READING A FREE-VERSE POETRY - MOTHER TO SON - 86 BOOM CARDS

These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Reading Comprehension – Free-Verse Poetry – ‘Mother to Son’ by Langston Hughes. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these self-grading exercises that are gamified for student engagement.

After attempting these Boom Cards, 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 digital task cards would be great on a:

• laptop
• desktop
• tablet
• mobile device
• Smart Board

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