This resource covers the integral, surface and deep features of a detective story comprehension and story analysis. It contains full-on activities and assessments to cover the skills of literacy in an easy, structured, cover-your-bases system. It includes everything you need to get going with a detective story lesson in your classroom for a week (5 days). This Resource Includes: 1. Lesson Plans & Rubrics on: * Story Elements * Story Setting * Story Characters * Story Plot * Summary Writing 2. Guides & Formats: * Story Analysis Guide * Critical Appreciation Format * Character Description Template * Plot Diagram * Summarizing Guide 3. Support Material: * Story Genres * Sample Character Sketch * Sample Summary 4. Lesson Notes on Orange Pips * Story Analysis * Character Description * Summary 5. Word Bank: * Active Verbs * Adjective Types * Adverb Types * Connectives 6. Worksheets * Story Setting Exercises (4) * Character Sketch Exercises (2) * Summarizing Exercises (3) Teachers can use this to enhance the comprehension skills of the learners, especially the technique required to make a plot summary, a critical appreciation, and a summary of a story.

This resource covers the integral, surface and deep features of Guided Reading. It contains full-on activities and assessments to cover the skills of literacy in an easy, structured, cover-your-bases system. It includes everything you need to get going with Guided Reading in your classroom. This Resource Includes: 1. A Detailed Lesson Plan 2. Frequently Asked Questions 3. Guided Reading Steps 4. Assessment Rubrics 5. Worksheets (4 Exercises) Learning Objectives: • Explore steps of a guided reading lesson. • Read with focus and concentration to infer specific information. • Read silently for pleasure and knowledge. • Enhance vocabulary and sentence structure. Teachers can use this to enhance the reading skills of the learners, especially the technique needed to read with focus and concentration to infer specific information.

A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on brochure writing. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: List the features of a brochure. Set a criteria for writing a brochure. Use strategies for inquiry, investigation, drafting, and revision effectively to create an informative brochure. This Resource Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes Vocabulary Overview - What is Advertising? Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Fundamentals of Brochure Design Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Brochure Identification Success Criteria - Brochure Checklist Scaffolding Notes - Brochure Criteria Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – 4 Online Quizzes Assessment Criteria for Outcome Expectations - Rubrics Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - Writing Task by Outcome Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - Printing Press Online Exercise Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - Pick a Box Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Task Cards Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.2abcdef Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive Educational Tools and Resources - Adverbs, Verbs, Adjectives Teachers can use this resource to teach the students to design brochures, thereby helping them to enhance their 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 package of 9 worksheets on identification of audience, register, and tone in a text. This resource includes exercises on: Identifying audience, register, and tone of adverts. Identifying audience traits in a text. Identifying language register in a text. Identifying text tone in a text. Demonstrating audience, register, and tone knowledge in writing. 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

A lesson presentation that presents teaching and learning resources on reading strategies to compare texts while analyzing the texts. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Acquire text comparison skills. Discuss text comparison criteria. Analyse texts to determine what they have in common, and how they differ. This Resource Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes Vocabulary Overview - Text Analysis, Text Comparison Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Comparing Texts Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Compare and Contrast Success Criteria - Comparing Texts Checklist Scaffolding Notes - Text Comparison Criteria 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 - Online Exercises Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - Post-It Notes Home Learning for Reinforcement – 3 Worksheets with Answers Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.RL.6-8.5/RI.6-8.3/9 Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive Teachers can use this resource to teach the students to compare two texts, thereby helping them to enhance their reading 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 compact review of play-script organized for quick referencing. This Includes: Vocabulary Overview Play-script Features Assessment Rubrics Teachers can use these handouts as ready reference material to remind the learners about play-script writing procedures, thereby helping them to enhance their writing skills. ◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈ Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom: ✿ Early Finishers ✿ Tutoring ✿ Sub Tubs ✿ ESL Stations/Centres ✿ Holiday Work ✿ Small Group Collaborations ✿ End of Unit Quick Assessments ✿ Homework ✿ Reinforcement ✿ Enrichment

A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on prepositions of place. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Acquire understanding of preposition rules. Illustrate prepositions of place. Learn how and when to use place prepositions. Demonstrate the correct use of prepositions of place in writing. This Resource Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes Vocabulary Overview - Preposition, Preposition of Place Flipped Lesson Part - Video - What is Preposition of Place Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Simon Says Success Criteria - Place Preposition Checklist Scaffolding Notes - Preposition Rules, Place Prepositions Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – 5 Online Quizzes Assessment Criteria for Outcome Expectations - Rubrics Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - Writing Task by Outcome Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - Worksheet Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - Hide and Seek Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Worksheets with Answers Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.L.4.1e/5.1a/8.1/5b Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive Word-Bank: Connectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A set of 16 task cards and exercises on poetry comprehension – The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. After working with these worksheets students will be able to: Analyse the poem to make a critical appreciation. Identify the poetic devices and explain how they are used in the poem. Annotate the lines of the poem with reference to context. This resource includes: Paraphrasing the poem to its literal meaning (Exercise 1) Inferring the character of the speaker (Exercise 2) Critical appreciation of the poem (Exercise 3) Writing poems (Exercise 4) Selecting correct option to answer questions (Exercise 5) Meanings of expressions used in the poem (Exercise 6) Identification of poetic devices (Exercise 7) Explanation of the poetic devices as used in the poem (Exercise 8) Creating poems (Exercise 9) Answering questions with options (Exercise 10) Summarizing the meaning (Exercise 11) Identification of annotation elements (Exercise 12) Annotating the lines of the poem (Exercise 13) Presenting answers in the form of poems (Exercise 14) Multiple choice questions (Exercise 15) Comprehension questions (Exercise 16) 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 12 ready to use worksheets and task cards on descriptive writing. After working with these worksheets students will be able to: Recall descriptive vocabulary for a descriptive writer. Acquire knowledge of descriptive techniques and imagery types. Analyse a descriptive paragraph for features. Demonstrate command of the conventions of description in writing. This download includes worksheets on: Writing descriptive words, a simile, and a metaphor to describe images. Comparing two descriptions. Identifying descriptive techniques used in a description. Describing a picture using sensory language. Demonstrating the skill of description in writing. Answering multiple choice questions on descriptive writing. Using descriptive sample openers to come up with own descriptions. Circling descriptive words in the given passage. Describing the usefulness of any of the given man-made materials. Reading to write down examples of descriptive techniques. Identifying the sensory language used in the given passage. Reading the given description to notice examples of descriptive techniques. 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 ready to use lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on descriptive writing. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Recall descriptive vocabulary for a descriptive writer. Acquire knowledge of descriptive techniques and imagery types. Analyse a descriptive paragraph for features. Demonstrate command of the conventions of description in writing. This download includes: Vocabulary Overview - Description, Imagery Real Life Application and Cross-Curriculum Links - Science, Math, Social Studies Flipped Lesson Part - Videos Success Criteria - Descriptive Writing Checklist Lesson Starter: Writing descriptive words to describe images. Discussion: Descriptive Writing Toolkit Imagery Types Lists of Adjectives and Adverbs Descriptive Chart for Descriptive Writer Collaborative Tasks: Pair-Share: Comparing two descriptions. Think-Write: Identifying descriptive techniques used in a description. Write-Share: Describing a picture using sensory language. Mini-Plenary: 3 Online Exercises Assessment Rubrics Differentiated Tasks: Demonstrating the skill of description in writing. Extensions: Using descriptive sample openers to come up with own descriptions. Plenary: Answering multiple choice questions on descriptive writing. Home Learning: Circling descriptive words in the given passage. Describing the usefulness of any of the given man-made materials. Reading to write down examples of descriptive techniques. Identifying the sensory language used in the given passage. Reading the given description to notice examples of descriptive techniques. Common Core Standards: ELA-Literacy-Writing - 6-8.3a-e Skills: Social and Cognitive Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A set of 11 worksheets with answers on play script writing. This Resource includes: Writing dialogues to go with the story in the given visuals. Turning flat dialogues into an exciting story. Adding scene description and stage directions. Adding dialogues and reporting verbs. Preparing play-scripts for dialogues. Selecting best option to answer play-script questions. Turning given story into a play script. Rewriting the narrative poem as a play script. Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on play-script writing. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Understand the conventions of a play script to use them in writing. Develop dialogues for a play script that exposes characters and situation. Demonstrate the knowledge of play script using the techniques of dialogue writing. This Resource includes: Vocabulary Overview - Play-script Real Life Application and Cross-Curriculum Links Flipped Lesson Part - Video Success Criteria - Play-script Checklist Lesson Starter: Writing dialogues to images. Discussion: Play-script Features Collaborative Tasks: Pair-Share: Turning flat dialogues into an exciting story. Think-Write: Adding scene description and stage directions. Write-Share: Adding dialogues and reporting verbs. Mini-Plenary: 4 Online Quizzes Assessment Rubrics Differentiated Tasks: Writing scenes for given situations. Extensions: Writing dialogues for a story. Plenary: Selecting right answers to answer play-script questions. Home Learning: Preparing play-scripts for dialogues. Selecting best option to answer play-script questions. Turning given story into a play script. Rewriting the narrative poem as a play script. Common Core Standards: ELA-Literacy-Writing - 6-8.3ab/4 Skills: Social and Cognitive Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A ready to use lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on suspense story writing. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Acquire knowledge of the techniques that create sustaining suspense. Analyse plot diagram for a suspense story. Demonstrate command of the conventions of suspense in writing. This download includes: Vocabulary Overview - Suspense, Cliffhanger, Mystery Real Life Application and Cross-Curriculum Links - Science, Math, Social Studies Flipped Lesson Part - Prezi Presentation Success Criteria - Suspense Story Checklist Lesson Starter: Matching the lesson vocabulary with their meanings. Discussion: Creating Suspense Using Genre Elements Creating Sustaining Suspense Story Components Plot Diagram Plot Template Story Starters Collaborative Tasks: Pair-Share: Writing what most likely would happen next to given scenes. Think-Write: Using the graphic organizer to plan and narrate a suspense story. Write-Share: Reading the story, “Velvet Ribbon” to visualize final scene. Mini-Plenary: 4 Online Exercises Assessment Rubrics Differentiated Tasks: Demonstrating the skill of suspense in writing. Extensions: Using the planning sheet from Mystery Cube to write a Suspense Story. Plenary: Reading the instruction and selecting the appropriate answer. Home Learning: Thinking of an alternate ending with suspense to the given story. Thinking of a story, “The Student Who Cried Teacher” to pull a false alarm. Choosing a set of three elements to write a suspense story. Writing a suspense story on given situation. Common Core Standards: ELA-Literacy-Writing - 6-8.3a-e/5/10 Skills: Social and Cognitive Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A set of 9 scaffolding notes of 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of informal letter writing based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this unit students will be able to: SESSION 1 - REMEMBERING: Recognise and retrieve the key elements of an informal letter. SESSION 2 - UNDERSTANDING: Interpret and classify the authorial techniques in an informal letter. SESSION 3 - APPLYING: Implement and execute informal letter writing techniques. SESSION 4 - ANALYSING: Explore and demonstrate the knowledge of informal letters in writing. SESSION 5 - EVALUATING: Check and critique a sample informal letter. SESSION 6 - CREATING: Compose and produce the final informal letter. This download includes: Scaffolding Notes 1: Structure and Features of Informal Letter Scaffolding Notes 2: Impact of Language and Vocabulary in an Informal Letter Scaffolding Notes 3: Use of Language in an Informal Letter Scaffolding Notes 4: Planning Frame of an Informal Letter Scaffolding Notes 5: Informal Letter Writing Organiser Scaffolding Notes 6: Informal Letter Checklist Scaffolding Notes 7: PQP and TAG Techniques Scaffolding Notes 8: Informal Letter Prompt Scaffolding Notes 9: Informal Letter 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 lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on story setting. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Review the characteristics of a plot. Discuss conflict and plot types. Use Plot Diagram for tracing plot structure in a short story. Demonstrate an understanding of plot structure by analyzing a several short stories. This Resource Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes Vocabulary Overview - Plot, Exposition, Climax, Resolution Flipped Lesson Part - Video - What is the Plot of a Story? Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Conflicts Confirmed Success Criteria - Story Plot Checklist Scaffolding Notes - Plot Types, Conflicts Types, Template, Plot Diagram 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 - Worksheet Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - Match the Plot Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Worksheets Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3/5/7.3/8.2/9-10.5/11-12.5 Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive Word-Bank: Connectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A ready to use unit lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources of a poetry comprehension of the poem, “The Highwayman” by Alfred Noyes based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Find the meaning of certain expressions in the poem. Write a brief summary of each stanza of the poem. Use textual clues to prepare and answer the comprehension questions. Use specified criteria to find poetry elements of the poem. Use PEE (Point-Evidence-Explain) model to analyse the poet’s use of figurative language and sound devices in the poem. Write PEEL (Point-Evidence-Explain-Link) paragraphs about the use of figurative language and sound poetic devices in the poem. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Match the meanings (A-Z) with the expressions (1-26) they refer to. EXERCISE 2: Find meanings of certain expressions: words and phrases in the poem. EXERCISE 3: Determine meanings of words and phrases as they are used in the poem. EXERCISE 4: Analyse the development of vocabulary over the course of the text. EXERCISE 5: Read the poem and briefly summarise the meaning of each stanza. EXERCISE 6: Determine the central idea of the poem and analyse its development. EXERCISE 7: Match the different feelings (1-6) Bess would have at different points during the story with the time and the reason (A-H) she feels these different emotions. EXERCISE 8: Use textual clues to answer the comprehension questions – Part 1. EXERCISE 9: Use textual clues to answer the comprehension questions – Part 2. EXERCISE 10: Use textual clues to answer the comprehension questions – Part 3. EXERCISE 11: Use the specified criteria to find poetry elements of the poem. EXERCISE 12: Analyse the impact of specific word choices. EXERCISE 13: Answer questions to check your understanding of poetry elements. EXERCISE 14: Use PEE (Point-Evidence-Explain) model to analyse poet’s use of comparison poetic devices in the poem. EXERCISE 15: Answer the questions to check your understanding of comparison poetic devices used in the poem. EXERCISE 16: Use PEE (Point-Evidence-Explain) model to analyse poet’s use of sound poetic devices in the poem. EXERCISE 17: Answer the questions to check your understanding of sound poetic devices used in the poem. EXERCISE 18: Use PEE (Point-Evidence-Explain) model to analyse poet’s use of figurative language in the poem. EXERCISE 19: Answer the questions to check your understanding of the figurative language used in the poem. EXERCISE 20: Write a PEEL (Point-Evidence-Explain-Link) paragraph on any one of the comparison poetic devices used in the poem. EXERCISE 21: Write a PEEL (Point-Evidence-Explain-Link) paragraph on any one of the sound poetic devices used in the poem. EXERCISE 22: Write a PEEL (Point-Evidence-Explain-Link) paragraph on any one of the figures of speech used in the poem. EXERCISE 23: Use the guide to describe the character of the highwayman based on what you learn in the poem.

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

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