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 bundle of 6 products (Lesson Plans) is perfect for teaching Information Texts - Description, Sequence, Problem-Solution, Compare-Contrast and Cause-Effect. 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 Lesson Plans on:
Sequence - 19 Pages
Description - 19 Pages
Cause-Effect - 18 Pages
Problem-Solution - 26 Pages
Compare-Contrast - 17 Pages
Information Text - 23 Pages
◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈
Save 50% on this BUNDLE!
Note: These are also sold separately!
◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈
More Information Text Bundles by the same Author:
Google Slides: 6 Presentations
PowerPoint Presentations: 6 Lessons
Unit Lesson Plans: 6 Units
Worksheets with Answers: 6 Sets
Scaffolding Notes: 6 Sets
“Harry” by Rosemary Timperley offers a captivating tale that engages readers while providing ample opportunities to enhance their reading comprehension skills. By analysing the author’s intent, exploring language use, and examining structural devices and elements of fiction, students will gain a deeper understanding of the story’s themes and messages. Through this comprehensive resource, students will develop essential reading comprehension skills and cultivate a love for analysing literature.
After attempting these activities, your students will be able to:
Retrieval: Locate and extract specific information from the text.
Author’s Intent: Unveil the author’s purpose and intended message.
Author’s use of Language: Dig into the author’s masterful manipulation of language.
Structural Devices: Examine the text’s structural elements and narrative techniques.
Elements of Fiction: Investigate the fictional aspects of the story.
Simple Inference: Make logical connections and draw conclusions based on explicit information within the text.
Complex Inference: Delve deeper into implicit messages conveyed in the text.
Figurative Language: Explore the figurative language techniques employed by the author.
Language Analysis: Analyse the author’s use of language.
This bundle includes:
Scaffolding Notes: 20 Handouts
Worksheets with answers: 40 Exercises
Unit Lesson Plan: 52 Pages
PowerPoint Presentation: 55 Slides
Google Slides: 40 Slides
◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈
Save 30% on this BUNDLE!
Note: These are also sold separately!
◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈
This Unit Lesson Plan is perfect for teaching Adjective Order – Number, Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material, Purpose. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these challenging exercises that are well-designed for student engagement.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
To recognise and recall categories of adjectives.
To describe and explain rules for placing adjectives in order.
To use rules of placing adjectives in order.
To draw links between attributes of adjectives.
To justify the right use of adjectives in order.
To produce descriptions placing adjectives in order.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Boom Cards students will be able to:
List the attributes (number, opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose) of adjectives.
Identify rules followed for placing adjectives in order to describe a noun.
Place adjectives in NOSASCOMP order to modify nouns.
Arrange the adjectives in a particular order to emphasise their position and function.
Identify the errors to ensure the correct order of adjectives.
Use adjectives in NOSASCOMP order to describe nouns.
These Worksheets with Answer Key are perfect for teaching Adjective Order – Number, Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material, Purpose. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these challenging exercises that are well-planned for student engagement.
This download includes:
EXERCISE 1: Nouns and Adjectives Game
EXERCISE 2: Watch the video – Adjective Order
to list the correct adjective order with description and examples.
to arrange the following adjectives in ‘NOSASCOMP’ order for nouns given in the brackets.
to rearrange the adjectives to make a good sentences.
EXERCISE 3: Identify the examples for each of the rules followed in placing adjectives in order.
EXERCISE 4: Place the adjectives given in the NOSASCOMP order.
EXERCISE 5: Place the adjectives given into the correct category to describe the nouns given.
EXERCISE 6: Place the adjectives given below in the correct order to complete the sentences.
EXERCISE 7: Choose the option that has the correct order of adjectives to describe the nouns in the images.
EXERCISE 8: Place the adjectives given in the correct order to complete the sentences.
EXERCISE 9: Choose the correct order of adjectives to fill in each blank.
EXERCISE 10: Place the adjectives in the correct order.
EXERCISE 11: Identify the errors in the use of adjectives in order.
EXERCISE 12: Name the noun in each image and describe it using three adjectives (3A) in a row. Follow the adjective order (NOSASCOMP).
EXERCISE 13: Answer the following questions using adjectives (3A) in order.
EXERCISE 14: Describe the nouns in the images using the adjective order (NOSASCOMP). Provide adjectives for all the attributes.
EXERCISE 15: Attempt any one of the activities to demonstrate your mastery in using adjective order in writing.
EXERCISE 16: Complete these sentence using the correct order of the adjectives.
EXERCISE 17: Choose the correct order of adjectives.
EXERCISE 18: Identify the adjectives in order and state their attributes.
This compact review of Adjective Order for quick referencing is perfect for teaching how to place adjectives in a particular order. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
To recognise and recall categories of adjectives.
To describe and explain rules for placing adjectives in order.
To use rules of placing adjectives in order.
To draw links between attributes of adjectives.
To justify the right use of adjectives in order.
To produce descriptions placing adjectives in order.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Boom Cards students will be able to:
List the attributes (number, opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose) of adjectives.
Identify rules followed for placing adjectives in order to describe a noun.
Place adjectives in NOSASCOMP order to modify nouns.
Arrange the adjectives in a particular order to emphasise their position and function.
Identify the errors to ensure the correct order of adjectives.
Use adjectives in NOSASCOMP order to describe nouns.
This download includes:
SN 1: Nouns and Adjectives Game
SN 2: Adjective Order Attributes
SN 3: Adjective Order Rules
SN 4: List of Adjectives in Order
SN 5: 9 Adjectives in Order as Noun Descriptors
SN 6: 6-7 Adjectives in Order as Noun Descriptors
SN 7: 3 Adjectives in Order as Noun Descriptors
SN 8: 9 Adjectives in Order as Noun Types Descriptors
SN 9: Rubrics
These Worksheets are perfect for teaching Spelling – Words Ending -able and -ible. 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:
Add the suffix -ible or -able to make an adjective.
Identify the correct spelling of adjectives using the suffix -able or -ible.
Spell adjectives that end in suffix -able or -ible.
Use the suffix -able or -ible to form adjectives and use verbs as clues to the meaning of adjectives.
Exercise error identification to assess the correct use of suffix -able or -ible to form adjectives.
Use adjectives that end in suffixes -able and -ible in writing.
This download includes:
EXERCISE 1: Give examples for adjectives made by adding suffix -able to verbs.
EXERCISE 2: Give examples for adjectives made by adding suffix -ible to verbs.
EXERCISE 3: Add a correct suffix: -able or -ible to the stem to complete the adjective.
EXERCISE 4: Choose a correct suffix (-able or -ible) to fill each of the blanks.
EXERCISE 5: Choose a correctly spelled adjective that ends in –able or –ible suffix to fill each of the blanks.
EXERCISE 6: Choose a correctly spelled synonymous adjective that ends in suffix -able or –ible to fill each of the blanks.
EXERCISE 7: Identify the spelling changes that occur when adding a suffix -able or -ible to verbs in forming an adjectives.
EXERCISE 8: Identify the spelling changes that occur when adding a suffix -able to existing words.
EXERCISE 9: Identify the verbs that take only the suffix -able.
EXERCISE 10: Identify the verbs that take only the suffix -ible.
EXERCISE 11: Identify the spelling rules applied in changing the verbs into adjectives.
EXERCISE 12: Choose the right option that gives the meaning of -able or -ible word - a or b – to fill in the blank.
EXERCISE 13: Exercise error identification to correct the inappropriate use of suffix in forming adjectives.
EXERCISE 14: Exercise error identification to assess the correct use of suffixes: -able or –ible – Part 1 and 2.
EXERCISE 15: Use adjectives that end in suffixes -able and -ible in writing.
EXERCISE 16: Change each verb to an adjective that ends in -able.
EXERCISE 17: Change each verb to an adjective that ends in -ible.
These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Spelling – Words Ending -able and -ible. 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:
Add the suffix -ible or -able to make an adjective.
Identify the correct spelling of adjectives using the suffix -able or -ible.
Spell adjectives that end in suffix -able or -ible.
Use the suffix -able or -ible to form adjectives and use verbs as clues to the meaning of adjectives.
Exercise error identification to assess the correct use of suffix -able or -ible to form adjectives.
Use adjectives that end in suffixes -able and -ible in writing.
This download includes:
EXERCISE 1: Give examples for adjectives made by adding suffix -able to verbs.
EXERCISE 2: Give examples for adjectives made by adding suffix -ible to verbs.
EXERCISE 3: Add a correct suffix: -able or -ible to the stem to complete the adjective.
EXERCISE 4: Choose a correct suffix (-able or -ible) to fill each of the blanks.
EXERCISE 5: Choose a correctly spelled adjective that ends in –able or –ible suffix to fill each of the blanks.
EXERCISE 6: Choose a correctly spelled synonymous adjective that ends in suffix -able or –ible to fill each of the blanks.
EXERCISE 7: Identify the spelling changes that occur when adding a suffix -able or -ible to verbs in forming an adjectives.
EXERCISE 8: Identify the spelling changes that occur when adding a suffix -able to existing words.
EXERCISE 9: Identify the verbs that take only the suffix -able.
EXERCISE 10: Identify the verbs that take only the suffix -ible.
EXERCISE 11: Identify the spelling rules applied in changing the verbs into adjectives.
EXERCISE 12: Choose the right option that gives the meaning of -able or -ible word - a or b – to fill in the blank.
EXERCISE 13: Exercise error identification to correct the inappropriate use of suffix in forming adjectives.
EXERCISE 14: Exercise error identification to assess the correct use of suffixes: -able or –ible – Part 1 and 2.
EXERCISE 15: Use adjectives that end in suffixes -able and -ible in writing.
EXERCISE 16: Change each verb to an adjective that ends in -able.
EXERCISE 17: Change each verb to an adjective that ends in -ible.
This Unit Lesson Plan is perfect for teaching Parts of Speech - 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 exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to:
Identify the correct definition for a range of word classes.
Identify the correct word class of words in the context of a sentence.
Apply existing knowledge of word classes to complete a sentence.
Construct a sentence using vocabulary from a specific word class.
Exercise error identification to identify common mistakes made in using parts of speech.
Use different word classes to create different meanings in different contexts.
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 Worksheets are perfect for teaching Description - Reading and Writing. 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:
Identify the descriptive vocabulary and the emotive language used in a description.
Identify the figurative language used in a description.
Apply existing knowledge to describe the real situations.
Use descriptive techniques to plan a sample description.
Use PQP or TAG technique to evaluate a description.
Use descriptive techniques to write a well-structured description.
This download includes:
EXERCISE 1: Match the terms (1-14) with their meaning (A-N).
EXERCISE 2: Identify the adjectives, adverbs and sensory imagery (visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile and gustatory) used in the following description.
EXERCISE 3: Identify the comparison devices (simile, metaphor, personification and hyperbole) and sound devices (onomatopoeia, alliteration, internal rhyme and repletion) used in the following description.
EXERCISE 4: Create word images with the given phrases. Make sure you show and not just tell.
EXERCISE 5: Use the given adjectives to describe the nouns in the pictures.
EXERCISE 6: Use the given adverbs to describe the action in the pictures. Follow the instructions.
EXERCISE 7: Describe the following images to create word-images. Follow the instructions and use the given descriptors.
EXERCISE 8: Use comparison devices to describe the following images. Follow the instructions given below.
EXERCISE 9: Use sound devices to describe the following images. Follow the instructions given below.
EXERCISE 10: Answer the following questions to demonstrate your knowledge of description.
EXERCISE 11: Plan a sample description of a noun – a place – a beach. Use the following planning frame.
EXERCISE 12: Use the following descriptive vocabulary to describe all that you see, hear, feel, taste and smell at the beach.
EXERCISE 13: Frame sentences using selected descriptive vocabulary and the sample plan to make a first draft.
EXERCISE 14: Use the PQP technique to evaluate the following description.
EXERCISE 15: Use the TAG technique to evaluate the following description.
EXERCISE 16: Make a final draft of the planned description of a noun – a place – a beach. Use the following descriptive structure.
EXERCISE 17: Use your knowledge of DESCRIPTION to write on any one of the following.
This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Description - Reading and Writing. 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:
Identify the descriptive vocabulary and the emotive language used in a description.
Identify the figurative language used in a description.
Apply existing knowledge to describe the real situations.
Use descriptive techniques to plan a sample description.
Use PQP or TAG technique to evaluate a description.
Use descriptive techniques to write a well-structured description.
This download includes:
EXERCISE 1: Match the terms (1-14) with their meaning (A-N).
EXERCISE 2: Identify the adjectives, adverbs and sensory imagery (visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile and gustatory) used in the following description.
EXERCISE 3: Identify the comparison devices (simile, metaphor, personification and hyperbole) and sound devices (onomatopoeia, alliteration, internal rhyme and repletion) used in the following description.
EXERCISE 4: Create word images with the given phrases. Make sure you show and not just tell.
EXERCISE 5: Use the given adjectives to describe the nouns in the pictures.
EXERCISE 6: Use the given adverbs to describe the action in the pictures. Follow the instructions.
EXERCISE 7: Describe the following images to create word-images. Follow the instructions and use the given descriptors.
EXERCISE 8: Use comparison devices to describe the following images. Follow the instructions given below.
EXERCISE 9: Use sound devices to describe the following images. Follow the instructions given below.
EXERCISE 10: Answer the following questions to demonstrate your knowledge of description.
EXERCISE 11: Plan a sample description of a noun – a place – a beach. Use the following planning frame.
EXERCISE 12: Use the following descriptive vocabulary to describe all that you see, hear, feel, taste and smell at the beach.
EXERCISE 13: Frame sentences using selected descriptive vocabulary and the sample plan to make a first draft.
EXERCISE 14: Use the PQP technique to evaluate the following description.
EXERCISE 15: Use the TAG technique to evaluate the following description.
EXERCISE 16: Make a final draft of the planned description of a noun – a place – a beach. Use the following descriptive structure.
EXERCISE 17: Use your knowledge of DESCRIPTION to write on any one of the following.
RUBRICS: Description Checklist and Rubrics.
This Unit Lesson Plan is perfect for teaching Persuasion - Reading and Writing. 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:
Identify the elements of a persuasive structure.
List down the language techniques employed in a persuasion.
Identify the features of a persuasion.
Follow persuasive techniques to plan a sample persuasion.
Follow PQP or TAG technique to evaluate a persuasion.
Follow persuasive techniques to write a well-structured persuasion.
This download includes:
EXERCISE 1: Read the following persuasion and identify the structural elements.
EXERCISE 2: Identify the sentences that show the elements of a persuasive structure.
EXERCISE 3: Read the following persuasion and list down the persuasive language techniques.
EXERCISE 4: Identify the sentences that show author’s use of persuasive language techniques.
EXERCISE 5: Use your persuasive techniques to convince your customers and sell the products shown in the pictures.
EXERCISE 6: Answer the following questions to demonstrate your knowledge of persuasion.
EXERCISE 7: In the following paragraphs, a claim, evidence and result is given. Select a topic sentence that best introduces the paragraph.
EXERCISE 8: Select a headline that best matches the paragraph.
EXERCISE 9: Follow the graphic organiser to plan your persuasion about bullying.
EXERCISE 10: Follow the persuasive structure to organise first draft of your persuasion.
EXERCISE 11: Follow the PQP technique to review other’s work with constructive feedback.
EXERCISE 12: Follow the TAG technique to review other’s work with constructive feedback.
EXERCISE 13: Follow the persuasive prompt to write the final draft of your persuasion.
EXERCISE 14: Read the final draft of your persuasion and identify the features.
EXERCISE 15: Identify the sentences that show the elements of a persuasive structure and language techniques.
EXERCISE 16: Demonstrate your knowledge of PERSUASIVE WRITING by attempting any one of the following tasks.
RUBRICS: Persuasive Writing
EXERCISE 17: Read the persuasive paragraph, “The Importance of Music Education” and identify the persuasive structure.
These bundled resources are perfect for teaching Spelling – Shun Sounding Suffixes – Words Ending in -cian, -sion and -tion. These no prep activities would be great for English lessons or English centers. Your students will love these ELA Boom Cards, Google Slides, PPT, Worksheets with Answers and Scaffolding Notes.
After completing this unit students will be able to:
Give examples for nouns made by adding shun sounding suffixes: -cian, -sion and -tion to base words.
Choose a correct noun that ends in shun sounding suffix (-cian, -sion or –tion) to fill each of the blanks.
Identify the spelling rules applied in changing the base words into shun sounding nouns.
Use the shun sounding suffixes (-cian, -sion or -tion) to form words and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words.
Exercise error identification to assess the correct use of shun sounding suffixes: -cian, -sion and -tion.
Create new word patterns with words ending in shun sounding suffixes: -cian, -sion and -tion to use in writing.
This download includes:
Scaffolding Notes: 7 Handouts
Worksheets with Answers: 13 Exercises
PowerPoint Presentation: 20 Slides
Google Slides: 20 Slides
Boom Cards: 53 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
◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈
Save 50% on this BUNDLE!
Note: These are also sold separately!
◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈
These Worksheets are perfect for teaching Spelling – Shun Sounding Suffixes – Words Ending in -cian, -sion and -tion. 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:
Give examples for nouns made by adding shun sounding suffixes: -cian, -sion and -tion to base words.
Choose a correct noun that ends in shun sounding suffix (-cian, -sion or –tion) to fill each of the blanks.
Identify the spelling rules applied in changing the base words into shun sounding nouns.
Use the shun sounding suffixes (-cian, -sion or -tion) to form words and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words.
Exercise error identification to assess the correct use of shun sounding suffixes: -cian, -sion and -tion.
Create new word patterns with words ending in shun sounding suffixes: -cian, -sion and -tion to use in writing.
This download includes:
EXERCISE 1: Give examples for nouns (jobs, hobbies, skills) made by adding a shun sounding suffix -cian to base words.
EXERCISE 2: Give examples for nouns made by adding a shun sounding suffix –sion to verbs.
EXERCISE 3: Give examples to nouns made by adding a shun sounding suffix –tion to verbs.
EXERCISE 4: Add the correct shun sounding suffixes: -cian, -sion or -tion to the stems to complete the words.
EXERCISE 5: Choose a correct shun sounding suffix (-cian, -sion or –tion) to fill each of the blanks.
EXERCISE 6: Choose a correct noun that ends in shun sounding suffix (-cian, -sion or –tion) to fill each of the blanks.
EXERCISE 7: Identify the spelling rules applied in changing the base words into shun sounding nouns – Part 1 and 2.
EXERCISE 8: Use the shun sounding suffixes (-cian, -sion or -tion) to form words and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words – Part 1 and 2.
EXERCISE 9: Exercise error identification to assess the correct use of shun sounding suffixes: -cian, -sion and -tion in forming new words – Part 1 to 3.
EXERCISE 10: Create new word patterns with words ending in shun sounding suffixes: -cian, -sion and -tion to use in writing.
EXERCISE 11: Change each root word to a noun that ends in shun sound –cian.
EXERCISE 12: Change each verb to a noun that ends in shun sound –tion.
EXERCISE 13: Change each verb to a noun that ends in shun sound –sion.
This Unit Lesson Plan is perfect for teaching Reading and Writing of Argumentation. 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:
Identify the components of the structure of an argumentation.
Identify the rhetorical strategies, language techniques and figurative language employed in an argumentation.
Identify the features of an argumentation.
Follow the structure and strategies to plan a sample argumentation.
Follow a checklist to peer-check a structured argumentation.
Follow the structure and strategies to write a well-structured argumentation.
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 PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Reading Comprehension through a Short Story - The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde. 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
This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Reading Skills through a Narrative Poetry - The Song of Hiawatha. 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:
Find the meaning of challenging words and expressions in the poem.
Identify the key ideas of the poem.
Use textual clues to answer the retrieval and inferential questions.
Analyse the poem to find its poetry elements – genre, message, tone, context, perspective, point of view, structure, rhyme scheme, purpose and metre.
Evaluate the poet’s use of personification, hyperbole, imagery, repetition, alliteration and onomatopoeia.
Write a summary, make a character description, explain the reader impact of figurative language and create a critical appreciation of the poem.
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 worksheets are perfect for teaching Reading Skills through a Narrative Poetry - The Song of Hiawatha by H. W. Longfellow. 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.
This Download Includes:
EXERCISE 1: Match the words (1-14) with their meanings (A-N).
EXERCISE 2: Match the adjectives (1-8) with the words they describe (A-H) in the poem.
EXERCISE 3: Look at the sentence structure in the poem. Sometimes the poet changes the order of the words in a sentence so that something important appears as the first word. Match the sentences (1-4) with their correct word order (A-B).
EXERCISE 4: Read the sentences about the poem and decide if they are true or false.
EXERCISE 5: What does Hiawatha learn about his “Chickens” and “Brothers”? Complete these sentences with the given words.
EXERCISE 6: Answer the following retrieval questions.
EXERCISE 7: Answer the following inferential questions.
EXERCISE 8: Follow the specified criteria to identify the poetry elements of the poem.
EXERCISE 9: Answer the following questions to demonstrate your knowledge of poetry elements – Part 1-3.
EXERCISE 10: Follow PEE model to evaluate the poet’s use of personification and hyperbole in the poem.
EXERCISE 11: Follow PEE model to evaluate the poet’s use of imagery in the poem.
EXERCISE 12: Answer the questions to check your understanding of the figurative language used in the poem.
EXERCISE 13: Follow PEE model to evaluate the poet’s use of repletion, alliteration and onomatopoeia in the poem.
EXERCISE 14: Answer the questions to check your understanding of the sound poetic devices used in the poem.
EXERCISE 15: Briefly summarise the meaning of the poem.
EXERCISE 16: Follow the characterisation guide to describe the character of Nokomis, based on what you learn in the poem.
EXERCISE 17: Follow the prompt to make a critical appreciation of the poem.
EXERCISE 18: Follow the PEEL model to explain the reader impact of the use of personification in the poem.
EXERCISE 19: Follow the PEEL model to explain the reader impact of the use of hyperbole in the poem.
EXERCISE 20: Follow the PEEL model to explain the reader impact of the use of imagery in the poem.
EXERCISE 21: Follow the PEEL model to explain the reader impact of the use of sound poetic device in the poem.
These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Reading Skills through a Narrative Poetry - The Giantess by Carol Ann Duffy. 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 challenging words and expressions in the poem.
Identify the key ideas of the poem.
Use textual clues to answer the retrieval and inferential questions.
Analyse the poem to find its poetry elements – genre, message, tone, context, perspective, point of view, structure, rhyme scheme, purpose and metre.
Evaluate the poet’s use of personification, hyperbole, imagery, repetition, alliteration and onomatopoeia.
Write a summary, make a character description, explain the reader impact of figurative language and create a critical appreciation of the poem.
This Download Includes:
EXERCISE 1 - Interpret and verbalise the pictures of metaphors in the poem.
EXERCISE 2 - What do the following expressions mean in the poem?
EXERCISE 3 - Read the poem and briefly summarize the meaning of each stanza:
EXERCISE 4 - Identify the figures of speech in the poem and say how they are used.
EXERCISE 5 - Identify the poetry elements of the poem.
EXERCISE 6 - Answer the figurative language questions.
EXERCISE 7 - Answer the questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension (Part 1).
EXERCISE 8 - Demonstrate the mastery of comprehension by answering given questions. Follow the rubrics.
EXERCISE 9 - Answer the questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension (Part 2).
EXERCISE 10 - Answer the questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension (Part 3).
EXERCISE 11 - Select the best option that answers the question on comprehension (Part 1).
EXERCISE 12 - Select the best option that answers the question on comprehension (Part 2).
EXERCISE 13 - Select the best option that answers the question on comprehension (Part 3).
EXERCISE 14 - Match the giantess tools with the verbs and the household tools they refer to in the poem.
EXERCISE 15 - Tabulate the jobs assigned, relationships assured, tools provided, materials used and the payment offered to the seven girls in the poem.
A unit presentation on poetry comprehension for 6 sessions on teaching and learning of the poem, “Geography Lesson” by Brian Patten based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy.
This download includes:
RUBRICS: Poem Comprehension Rubrics
POEM: Geography Lesson by Brian Patten
EXERCISE 1: Match the meanings (A-N) with the expressions (1-14) they refer to.
EXERCISE 2: Find the meaning of certain expressions: words and phrases in the poem.
EXERCISE 3: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the poem.
EXERCISE 4: Read the poem and briefly summarize the meaning of each stanza:
EXERCISE 5: Determine the central idea of the poem and analyse its development.
EXERCISE 6: Identify the poet’s use of contrasting images to highlight the difference between the teacher’s reality and the places he longs to visit.
EXERCISE 7: Answer the characterization questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension.
EXERCISE 8: Identity what the poem says both explicitly and implicitly with inferences drawn from it.
EXERCISE 9: Use the specified criteria to find poetry elements of the poem.
EXERCISE 10: Analyse the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.
EXERCISE 11: Answer the questions to check your understanding of poetry elements.
EXERCISE 12: Identify the figures of speech employed in the poem.
EXERCISE 13: Answer the questions to check your understanding of the figures of speech used in the poem.
EXERCISE 14: Determine the figurative meanings of the words and phrases in the poem.
EXERCISE 15: Determine the connotative meanings of the words and phrases in the poem.
EXERCISE 16: Use RTC to refer to the context, PEE technique to explain the figurative language used, provide an objective summary and make a critical appreciation of the poem.
EXERCISE 17: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says.
EXERCISE 18: Answer the questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension.
This compact review of Synecdoche and \metonymy for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Figurative Language. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement.
After studying this information students will be able to:
Define synecdoche and metonymy with examples.
State the difference between synecdoche and metonymy.
Examine the examples of synecdoche and metonymy to identify what reference they make.
Interpret a given text and identify the examples of synecdoche and metonymy.
Evaluate a text and explain how synecdoche and metonymy has impact on the reader.
Use synecdoche to make my writing poetic and metonymy to express creatively and concisely.
This download includes:
SN 1: Vocabulary Overview
SN 2: Synecdoche Examples – Parts Representing Whole
SN 3: Synecdoche Examples – Whole Representing Parts
SN 4: Synecdoche Examples – Class Representing Whole
SN 5: Synecdoche Examples – Material Representing Object
SN 6: Metonymy Examples - Sentences
SN 7: Forms of Synecdoche
SN 8: Difference between Synecdoche and Metonymy
SN 9: Examples of Synecdoche – Visuals
SN 10: Examples of Metonymy - Visuals
SN 11: 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