I have taught for 22 years- 11 years at a fabulous high school, 9 years at a phenomenal middle school, plus a few more years elsewhere...I have taught 3rd through 12th grades! Recently, I moved across the country and am now a teacher at the ZOO! Seriously!!
I have taught for 22 years- 11 years at a fabulous high school, 9 years at a phenomenal middle school, plus a few more years elsewhere...I have taught 3rd through 12th grades! Recently, I moved across the country and am now a teacher at the ZOO! Seriously!!
This Literary Terms Match-Up Game is effective, fun, and can be used over and over in the classroom!
Accompanied with an EATS lesson plan and following the Common Core RI.7.4., the "board" gives 28 definitions.
Literary terms included are: Dialogue, Figurative language, Plot Inference, Genre, Suspense, Imagery, Theme, Flashback, Irony,
Effect, Omniscient, Point of View, Fiction, Cause, Paraphrase, Retelling, Conflict, Setting, Climax, Foreshadowing, Predict, Stanza, Tone, Mood, Main idea, Resolution,Character, Drama, Non-fiction, Narration, Onomatopoeia. The answer key is provided not only to make life easier, but to allow students to check their own work.
At the beginning of the year, have students work in groups to match the term to the definition. As the year progresses, use it as a review to see if the students learned the material. Eventually, students will complete the activity individually.
It is a great activity for the end of the year, too. You will be impressed how much the students have learned. What took them 20 minutes at the beginning of the year now takes 5 minutes for many students!
Throughout the year, I use this as a "filler" when the power goes out or a bomb threat is called in (Yes, it happens!) without wasting students' time.
Once, my principal unexpectedly visited my classroom while the students were working on this activity- and he asked if I made this myself. He was impressed. Yay! (The happiness we teachers get from a pat on the back...)
I suggest making copies of the game pieces with colored paper so the words stand out more. (Mine was printed on colored paper- in the picture. Laminating the game board and pieces (hint: BEFORE you cut them apart) is a really good idea as well!
I also print out copies and give at Open House or at conferences. My students' parents were very grateful!
Students learn how to uncover the meaning and how to analyze the role of symbols in literature in this two-day interactive lesson.
The class will discuss literary symbolism using examples on the PowerPoint. There are opportunities within the lesson to brainstorm ideas before students are expected to work individually.
The EATS lesson plan includes an Essential Question, Activating Strategy, Teaching Strategies and an Exit Ticket.
Students will understand how to correctly answer the Essential Question by the end of the second day- because they have been taught the strategies, they have worked collaboratively, they have seen a model answer, and they have worked individually.
This product includes:
• A powerpoint
• A worksheet
• An activity
• An exit ticket
• Assessment
• Answer keys
This lesson covers:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.4 through 11-12.4 (determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL. 8.1 through 11-12.1 Analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text (cite the textual evidence)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL .11-12.6 Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant
This “Puns” lesson comes complete with:
• an EATS lesson plan (including essential question, teaching strategies, etc.)
• a PowerPoint
• a printable worksheet that follows the PowerPoint
• an exit ticket
• an answer sheet
• a bonus worksheet for students to create puns
This lesson provides an explanation of puns and the reasons authors use them. Students will learn to interpret puns through the discussion of the several examples.
In order to focus on CCSS (LITERACY.L.8.5 and L.8.5.A), the Essential Question asks “How can I interpret puns?”
A sample response to this question is included. Students will be able to discuss and critique the response- before they are expected to answer it on their own. I have found providing a sample answer really helps students understand how to respond to the lesson’s exit ticket.
The printable worksheet allows students to follow along with the lesson- and independently work on interpreting puns in literature.
An “Extra Pun Worksheet” is included for further study. Using the list of multiple meaning words and more examples, students can create their own puns!
I hope you enjoy this Puns lesson.
Thank you!
This one page printable is ready for students to fill in. Ten text boxes are provided. Each text box has a blank for the year and lines so that students can fill in a description of the events.
Great for novels, non-fiction, autobiography life lines, history and more!
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Powerpoint, five printable worksheets, and MORE make up this complete lesson for the short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers. I hope you enjoy this Common Core- aligned resource!
This product includes:
—Lesson Plan in EATS format including an activating strategy, teaching strategies, and more.
—Five printable worksheets, which include comprehension questions, figurative language identification, exit tickets, mimic writing and more…
—Answer Keys
—PowerPoint, which includes Essential Questions, a Figurative Language Review, PALS reading strategy, methods of characterization, Essential Question Sample Answer, and more…
--- a thank you freebie
This lesson is Common Core aligned to :
RL.6.6, 7.6, 8.6- Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
RL.6.1, 7.1, 8.1. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
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Students learn the four common text structures: Compare/Contrast, Description, Cause/Effect, and Problem/ Solution.
In this lesson, students learn the definition of text structure- and the difference between it and text features (commonly confused).
This product includes the PowerPoint, an EATS lesson plan, graphic organizer, worksheet and answer key.
Once students are shown several examples, they will practice identifying original paragraphs (created by me) and writing in a text structure format. Students will write their own paragraph using a structure of their choosing. Others will guess which structure they used. Lastly, students will pair up to summarize the lesson.
Students will learn: What clues can I use to determine the text structure of a written piece? and
How do text features and structures help the reader understand what they are reading?
Common Core Standards: RI. 6.5 Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.
Thank you and ENJOY!
Students will follow the PowerPoint to find out what connotation is- and find FOUR STRATEGIES to use to uncover nuances in meaning. This lesson uses task cards, a game, and worksheet to capture students' attention. Check the feedback below.
This product includes:
-- an EATS lesson (with essential question, activating strategy, vocabulary, etc.)
-- two worksheets
-- answer keys
--40 Task Cards for writing a paragraph
--40 more Task Cards for writing a haiku (for others to guess the subject!)
--Match Up GAME
Focus: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5, L.7.5 , L.8.5 and
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.6.5.c, L.7.5.c, L.8.5.c
The class will see examples of writing that are negative and examples that are positive- and learn what shades of meaning are.
The essential question also is the exit ticket. A sample answer is included so students can LEARN the answer. After they have learned the concept, they will be expected to understand and write it.
The task cards are great for individual practice. Students love sharing what they have written.
For differentiated instruction, I have included task cards on Haikus. Students focus on word choice as they write a haiku on a given subject. When complete, they read the haiku to the class and the class will guess their subject.
Example:
Student A reads:
Brown or white mammal
With hooves and tail, she’s lazy.
She provides breakfast.
The class guesses: a cow!
Students enjoy this activity!
There is an additional worksheet included for those who are struggling- and need additional practice. I encourage my students to use the thesaurus if they want.
Thank you!
Brain Breaks for your older students are physical activities that give your students a quick break so they return to the lesson with a better focus.
No prep: Just print and cut
Less than 4 minutes
Easy for Teacher and Students
Stress Reliever
If a few of your students are hesitant to join in, offer to give the best participant one extra point on the current assignment. After the initial motivation, you will notice that students enjoy- and request brain breaks.
Option 1 (SLIDES 4-10) Cut and pass out cards to individual students (four to a page).
Option 2 (SLIDES 11-38) Show the entire class the PowerPoint slide.
There are 28 brain breaks.
Notes**
Cards 1- 21 are for individual student movement.
Card 22 requires 4 paperclips for each student.
Card 23 requires an item for each student such as a pencil or piece of paper.
Cards 24-28 are whole class activities and require teacher interaction.
**You may want to listen to the pronunciation of the word on Card 26 before you begin (the pronunciation is available on Dictionary.com.)
If you have any suggestions, please contact me at luckykroll@hotmail.com.
Thank you! ~Kim
This 9th- 10th grade resource consists of a PowerPoint, a Lesson plan, 3 worksheets and an answer key- everything you need to teach euphemisms and oxymora, based on the Common Core Standards L.9-10.5 and L.9-10.5a.
The PowerPoint discusses euphemisms and oxymora, giving several examples and opportunities for students to participate in discussions. The class will follow along with the lesson by filling in the first two worksheets.
The class will begin with an Activating Strategy and move into a discussion on the obstacles people face while learning English and encountering euphemisms.
Students will pair up and brainstorm euphemisms and oxymora- as well as guess what the illustration on the PowerPoint represents.
Students will be challenged to answer the Essential Questions: How can I uncover the meanings of euphemism and oxymoron? AND How do I analyze the role of euphemism and oxymorons inside of a text?
Differentiated instruction is offered with extra challenges- such as providing the definition of the opposite of euphemism (dysphemism).
Students will be given a chance to review before completing an Exit Ticket.
A third optional worksheet is included for fun- or for extra differentiation, if there is a need for extra practice.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.5a Interpret figures of speech (e.g., euphemism, oxymoron) in context and analyze their role in the text.
Author's Purpose
Inform, Entertain and Persuade: a lesson on Author's Purpose
This PowerPoint was created for my observation/ evaluation. It has a lesson plan and worksheet included.
It is:
*interesting and rigorous
*timed perfectly for a 53-minute class period
*showcases teacher strengths
*uses various activities for high interest
*keeps students involved
This lesson was used during my observation/ evaluation, and my principal LOVED it.
This PPT focuses on the 3 purposes-- inform, entertain and persuade-- giving examples, practice and eventually an Exit Ticket. This presentation was used for 6th and 7th grade, but could work with 5th-12th.
At one point, students can use sign language to silently engage in the lesson. (Principal and students LOVE this part!)
Included with the lesson plan are activities for partners (sorting slips) and individuals (writing). Answer keys are also provided.
I HIGHLY SUGGEST USING THIS ONE-DAY LESSON WHILE GETTING EVALUATED.
Using the Essential Question: How can a reader determine the author’s purpose?, the worksheet allows students to follow along with the PowerPoint smoothly. There are pictures to stimulate interest, along with an easy format for students and teachers, alike.
The Author's Purpose lesson plan follows LFS (Learning Focused Strategies) to include an activating strategy, teaching strategies and summarizing strategies.
The lesson helps students determine the author's purpose as found in the Common Core Standards: "Reading Standards for Informational Text - Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others." This teaches students to look for clues to the author's purpose.
I truly think you will like this one!
Enjoy!
Want to motivate your students with a creative writing prompt?
This set includes tree choices of backgrounds for your students to use as they explain how life will be when they become the President of the United States!
Each is formatted on a single page.
This lesson is on the short story "Miss Awful," by Arthur Cavanaugh. Please make sure you have a copy of the text in your anthology.
✓ This set includes a PowerPoint, 2 Worksheets, Written Response (Essay Prompts), Vocabulary Worksheets, Vocabulary Quiz, Final Test, Exit Tickets, and Answer Keys.
✓ The EATS lesson plan includes: Essential Question, vocabulary, activating strategy, teaching strategies, and an Exit Ticket.
✓ The lesson plan and worksheets are a time-saver. Just print and go! Answer keys are included.
✓ The PowerPoint will help with pacing the lesson (especially if you are getting observed!) and will help students focus on the most important components of the lesson.
I has also answered the essential question (using "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" example) so that students will be able to discuss how to critique an effective response. Teachers can display this sample answer when students are completing the exit ticket.
The Common Core Focus is: CCSS.ELA-RL.6.1/ 7/1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Thank you!
Context Clues Task Cards for High School and Middle School
Secondary students will learn how to determine the meaning of unknown words using the surrounding text. Definition, example, antonym, and details are the 4 strategies used to guess the definition in this NO PREP product.
This NO PREP product uses the 4 strategies of definition, example, antonym, and details.
Included:
-- Preview Activity with 4 sample task cards
-- Preview PowerPoint, with sample answers for discussion
--24 Task Cards with a mystery word and a context clue-filled sentence. Print, cut, and go!
-- Answer Key (in two formats)
-- Bonus: Creating Context Clue-Filled Sentences Directions and Blank Cards
-- Bonus: Creating Context Clue-Filled Sentences 20 Mystery Words with Definitions
The Preview Activity allows students to try their hand at context clues before they are graded. This will be especially useful if this product is not being used immediately after a Context Clues lesson. The four sample cards work as a review to remind students of the four main strategies (definition, example, antonym, and details) for context clues. The class will use the PowerPoint to check their answers and generate a discussion if they have questions.
Task Cards can also be used as Entrance Tickets, Differentiation, Homework, Comprehension Check, Exit Tickets … the possibilities are many!
Simply print and cut. Laminate for years of use.
This is a complete lesson for the short story "After 20 Years" by O. Henry. No prep!
This product includes:
---Lesson Plan in EATS format including an activating strategy, teaching strategies, and more. The focus includes uncovering the theme
---Three printable worksheets, which include comprehension questions, exit ticket, and more…
---Answer Keys
---Powerpoint, which includes Essential Questions, PALS reading strategy, Essential Question Sample Answer, and more…
-- Bonus Freebie PowerPoint of O. Henry. (20 slides of Biographical information)
Included for Differentiation: A Writing Assignment (this is not an in-depth writing assignment, just a suggested culminating activity that is aligned with the Writing Common Core Standards
This lesson is Common Core aligned to :
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
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The powerpoint, worksheets, lesson, and more are aligned with the 7th grade standards for this short story by Gary Soto.
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I have included:
--a 2-day EATS lesson plan with an Essential Question, preview vocabulary, activating strategy, teaching strategies, and a summarizing strategy (Exit Ticket)
-- two worksheets- just print and go!
-- a 24-slide PowerPoint
-- answer keys
-- printable Exit Tickets
-- printable Exit Ticket Sample Answers for student pairs to critique
I have also included the definitions to the vocabulary, a review on the elements of a short story, PowerPoint slides with timers (to keep students focused on discussions), and sample responses to questions (for students to analyze- or use as a model).
This product turns the short story “Mother and Daughter” into an interactive lesson. Make sure you have a copy of the story before buying this product. Due to copyright laws, it is not provided with this purchase.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
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This resource includes the Powerpoint, two- day lesson plan, and two worksheets (Answer Key included) for the short story by Anne McCaffery.
Created to be fully useful, this is a straightforward lesson plan with worksheets that I have found to be very successful with "The Smallest Dragonboy," a short story on courage.
✓ I have included:
-- an EATS lesson plan with an Essential Question, preview vocabulary, activating strategy, teaching strategies and a summarizing strategy (Exit Ticket)
--2 worksheets- Just print and go!
--Answer keys
--PowerPoint
I have also included the lesson plan, worksheet, and sample for PALS reading- as I've found this to be an effective strategy.
This product turns the short story in your book into an interactive lesson.
Note: One slide- the original sample answer (on "The Three Little Pigs")- is the same one featured in my product "Bargain" by A. B. Guthrie.
Thanks so much! ~Kim
If you have the short story “A Day’s Wait” by Ernest Hemingway in your anthology, this lesson is for you.
Included in this resource are: a PowerPoint, lesson plan, and 3 worksheets.
✓ The EATS lesson plan includes: Essential Question, vocabulary, activating strategy, teaching strategies, and an Exit Ticket.
✓ The lesson plan and worksheets are a time-saver. Just print and go! Answer keys are included.
✓ The PowerPoint will help with pacing the lesson (especially if you are getting observed!) and will help students focus on the most important components of the lesson. Indirect and Direct Characterization are discussed.
I have also answered the essential question (using an example for "The Boy Who Cried Wolf") so that students will be able to discuss how to critique an effective response. Display this sample answer when students are completing the exit ticket.
The Common Core Focus is: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
Thank you!
This figurative language (Hyperboles and Paradoxes) lesson includes a PowerPoint, a lesson plan, two worksheets and an Exit Ticket- everything you need to teach hyperbole and paradox.
The PowerPoint discusses hyperbole and paradox, giving several examples and opportunities for students to participate. The class will follow along with the lesson- filling in an individual worksheet.
Common Core Standard L 11-12.5a is the focus.
The class begins with the Essential Question and Activating Strategy. The teacher will discuss the definition and role of hyperbole and paradox. Students will have opportunities to pair up, brainstorm, and work individually.
Differentiated instruction is offered with the Exit Ticket. A second optional worksheet is included for fun- or if there is a need for extra practice.This lesson uses examples from classic literature.
Focus:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.11-12.5a Interpret figures of speech (e.g., hyperbole, paradox) in context and analyze their role in the text.
This Punctuation Lesson, PowerPoint, two worksheets and Answer Key teaches the Common Core standard addressed in L 9-10. 2b : using Colons for introducing a list and quote. Teachers will be able to use this resource to completely teach the concept.
With the PowerPoint, a lecture unfolds to include an activating strategy, teaching strategies and a summarizing strategy.
The worksheet allows students to follow along with the PPT smoothly, while taking notes.
Included are examples and activities for the entire class, partners, and individuals. Answer keys are provided for each activity.