These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Vocabulary – Compound Words. 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. Objectives of this lesson are: To recall the terms associated with compound words. To classify the compound words based on their form, class and pattern. To apply form, class and pattern to recognise compound words. To analyse the use of compound words. To evaluate the use of compound words. To create new patterns of compound words. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: Match the meaning with the terms associated with compound words. Classify the compound words as closed, open and hyphenated. Identify compound words as nouns, verbs and adjectives. Form compound words to use them as nouns, verbs and adjectives. Use error identification to find the correct use of compound words. Use compound words to name nouns, describe actions and modify nouns.

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Vocabulary – Compound Words. 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. Objectives of this lesson are: To recall the terms associated with compound words. To classify the compound words based on their form, class and pattern. To apply form, class and pattern to recognise compound words. To analyse the use of compound words. To evaluate the use of compound words. To create new patterns of compound words. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: Match the meaning with the terms associated with compound words. Classify the compound words as closed, open and hyphenated. Identify compound words as nouns, verbs and adjectives. Form compound words to use them as nouns, verbs and adjectives. Use error identification to find the correct use of compound words. Use compound words to name nouns, describe actions and modify nouns.

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Reading Comprehension – Free-Verse Poetry. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these challenging exercises that are well-designed for student engagement. After attempting these activities, your students will be able to: Give/explain the meaning of words in context. Identify/explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of words and phrases. Retrieve and record information/identify key details from the text. Summarise main ideas from the text. Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning. Make comparisons within the text. Predict what might happen from details stated and implied. Evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader. Make inferences from the text/explain and justify inferences with evidence from the text. 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

These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Reading Skills through a Free-Verse Poetry - Mother to Son by Langston Hughes. 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 activities, your students will be able to: Give/explain the meaning of words in context. Identify/explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of words and phrases. Retrieve and record information/identify key details from the text. Summarise main ideas from the text. Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning. Make comparisons within the text. Predict what might happen from details stated and implied. Evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader. Make inferences from the text/explain and justify inferences with evidence from the text. 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

These Worksheets are perfect for teaching how to write a formal letter. 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. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Watch the video: Knowthe Rules of Formal Letter Writing – and answer the following questions. List the parts of a formal letter in sequence. How to write formal letters? Answer the quiz - questions 1 to 9. EXERCISE 2: Find, list and label the structure and features of a formal letter. EXERCISE 3: Explain author’s use of language, vocabulary and impact of it in a formal letter. EXERCISE 4: Answer the following questions to demonstrate your knowledge of the formal letter on Kahoot. EXERCISE 5: Use the planning frame to arrange a sample formal letter - a letter to the Class Teacher requesting him or her to compel students to complete their homework. EXERCISE 6: Use the template to organise a draft of a sample formal letter - a letter to the Class Teacher requesting him or her to compel students to complete their homework. Use the prompt to write the final draft of a sample formal letter - a letter to the Class Teacher requesting him or her to compel students to complete their homework. EXERCISE 7: Use the checklist and the rubric to evaluate peer work. EXERCISE 8: Write a letter to people unknown following the formal letter format. EXERCISE 9: Write the following formal letters: · Letters of Persuasion · Letters of Request · Letters of Complaint and Response · Letters of Social Business

The teacher resource (Google Slides) is designed to help educators teach children how to read and understand poetry. It includes lesson plans, worksheets, and activities that focus on analysing the structure, language and themes of the poem. By using this resource, teachers can effectively introduce children to the beauty and complexity of poetry and help them develop the skills necessary to become confident and enthusiastic readers of poetry. After attempting these activities, your students will be able to: Give/explain the meaning of words in context. Identify/explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of words and phrases. Retrieve and record information/identify key details from the text. Summarise main ideas from the text. Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning. Make comparisons within the text. Predict what might happen from details stated and implied. Evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader. Make inferences from the text/explain and justify inferences with evidence from the text.

The teacher resource (Google Slides) is designed to help educators teach children how to read and understand poetry. It includes lesson plans, worksheets, and activities that focus on analysing the structure, language and themes of the poem. By using this resource, teachers can effectively introduce children to the beauty and complexity of poetry and help them develop the skills necessary to become confident and enthusiastic readers of poetry. After attempting these activities, your students will be able to: Give/explain the meaning of words in context. Identify/explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of words and phrases. Retrieve and record information/identify key details from the text. Summarise main ideas from the text. Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning. Make comparisons within the text. Predict what might happen from details stated and implied. Evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader. Make inferences from the text/explain and justify inferences with evidence from the text.

The teacher resource (Google Slides) is designed to help educators teach children how to read and understand poetry. It includes lesson plans, worksheets, and activities that focus on analysing the structure, language and themes of the poem. By using this resource, teachers can effectively introduce children to the beauty and complexity of poetry and help them develop the skills necessary to become confident and enthusiastic readers of poetry. After attempting these activities, your students will be able to: Give/explain the meaning of words in context. Identify/explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of words and phrases. Retrieve and record information/identify key details from the text. Summarise main ideas from the text. Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning. Make comparisons within the text. Predict what might happen from details stated and implied. Evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader. Make inferences from the text/explain and justify inferences with evidence from the text.

The teacher resource (Google Slides) is designed to help educators teach children how to read and understand poetry. It includes lesson plans, worksheets, and activities that focus on analysing the structure, language and themes of the poem. By using this resource, teachers can effectively introduce children to the beauty and complexity of poetry and help them develop the skills necessary to become confident and enthusiastic readers of poetry. After attempting these activities, your students will be able to: Give/explain the meaning of words in context. Identify/explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of words and phrases. Retrieve and record information/identify key details from the text. Summarise main ideas from the text. Identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning. Make comparisons within the text. Predict what might happen from details stated and implied. Evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader. Make inferences from the text/explain and justify inferences with evidence from the text.

These google slides are designed to help individuals improve their poetry comprehension skills. Through interactive activities, explanations and examples, learners will explore various elements of poetry such as meter, rhyme and figurative language, and develop their ability to analyse and interpret poems. This download includes: SESSION 1: POETRY ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL APPRECIATION Discussion: Poetry Forms (Scaffold Notes 3) Poetry Structures (Scaffold Notes 4) Poetry Analysis Guide (Scaffold Notes 5) Poetry Analysis Template (Scaffold Notes 6) Collaborative Group Tasks: Identification of Poetry Elements (Exercise 1) Critical Appreciation of the Poem (Exercise 2) Diary Entry (Exercise 3) Differentiated Tasks - Planning to write a poems (Exercise 4) Plenary – Selecting correct options (Exercise 5) SESSION 2: POETIC DEVICES IN POETRY AND THEIR USAGE Discussion: Comparison Devices (Scaffold Notes 8) Sound Devices (Scaffold Notes 9) Figures of Speech (Scaffold Notes 10) Poetic Devices Prompts (Scaffold Notes 11) Collaborative Group Tasks: Meaning of the expressions in poem (Exercise 6) Identification of poetic devices (Exercise 7) Explanation of the Poetic devices as used in the poem (Exercise 8) Differentiated Tasks - Creating poems (Exercise 9) Plenary – Comprehension questions (Exercise 10) SESSION 3: POETRY ANNOTATION AND REFERENCE TO CONTEXT Discussion: Annotation Guide (Scaffold Notes 13) Annotation Template and Prompt (Scaffold Notes 14) Explanation Prompts for Figures of Speech (Scaffold Notes 15) Collaborative Group Tasks: Summarising the meaning (Exercise 11) Identification of annotation elements (Exercise 12) Annotating the lines of the poem (Exercise 13) Differentiated Tasks - Analyzing poems (Exercise 14) Plenary - Online Quiz