Description This is the most comprehensive novel study for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children! The 32-page workbook includes: Comprehension questions by chapter. 5 fantastic final essay prompts (you could also do these as homework questions) A glossary bank activity for each chapter. An antonym and synonym activity for each chapter. An exploration of key themes in the novel. Details about the narration style and plot sequence. A while-reading activity on Jacob and his grandfather. A character analysis of the most significant characters.

This PPT. describes what summarizing skills are, and how to identify key points of information from any type of text. It covers the 7 ‘WH-’ question words used to discern important information in paragraph questions: Who/whom Whose Which What Why When Where It also includes three practice paragraphs for students to practice their summarizing skills.

A teacher’s dream! A super easy and complete step-by-step to help students analyse the story Cell Block 1 by Chimamanda Adichie. Students can listen to Adichie’s Ted talk on ’ The Danger of a Single Story’ and then answer important inquiry questions based on the talk. Then, there is a helpful guide on Adichie’s writing style and personal background before students access the slide on how to successfully annotate the writing piece. There is also a bank for students to record any useful quotes and metalanguage as they read.

A teacher’s dream! A super easy and complete step-by-step to help students analyse the story ‘The Thing Around Your Neck’ by Chimamanda Adichie. Students can listen to Adichie’s Ted talk on ’ The Danger of a Single Story’ and then answer important inquiry questions based on the talk. Then, there is a helpful guide on Adichie’s writing style and personal background before students access the slide on how to successfully annotate the writing piece. There is also a bank for students to record any useful quotes and metalanguage as they read.

This engaging resource can be used either with the film or the novel by Kathryn Stockett. The questions are focused on helping illicit ideas and prepare students for the actual watching/reading portion of their study. Like most of my other resources there is material for discussion and debate or even just individual critical thinking. The resource addresses: slavery,Jim Crow,segregation,civil rights, women’s rights and the wealth gap. There are also some key dates that teachers can build knowledge on as background information and context. Students can explore the time period of the 60s and the pros and cons of living in that time period. Teachers can also use the tasks to discuss Jim Crow and the impact the laws had on community as a whole.

This four- hour lesson focuses on vocabulary and grammar skills for senior school and adult learners. The vocabulary section is all about business skills, the vocabulary list, gap fill and quiz are centered around common business English words. The grammar section deals with zero, first, second and third conditionals and it reviews comparative and superlative adjectives.

This set of worksheets focuses on the simple tenses-the past, present and future.

This resource aims to describe the functions of pronouns, and how they are used in the context of English grammar.

This booklet has 8 activities on nouns that focus specifically on the following: 1)Singular and plural nouns. 2)Apostrophes and nouns of possession. 3)Spelling and correct suffixes. 4)Functional grammar for sentence writing. I have used this resource with my classes many times, and they loved the fact that there was a rubric for them to monitor their progress, as well as, a chance to select what they found difficulty with.

This slide presentation is a slideshow of these parts of grammar. The slides include examples and can be used for ESL and first language students.

This slideshow is essential for an introduction to short story writing in the context of A Lamb to the Slaughter.

This resource is a worksheet on the start of the second world war in the context of Anne Frank and the Holocaust.It details important historical events that influenced the treatment of Jews and other minority groups.

This is a task template I have used in class as a means of assessment. The task is centred around imaginative and creative writing, it's based on the general conventions of creative/individual writing. Complete with rubric, students are expected to follow specified writing patterns to complete their assignment.

This resource explains each of the characters from the 2009 novel: 'The Help'. It explains the context and background of each character as well as the historical background of the time, such as: the Jim Crow laws and segregation.

This resource is a set of worksheets that deal with the Paris Bombings on November 13th 2015 by terrorist groups. It is designed to create an open discussion among students for important social and cultural awareness development. There are 4 activities in total with one possible expansion topic dealing with research on the nature of terrorism.

This slide presentation is a slideshow of these parts of grammar. The slides include examples and can be used for ESL and first language students.

This source can be used to introduce a set of grammar work or as a whole lesson. It focusses on each of the following: -What are connectives? (+examples) -What punctuation works with them (+examples) -Where can conjunctions be placed in a sentence (+examples) -A brief recap of what was learned in the lesson

This series of slides demonstrates the following: -What are apostrophes and when do we use them? -What exceptions are there to using apostrophes? -Which specific words need a contraction and which do not.

The worksheet focusses on the following: 1)What is it like at the North Pole? 2) What do you think Santa does in his spare time to prepare for Christmas? 3) What you would like for Christmas? 4) What you plan to do on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day?

A basic lesson plan template for teachers working with a novel study and analysis. There are sentence stems as indicators of how to direct learning.