International educator with over 15 years experience.
I love the nuts and bolts of language teaching, but I also like communicative activities and task based learning, including simulations.
I hold a Master of Education with specializations in reading and behavior management, as well as graduate degrees in writing and education.
International educator with over 15 years experience.
I love the nuts and bolts of language teaching, but I also like communicative activities and task based learning, including simulations.
I hold a Master of Education with specializations in reading and behavior management, as well as graduate degrees in writing and education.
Odds and ends for teaching Hatchet.
> Timeline - have students keep track of key plot events here
> Story-grammar - have students keep track of important people, place, events, and feelings
> Conflict Resolution - have students use these graphic organizers to identify conflicts and their resolutions in Hatchet!
*Sample answers included*
Happy Chopping! *chop* *chop* *chop*
A multiple-choice quiz for the book, 'A Single Shard' by Linda Sue Park. Each Chapter has about five questions to test students' recall and basic comprehension.
This resource is comprised of four parts:
1) The test questions, listed by chapter, with about five questions per chapter, and three possible answers for each (a, b, or c).
2) A student answer sheet (fill in the blanks)
3) A teacher answer key (blanks filled in)
4) A regular teacher answer key
The questions and answers are (hopefully!) unambiguous, i.e. no trick questions.
You may also wish to divide the test into two parts (Chapters 1 - 7; 8 - 13) if you think it is too much for students to recall in one sitting. You know your students; use your judgement.
- Four game boards containing literal, inferential, & real-world and personal (reader) connection comprehension questions.
- Also contain questions on language, literary style, theme, author’s purpose, and other literary elements.
- Designed for use in English classrooms, grades 6 – 8.
- Game boards may be used in various ways; for journaling, homework, while reading or as consolidation.
- Can be adapted for use as individual, partner or group-work, with and without teacher supervision.
- Games require decks of playing cards and dice (or computer generations – random.org has playing card generators and dice rollers).
- Students enjoy the random and gamified nature of the activities, while reflecting on their reading and analyzing literature through cooperative learning activities.
- Questions are recycled across the four game boards.
Essential, chapter-by-chapter vocabulary for the novel Holes by Louis Sachar. Useful for students to look up before reading (Especially ELLs), or for the teacher to base quizzes and worksheets from. Helps students to decode meaning and facilitates fluent reading.
*Over 500 words in total, divided by part of book and chapter
*From 5 to 20 words per chapter, averaging about 10 - 15 (The length of the chapters in this book varies)
Essential, chapter-by-chapter vocabulary for the novel 1984 by George Orwell. Useful for students to look up before reading (Especially ELLs), or for the teacher to base quizzes and worksheets from. Helps students to decode meaning and facilitates fluent reading.
*Words listed as parts of speech
*From 5 to 100 words per chapter, averaging about 40 (The length of the chapters in this book varies)
Chapter by chapter comprehension questions (5 - 10 each chapter) for A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park. This resource contains literal, inferential, and opinion questions.
"After-reading" exercises also included.
Ideal for use in reading logs; journals; for homework; and classroom discussions, etc.
*** Teacher answer key included ***
Essential vocabulary, listed chapter-by-chapter, for the novel, 'The Fault in Our Stars' by John Green. Great for pre-reading; helps remove barriers to fluency and allows students to decode meaning.
Alternatively, can be used by the teacher to base quizzes and worksheets from.
*Between 5 and 50 words per chapter, depending on chapter length.
This lesson could be used as part of a novel study on 1984 by George Orwell, or independently to discuss themes of totalitarianism or just to talk about likes/ dislikes in a fun/interesting way. Students discuss their knowledge of some of the major themes, learn key terms that originated in the novel, then watch a short video about Room 101 (optional). Finally students discuss what they would like to send to Room 101.
**Please note: The concept of Room 101 discussed in this lesson departs from the original portrayal in the novel. Rather than a torture device using a person's worst fears, the concept of Room 101 is a place in which to cast your greatest fears or annoyances into oblivion. Whilst not being 100% true to the novel, it is still tangentially related and a fun way to see Orwell's influence on popular culture and our modern lexicon**
Essential, chapter-by-chapter vocabulary for the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry. Useful for students (particularly ESL students) to look up before reading, or for the teacher to base quizzes and worksheets from. Helps students to decode meaning and facilitate fluent reading. Word-count ranges from 20 - 50 words per chapter, averaging 30.
Essential, chapter-by-chapter, vocabulary for the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell. Useful for students to look up before reading, or for the teacher to base quizzes and worksheets from.
Pre-teaching vocabulary helps students decode meaning and increases fluency and engagement.
20 ~ 50 words per chapter.
Essential, chapter-by-chapter, vocabulary for the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Useful for students to look up before reading, or for the teacher to base quizzes and worksheets from.
Pre-teaching vocabulary helps students decode meaning and increases fluency and engagement.
This is a short workshop to introduce or re-introduce students to transition words (connectives) as a writing tool.
The worksheet contains definitions, usage, and examples.
There is also a cloze (fill in the blanks) exercise for students to apply their knowledge immediately.
Students can keep the worksheet for use as a reference tool when writing.
***The presentation is saved as .ppt, and pptx AND pdf.***
SAMPLE PROCEDURE
1. Show Ss the presentation and elicit their ideas for the function of the transitions shown on screen (e.g. "comparing"). The function (heading) will fly in after prompting.
2. Repeat this for each function.
3. Have students fill in the blanks of their cloze exercise.
4. Reveal sample answers on screen, and discuss possible alternatives.
*****PLEASE NOTE! THIS LESSON IS AVAILABLE AS PART OF THIS RESOURCE:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/sentence-and-paragraph-workshop-11095633
Essential, chapter-by-chapter, vocabulary for the novel A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park. Useful for students to look up before reading, or for the teacher to base quizzes and worksheets from.
Pre-teaching vocabulary helps students decode meaning and increases fluency and engagement.
- 30 ~ 50 words per chapter
- includes author's notes
- words listed as parts of speech
Essential, chapter-by-chapter vocabulary for the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Useful for students (particularly ESL students) to look up before reading, or for the teacher to base quizzes and worksheets from. Helps students to decode meaning and facilitate fluent reading. Word-count ranges from roughly 10 - 50 words per chapter, depending on chapter length.
This ten-page resource is designed to be used as a journal or diary for lower grades.To customise this resource, print as many of each page as you need. You may choose to bind the pages in a book, compile the pages in a binder, or cut and paste the pages into a notebook.
Pages Included:
1 - Cover page
2 - Journal writing resource - writing the date
3 - Journal writing resource - talking about weather and feelings
4 - Journal writing resource - holidays
5 - Daily Checklist - student self-assessment of daily performance & "Tomorrow I need to bring"
6 - My Spelling Words
7 - My Weekly Schedule
8 - My Picture Diary
9 - My Library Book
10 - My Day
EDIT: BRITISH ENGLISH VERSION ADDED SEPT. 29// PLEASE RE-DOWNLOAD IF NECESSARY. SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE
Chapter by chapter comprehension questions (3 -5 each chapter) for Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Each chapter contains literal, inferential, and language questions and multimodal exercises (including drawing exercises).
Ideal for use in reading logs; journals; for homework; and classroom discussions, etc.
*** Sample answer key included ***
This resource will test your students' knowledge, recall, comprehension, and analysis of the characters, themes, and major events in the novel Holes, by Louis Sachar.
The test is multi-modal, including:
- fill in the blanks
- matching
- short response questions
- graphic organizer
- an (short) essay [It's the last question, you have the option not to include it]
The test content covers:
- major characters, places, things
- significant plot events
- symbolism
- character relationships
- character development (Stanley)
Happy Digging!
10 example of simile and/or metaphor taken from the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.
Students identify simile/ metaphors in excerpts and then analyse/ explain their meanings.
Answer key included.