpoint presentation of unit plans with 3 sessions on poetry comprehension – The Thought Fox by Ted Hughes.
After completing this unit students will be able to:
Analyse the poem to make a critical appreciation (session 1).
Identify the poetic devices and explain how they are used in the poem (session 2).
Annotate the lines of the poem with reference to context (session 3).
Lesson Preview:
Poet and Introduction (Scaffold Notes 1)
Poem and Summary (Scaffold Notes 2)
SESSION 1: POETRY ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL APPRECIATION
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 - Referring lines to match with given meanings (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 - Inferring clues for characters in the poem (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: Online Exercises
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
Unit plans with 5 sessions on prose comprehension of a fictional story, “Three Questions” by Leo Tolstoy.
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
Author and Summary of the Story
SESSION 1: STORY SETTING AND SETTING DESCRIPTION
SESSION 2: STORY CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERIZATION
SESSION 3: STORY PLOT AND PLOT DEVELOPMENT
SESSION 4: STORY ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL APPRECIATION
SESSION 5: REFERENCE TO CONTEXT
Home Learning: Comprehension Questions
Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom:
To challenge early finishers
For effective tutoring
As ESL stations and sub tubs
As holiday work and homework
For small group collaborations
For an end of unit assessments
For reinforcement and enrichment
A bundle of 4 resources on using rhetorical devices in a speech.
This bundle includes:
Handouts: Vocabulary, Devices, Techniques, Rubrics
Worksheets, Exercises, and Task Cards
Lesson Plan with Resources
Ready to use PowerPoint Presentation
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 PowerPoint Presentation of 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