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Over twenty years teaching, developing lessons and conducting professional development - coupled with fiction and film writing - is who I am. Family, education and writing define what I love.

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Over twenty years teaching, developing lessons and conducting professional development - coupled with fiction and film writing - is who I am. Family, education and writing define what I love.
Frankenstein Teacher’s Guide and Lesson Activities Common Core State Standards Aligned
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Frankenstein Teacher’s Guide and Lesson Activities Common Core State Standards Aligned

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No Prep Novel Unit with section summaries, quizzes, Socratic Seminars, activities...differentiated. Also contains, study guide, activity templates, vocabulary and Common Core aligned lessons to accompany Mary Shelley's classic novel "Frankenstein". The comprehension activities included herein are designed to spark learning and thinking, while partner activities will inspire critical thinking in both challenged and Advanced Placement learners. Dozens of reproducible student lessons are included as well as notes on chapter content, theme, genre and much more. This interactive teacher's guide will help you help your students gain a better understanding and appreciation of Mary Shelley and one of the greatest literary works of all time...Frankenstein. Frankenstein Lessons for 21st Century Learning Creativity, Communication, Cooperation and Critical Thinking. This book is designed with both repeating and scaffolding activities to help teachers help all learners access this timeless classic.
The Persian Cinderella: No Prep Book Unit
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The Persian Cinderella: No Prep Book Unit

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This No Prep Book Unit is based on The Persian Cinderella and contains 39-pages of interactive, cross curricular and engaging activities -- all standards-aligned. This print-and-go unit contains interactive journal pages, a review of Cinderella Elements, essays, social studies assignments, quizzes and a whole lot more. Differentiated for use with the whole class. Cinderella Elements #1 Draw A Title Page #2 Questions Along the Way #3 In My Opinion #4 Constructed Response Questions #5 Story Connectors #6 Character Analysis #7 Math Connections #8 Make Up My Own World Problems #9 Correct the Grammar Errors #10 Comprehension Questions #11 Character Conflicts #12 Sentence Sorting #13 Sentence Sorting to Essay Writing Enrichment #14 Dictionary Skills #15 Quick Write: Compare and Contrast #16 About the Author #17 Story Summary #18 Character Changes #19 Text to Text – Cross Fiction Story Analysis #20 My Thoughts While Reading… #21 Inferring Character Feelings #22 Cause and Effect #23 Compare and Contrast – Cinderella and Settareh #24 Think, Question, Analyze #25 The Persian Cinderella Report Card #26 The Persian Cinderella Book Review #27 Sentence Sorting Traditional Cinderella Rubrics for Constructed Response Answers
Daily Reading and Writing Warm-Ups for 3rd thru 5th Grade: Over 130
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Daily Reading and Writing Warm-Ups for 3rd thru 5th Grade: Over 130

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These Daily Reading and Writing Warm-Ups are aligned to the Common Core State Standards and help to foster the 21st Century higher order thinking skills necessary in today's world. Not your ordinary multiple-choice bell-ringers, but learning tasks designed to engage students and get them thinking. Over 130 in all, these Daily Reading and Writing Warm-Ups are themed for an entire school year and are written at reading levels from 3rd through 5th grades. Perfect as Early Finishers, Bell Ringers, Warm-Ups and more. Cross-Curricular.
To Kill a Mockingbird No Prep Novel Unit
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To Kill a Mockingbird No Prep Novel Unit

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A no-prep novel unit for Harper Lee's classic -- "To Kill a Mockingbird". With quizzes, comprehension, literary device study, interactive notebook pages, universal access assignments, source document analysis, social studies tie-ins, and much more, this handbook is the perfect solution for the 21st Century classroom. Differentiated activities and lessons abound in this comprehensive and complete novel study. 134-pages
No Prep Book Unit for Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella
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No Prep Book Unit for Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella

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This No Prep Book Unit is based on Cindy Ellen: A Wild West Cinderella and contains 39-pages of interactive, cross curricular and engaging activities -- all standards-aligned. This print-and-go unit contains interactive journal pages, a review of Cinderella Elements, essays, social studies assignments, quizzes and a whole lot more. Differentiated for use with the whole class. Table of Contents Cinderella Elements #1: Cindy Ellen Problem Solution Interactive Notebook Page #2: Cindy Ellen Character Traits RL.3 #3: Joe Prince Character Traits RL.3 #4: Critical Thinking Literature Questions Interactive Notebook Page #5: Ask and Answer Questions from the Story RL.1 #6: Inferring RL.6 #7: Cindy Ellen – What do you think? RL.1 and 3 #8: Problem/Solution Interactive Notebook Page RL.5 #9: Critical Thinking Questions #10: About Cindy Ellen RL 1 and 2 #11: Recounting Cindy Ellen #12: Character Motivation and Evidence RL.5 #13: Idioms: RL.4 #14 Cindy Ellen: Character Conflicts RL.1 and 3 #15 Sentence Sorting RL.2 #16 From Sentence Sorting to Essay Writing RL1 and 2 #17: Quick Write: Compare and Contrast RL.9 #18: Text-to-Text RL.9 #19: I Can Answer Questions About the Text RL.1 #20: Theme #21: Moral RL.2 #22: Inferring RL.6 #23 Retell the Story through your Favorite Drawings RL.7 #24: Cause and Effect #25: Cindy Ellen Report Card #26; Cindy Ellen Book Review Rubric for Constructed Response
Cendrillon: No Prep Novel Unit
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Cendrillon: No Prep Novel Unit

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This No Prep Book Unit is based on Cendrillon by Robert D. San Souci and contains 37-pages of interactive, cross curricular and engaging activities -- all standards-aligned. This print-and-go unit contains interactive journal pages, a review of Cinderella Elements, essays, social studies assignments, quizzes and a whole lot more. Differentiated for use with the whole class. Table of Contents   Cinderella Elements #1: Cendrillon Problem Solution Interactive Notebook Page #2: Cendrillon Character Traits RL.3 #3: Godmother Character Traits RL.3 #4: Critical Thinking Literature Questions Interactive Notebook Page #5: Ask and Answer Questions from the Story RL.1 #6: Inferring RL.6 #7: Cendrillon – What do you think? RL.1 and 3 #8: Problem/Solution Interactive Notebook Page RL.5 #9: Critical Thinking Questions #10: About Cendrillon RL 1 and 2 #11: Recounting Cendrillon #12: Character Motivation and Evidence RL.5 #13: Non-Fiction Quick Write: French Creole #14 Cendrillon: Character Conflicts RL.1 and 3 #15 Sentence Sorting RL.2 Answers: 3, 2, 4, 1, 5, 7, 6 #16 From Sentence Sorting to Essay Writing RL1 and 2 #17: Quick Write: Compare and Contrast RL.9 #18: Text-to-Text RL.9 #19: I Can Answer Questions About the Text RL.1 #20: Theme #21: Moral RL.2 #22: Inferring RL.6 #23 Retell the Story through your Favorite Drawings RL.7 #24: Cause and Effect #25: Cendrillon Report Card #26; Cendrillon Book Review Rubric for Constructed Response
Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella No Prep Book Unit
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Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella No Prep Book Unit

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This No Prep Book Unit is based on Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella by Allan Schroeder and Illustrated by Brad Sneed. and contains 37-pages of interactive, cross curricular and engaging activities -- all standards-aligned. This print-and-go unit contains interactive journal pages, a review of Cinderella Elements, essays, social studies assignments, quizzes and a whole lot more. Differentiated for use with the whole class. Look for my other Cinderella Around the World Book Units at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/elizabethpinotti Table of Contents Cinderella Elements #1: Smoky Mountain Rose Problem Solution Interactive Notebook Page #2: Smoky Mountain Rose Character Traits RL.3 #3: Character Traits RL.3 #4: Critical Thinking Literature Questions Interactive Notebook Page #5: Ask and Answer Questions on Illustrations RL.7 #6: Inferring RL.6 #7: Smoky Mountain Rose – What do you think? RL.1 and 3 #8: Problem/Solution Interactive Notebook Page RL.5 #9: Critical Thinking Questions #10: About Smoky Mountain Rose RL 1 and 2 #11: Recounting Smoky Mountain Rose #12: Character Motivation and Evidence RL.5 #13: Visualize the Future #14 Smoky Mountain Rose: Character Conflicts RL.1 and 3 #15 Sentence Sorting RL.2 1,4,3,5,7,6,2 #16 From Sentence Sorting to Essay Writing RL1 and 2 #17: Quick Write: Compare and Contrast RL.9 #18: Text-to-Text RL.9 #19: I Can Answer Questions About the Text RL.1 #20: Theme #21: Moral RL.2 #22: Inferring RL.6 #23 Retell the Story through your Favorite Drawings RL.7 #24: Cause and Effect #25: The Smoky Mountain Rose Report Card #26: The Smoky Mountain Rose Book Review Rubric for Constructed Response
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Plot Diagram Teaching PowerPoint and Student Template
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Plot Diagram Teaching PowerPoint and Student Template

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A perfect companion to any "Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland" book study is this Plot Diagram Teaching PowerPoint and student template. This plot diagram is an organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or triangular shape, used to map the events of a story. This mapping of the plot structure of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland" helps students visualize the key features of the story and serves as an engaging, interactive tool. Check out my other “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” resources and a big Bundle at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/elizabethpinotti
Waiting for Winter: Snowflake Science Unit
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Waiting for Winter: Snowflake Science Unit

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This thematic unit contains science, math and literacy across the curriculum activities – as students classify, analyze, inquire about and research snowflakes: including what snow is, snowflake categories, read along research, paragraph writing, 32-math and science task cards and more. Also included is a PowerPoint presentation to help teach 1st and 2nd graders the process of paragraph writing. Table of Contents Page 2 Looking for Winter Instructions and Standards Tie-­‐in Page 3: Looking for Winter – What are the Clues? ELA Page 4: Looking for Winter: Snowflake Adjective Printable ELA Page 5: Five Senses ELA/Science Printable Pages 6-­‐7: Adding Snowflakes. Wintery Word Problems. Math Page 8: Snowflake Science printable. Students read about snowflakes and their shapes. Teacher should read this aloud, as students follow along, and then pair up students to re-­‐read and then complete the associated activities. Science, research, ELA Page 9 -­‐ 10: More printables for Snowflake Science. Classification. Two separate activities. Science Page 11: Mittens Read-­‐along Research. Read this page aloud as your students read it silently. Pair students, have them re-­‐read the passage and begin their Helping Hand essay. Social Studies, literacy across the curriculum, ELA Page 12: Instructions for Helping Hand Paragraph on Mittens. ELA, literacy across the curriculum Page 13: Helping Hand Paragraph Template. ELA, literacy across the curriculum Page 14-­‐15: Mitten Writing Template for students to recopy their Mitten essays and decorate for display. Page 17-­‐18: Snowman Math: Addition number sentences. Pages 19-­‐21: Differentiated Passages. The passages, Mittens (page 11) and Snowflake Science (page 8) are re-­‐written to be easier for struggling readers and English Learners to read and comprehend. Page 22-­‐23: A Flurry of Math – Math Game. Math
60 March Themed Daily Reading and Writing Warm-Ups 4th-6th Grades
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60 March Themed Daily Reading and Writing Warm-Ups 4th-6th Grades

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Bring in March with 20 original nonfiction March-themed Reading and Writing Warm-ups for Fifth Graders. Each passage is written at three levels: above grade level, at grade level and below grade level. Sixty passages in all. Why Reading and Writing Warm‐Ups? Adding just one daily Reading and Writing Warm‐Up to your schedule takes less than ten minutes a day, promotes the higher order thinking skills necessary of today’s student and helps build reading fluency and comprehension skills. Aligned with the Common Core State Standards, these passages help promote literacy in all subjects, while providing opportunities for higher order thinking and reasoning. A reading, Common Core and Bloom’s Taxonomy boost all in one ten minute a day assignment. Passages are written to promote vocabulary acquisition. Content vocabulary repeats allowing readers to familiarize themselves with the same word in different sentences. Students learn to write by writing, every day…sentences, paragraphs, essays and stories. Students also learn to read fluently and across the curriculum by reading every day…take an extra ten minutes a day to promote that proficiency.
The Brothers' Grimm Interactive Reader 1 and PowerPoints: Hans in Luck and The Golden Bird
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The Brothers' Grimm Interactive Reader 1 and PowerPoints: Hans in Luck and The Golden Bird

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This workbook is designed to cover one-quarter of the Common Core State Standards in English for the 9 and 10th grades. The writing requirements should be used to teach and emphasize all of the Common Core State Standards for Language - as proper grammar usage must be relevant and applicable to real world settings. This unit is perfect to teach the short fairy tales of the Brothers’ Grimm – Hans in Luck and The Golden Bird. This unit contains a 37-page Interactive Reader – with lessons, quizzes, project-based learning opportunities and more plus 2 PowerPoints – one for the Golden Bird and one for Hans in Luck. Table of Contents The Golden Bird page 5 Theme CCSS 9-10 RL.2 page 11 Character Analysis CCSS 9-10 RL.3 page 12 Author’s Choice n Text Structuring CCSS 9-10 RL.4/5 page 13 Digging Deeper: Critical Thinking for 21st Century page 14 Summary Writing CCSS 9-10 W.4/5 page 15 PBL: Multimedia Project page 16 Who Were the Grimm Brothers? Information Text (RI.2) page 17 Hans in Luck page 18 Literary Devices CCSS 9-10 RL.6 page 23 Multi-Media Comparison CCSS 9-10 RL.7 page 25 Writing Arguments CCSS 9-10 W.1 page 26 Non-Fiction: Around the World 1812ish CCSS 9-10 RI.2/7 page 27 PBL CCSS.W1 and W.7 and RH.2 and RH.3 Appendix page 29 Writing Rubric page 30 Critical Response Rubric page 31 References page 32
Dealing With the December Dilemma: December Lessons for the 21st Century
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Dealing With the December Dilemma: December Lessons for the 21st Century

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Counter the December Dilemma with rich lessons and links on Christmas, the Native American Miwok Big Time Festival, Ramadan, Hanukkah, Christmas, traditions and holidays in general in a culturally competent context. Also included: an original story about a group of children who combine their holidays into one that focuses on the central themes of all: peace, good will to men and hope. Table of Contents #1 Countering the December Dilemma Photos for Brainstorm – Fourth of July #3 Miwok Big Time #4 Student Page: Indian Grinding Rock #5 Photo for Indian Grinding Rock Activity #6 Student Page: Chaw’se #7 Student Page: Miwok Roundhouse #8 Hanukkah #9 Student Page: The Dreidel #10 Student Page: Make a Dreidel #11 Ramadan #12 Student Page: Ramadan #13 Student Page: Good Deed Quilt #14 Kwanzaa #15 Student Page: Kwanzaa #16: Christmas #17 Student Page: The Origin of the Christmas Tree #18 Student Page: My Christmas Tree Origin Story #19: Student Page: Traditions I Do #20 Student Page: My Traditions Comic Strip #21 Holiday RAFT Assignment #22 What is a R.A.F.T.? #23 RAFT Rubric #24 My Investigation #25 Holiday Cutouts for My Investigation #26 Holiday Cutouts for My Investigation #27 Kwanmisadomakuh Big Time: Literature Unit Original Illustrated Story Common Core Aligned Literature Study Worksheets
Name 4
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Name 4

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Can you Name 4 states that begin with the letter "S" in 30 seconds? Can you Name 4 types of precipitation? Can you Name 4 parts of the sun? Engaging game for the entire class, as a,center activity, or for partner play. The premise is simple – a team or student draws a card and answers the question by naming four. Questions based on information students need to know for school success in 5th Grade. There are: 81 – History/Social Studies Cards 45 – Science Cards 63- Math Cards 45 – English/Language Arts Cards
Boggle - Winter Word Search Game
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Boggle - Winter Word Search Game

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Winter themed Boogle Word Search. Goes great with my Waiting for Winter -- Snowflake Science lesson! 41 cards in all. Students love this fast-paced game for work student and spelling and reading reinforcement. Word Seek -- Boggle is great for whole class or partner play, early finishers, literacy centers, bell ringers and warm-ups. Boggle can even be given as homework. The rules are easy: • Players have three minutes to find as many words as they can on a 3 x 3 • grid. • Players have four minutes to find as many words as they can on 3 x 4 and 4 x 4 grids. Players have five minutes to find as many words on a 5 x 5 grid Word letters must be adjoining in a chain. (Letters in the chain may be adjacent horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Words must contain at least three letters. Scoring: The first two letters of each word do not count for score. Each player gets 1 point for each letter after the second. For example: • won = 1 point • come = 2 points • change = 3 points Word Seek is great for partner play, early finishers, literacy centers, bell ringers and warm-ups.
Choose Your Own Government Structure – PBL Unit
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Choose Your Own Government Structure – PBL Unit

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This is a 37-page Project-Based Learning Unit were student work cooperatively and independently to create their own government. This unit fosters 21st Century Learning Skills, is aligned with the Common Core State Standards and culminates in students deciding on a classroom government structure. In this unit students will learn The Basic Forms of Government How to Research and Create a Video How to Storyboard How to Discern Creditable Information from the Internet Research and Inquiry Skills Writing Process Skills How to think critically Technology Skills Cooperation Communication Table of Contents Project Explanation “The Ruling Class Project” page 4 “Who Rules” Student Worksheet page 5 “Before You Begin” Browsing the Web Worksheet pages 6-7 “Where are They?” Internet Search Practice Sheet on Various Governments – Then and Now pages 8—11 “Types of Government” Worksheet with explanations on Autocracy, Democracy, Theocracy, Oligarchy, Totalitarian, Dictatorship and Anarchy pages 12-14 Student Reference and Internet Resources Page page 15 “Our Classroom Government” Worksheet page 16 Create a Public Service Announcement Standards and Student Outcome Page page 17 PSA Checklist and Student/Teacher Monitoring Notes page 18 “My Classroom Government Planning Sheet” Worksheet page 19 “Research Template” and Fact Sheet Citation Page page 20 Public Service Announcement Script Outline Page 21 Script or Screenplay Writing 101 – A Quick and Dirty Guide to a Screenplay Page 22-23 Storyboard Information Sheet that Can Be Used as a Close Reading Assignment Page 24 “Storyboard Template” – Copy Multiple for Each Student Page 25 “Now What?” Instructions on What to Do Next Page 26 “Was I Convinced” Peer PSA Video Watching Review – Multiple for Each Student Page 27 “Name That Government Type” Group Quiz Page 28 “PSA Self-Reflection Sheet” Page 29 Answer Sheets Page 30-37
Jouanah: The Hmong Cinderella Book Unit -- CCSS Aligned
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Jouanah: The Hmong Cinderella Book Unit -- CCSS Aligned

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This No Prep Book Unit is based on “Jouanah: The Hmong Cinderella” and contains 36-pages of interactive, cross-curricular and engaging activities -- all standards-aligned. This print-and-go unit contains interactive journal pages, a review of Cinderella Elements, essays, social studies assignments, quizzes and a whole lot more. Differentiated for use with the whole class. Table of Contents #1: About Jouanah…In My Opinion #2: Jouanah Story Connectors #3: Story Characters – Jouanah #4: Jouanah Grammar Fix #5: Sentence Sorting – Cinderella #6: Jouanah Sentence Sorting #7: From Sentence Sorting to Essay Writing #8: Jouanah Dictionary Skills Activity #9: Comprehension Quiz for Jouanah: The Hmong Cinderella #10: Questions Along the Way #11: About: Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella: In My Opinion… #12: Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella: Constructed Response #12 #13: Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella -- Character Conflicts #14: Quick Write Compare and Contrast #15: About the Author #16: Story Summary #17: Character Changes #18 Text to Text: Connection Fiction Texts #19: My Thoughts While Reading Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella #20: Inferring Character Feelings #21: Cause and Effect #22: Compare and Contrast Cinderella and Jouanah #23: Think, Question and Analyze #24: Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella Report Card #25: Jouanah: A Hmong Cinderella Book Review #26: Lights, Camera, Action
FREE! Print-and-Go Reader: Grades 5-8  Disneyland Resort Pirates SPaG, Non-Fiction, CCSS, Centers
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FREE! Print-and-Go Reader: Grades 5-8 Disneyland Resort Pirates SPaG, Non-Fiction, CCSS, Centers

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Print-and-Go Readers – Grades 5-8 – is a series of English Language Arts lessons that allows students to incorporate engaging and essential ELA themes and standards while learning about fun places to visit. Perfect for centers, early finishers, ESL, intervention, whole class, SPaG and more. High interest, engaging content. Disneyland Resort Pirates, Pirates, Pirates– contains 14 print and go pages of activities that include: fluency practice, comprehension, word play, informational text, grammar, study and more. Perfect for whole class, groups, pairs, intervention, centers and more. Use with the entire Journey series for a comprehensive fifth grade program. Works for summer school as well. • Fourteen pages in color and also in black and white for printing ease • Great for students learning English • Great for early finishers • Work in pairs for intervention Students practice reading, writing, grammar, critical thinking and 21st century skills • Access their creativity • Learn new words • Learn about new places Table of Contents 2. Fluency 3. Comprehension Assessment 4. Grammar: Contraction Practice and Adjective and Alliteration Practice 5. Pronouns 6. Words, Words, Words 7 and 8. Vocabulary practice 9. Figurative Language: Metaphors 10. Grammar: Proof reading practice 11. Sentences and Personification 12 -13. Sentence Writing Practice 14. Answers