A set of 4 scaffold notes on sonnets - Shakespearean and Miltonic. This Resource includes: Sonnet Types Shakespearean Sonnet Structure Miltonic Sonnet Structure Assessment 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

A list of handouts that explain the steps followed for writing a review. This Resource Includes: Vocabulary Overview Review Conventions Tips for a Place Review Guidelines on a Book Review Guidelines for a Movie Review Assessment 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

A compact review of an action thriller organized for quick referencing. This download includes: Vocabulary Overview Creating Action Thrill Using Genre Elements Thriller Types How to Write an Action Thriller Plot Diagram Graphic Organizer Top Tips for an Action Thriller Assessment Rubrics Connective Words Adjective Types Adverb Types Active Verbs 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

A ready to use set of scaffolding notes of a grammar lesson on clause types based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Identify the independent and dependent clauses from each of the given sentences. List the features of dependent and independent clauses. Identify the functions of clauses in specific sentences. Examine the placement of clauses in a sentence pattern. Verify and correct misplaced and dangling modifiers. Create sentences with the given sentence structure and pattern. This download includes: Scaffolding Notes 1: Vocabulary Overview Scaffolding Notes 2: Coordination vs Subordination Scaffolding Notes 3: Features of Clause Types Scaffolding Notes 4: Placement of Clauses in Compound Sentences Scaffolding Notes 5: Placement of Clauses in Complex Sentences Scaffolding Notes 6: Clause Types 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

A unit set of scaffolding notes with 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of adverb types based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this unit students will be able to: SESSION 1 - REMEMBERING: Describe the key elements of adverb types. SESSION 2 - UNDERSTANDING: Explain the functions of adverb types in general sentences. SESSION 3 - APPLYING: Use adverbs depending on what is to be modified. SESSION 4 - ANALYSING: Deconstruct the functions of adverb types in particular sentences. SESSION 5 - EVALUATING: Assess and evaluate the use of adverb types in writing. SESSION 6 - CREATING: Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs depending on what is to be modified. This download includes: Scaffolding Notes 1 - Vocabulary Overview Scaffolding Notes 2 - Characteristics of Adverb Types Scaffolding Notes 3 - Functions of Adverb Types Scaffolding Notes 4 - Structure of Adverb Types Scaffolding Notes 5 - Adverb Types 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

A unit set of scaffolding notes with 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of adjective types based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this unit students will be able to: SESSION 1 - REMEMBERING: Describe the key elements of adjectives. SESSION 2 - UNDERSTANDING: Explain the functions of adjectives in general sentences. SESSION 3 - APPLYING: Use adjectives depending on what is to be modified. SESSION 4 - ANALYSING: Deconstruct the functions of adjectives in particular sentences. SESSION 5 - EVALUATING: Assess and evaluate the use of adjectives in writing. SESSION 6 - CREATING: Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives depending on what is to be modified. This download includes: Scaffolding Notes 1: Vocabulary Overview Scaffolding Notes 2: Characteristics of Adjectives Scaffolding Notes 3: Classification of Adjectives Scaffolding Notes 4: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Scaffolding Notes 5: Adjective Types 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

This compact review of Bullet Points and Ellipses for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Punctuation. 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 these students will be able to: Consider the functions of bullet points and ellipses to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in a text. List the similarities and the differences between bullet points and ellipses. Apply punctuation rules to identify the appropriate use of bullet points and ellipses in a text. Use bullet points to list unordered series of items; to give the reader information quickly; and to simplify big chunks of writing. Use ellipses to indicate an omission from the text; and to show hesitation or an interruption. Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English punctuation – bullet points and ellipses – when writing. This Resource Includes: SN 1: Functions of Bullet Points and Ellipses SN 2: Meaning and Functions of Ellipses SN 3: Functions and Rules of Bullet Points SN 4: Bullet Points and Ellipses Rubrics 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 compact review of Question Marks and Exclamation Marks for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Punctuation. 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. With the help of these scaffolding notes students will be able to: Consider the functions of question marks and exclamation marks to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in a text. List the similarities and the differences of question marks and exclamation marks. Apply punctuation rules to identify the appropriate use of question marks and exclamation marks. Use question marks to mark WH direct question ends; and to mark auxiliary verb question ends. Use exclamation marks to mark exclamatory sentence ends; and to mark one-word interjection ends. Use question marks and exclamation marks to aid cohesion in writing; to convey specific meanings; and to add variety to writing. This Resource Includes: SN 1: Functions of Question Marks and Exclamation Marks SN 2: Question Marks vs Exclamation Marks SN 3: Question Marks Rules SN 4: Exclamation Rules SN 5: Rubrics 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 compact review of Apostrophes and Brackets for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Punctuation. 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 these students will be able to: Consider the functions of apostrophes and brackets to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in a text. List the similarities and the differences apostrophes for possession and contraction or omission. Apply punctuation rules to identify the appropriate use of apostrophes and brackets in a text. Use apostrophes to show singular and plural possession; and to show omission or contraction. Use brackets to enclose additional information or brief explanation; and to enclose incidental information. Use apostrophes and brackets to aid cohesion in writing; to convey specific meanings; and to add variety to writing. This Resource Includes: SN 1: Functions of Apostrophes and Brackets SN 2: Uses of Brackets SN 3: Apostrophes – Possession vs Contraction SN 4: Round and Square Brackets Rules SN 5: Uses of Apostrophes SN 6: Apostrophes and Brackets Rubrics 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 compact review of Verb Moods for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Indicative, Imperative, Interrogative, Conditional and Subjunctive Mood. 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 these Scaffolding Notes students will be able to: Recall the meaning of the terms associated with verb moods. Consider the functions of verb moods to identify the signs that exemplify the verb forms in the given text. Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional and subjunctive mood. Investigate and identify the mood of the given verb. Recognise and correct inappropriate shifts in verb moods. Create their own sentences showing the mood of the verb. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Functions of Verb Moods SN 3: Subjunctive vs Conditional Mood SN 4: Verb changes in Subjunctive Verb Forms SN 5: Moods of Verbs 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 More Grammar Resources by the same Author: Active and Passive Voice Direct and Indirect Speech Subject-Verb Agreement Standard English Conventions Grammatical Cases Verbals Moods of Verbs

This compact review of Grammatical Cases for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Subjective, Nominative, Objective, Possessive and Vocative Cases. 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 these Scaffolding Notes students will be able to: Recall the meanings of the terms and tabulate the changes that pronouns show in various cases. Consider the functions of grammatical cases to identify the words that exemplify the cases in the given text. Illustrate the structure and label the parts of sentences in various cases. Ensure that nouns and pronouns are in the proper case in the given text. Recognise and correct inappropriate shifts in grammatical cases. Produce and present well-written sentences using nouns and pronouns in appropriate cases. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Pronoun Changes in Cases SN 3: Grammatical Case Types SN 4: Functions of Grammatical Cases SN 5: Structure of Subjective and Nominative Cases SN 6: Structure of Objective Case SN 7: Structure of Possessive Case SN 8: Structure of Vocative Case SN 9: Grammatical Cases Rubrics

This compact review of Modal Verbs for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Vocabulary. 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 these Scaffolding Notes students will be able to: Recall and list the modal verb types with their positions. Identify the modal verbs from a given text and say what they express. Form and use modal verbs to express ability, possibility, advice, obligation and request. Form and use modal verbs to convey various conditions. Recognise and correct inappropriate use of modal verbs in writing. Produce well-written sentences using modal verbs in correct positions. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Functions and Positions of Modal Verbs SN 3: Types of Modal Verbs SN 4: Expressions of Modal Verbs SN 5: Model Verbs 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

This compact review of Adjective or Relative Clause for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Clauses. 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 a clause and its components. List the properties of relative clauses with examples. Explain the role of relative pronouns and relative adverbs in forming adjective clauses. Identify the adjective clauses used as essential and non-essential information. Exercise error identification to ensure that adjective clauses are placed correctly and they are not dangling. Use adjective clauses in writing to vary sentence structure. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Definition, Types and Uses of Adjective Clauses SN 3: Properties of Adjective Clauses SN 4: Relative Pronouns and Relative Adverbs SN 5: Adjective Clause Types SN 6: Misplaced and Dangling Modifier SN 7: Adjective Clause Rubrics

This compact review of Noun or Nominal Clause for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Clauses. 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 clauses and their components. Explain the role of interrogative pronouns or adverbs and expletives in forming noun clauses. Determine the properties of noun clauses as used in sentences. Identify the noun clauses functioning as nouns in sentences. Exercise error identification to ensure that noun clauses are used correctly in writing. Use noun clauses to vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader interest and style. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Components of Noun Clauses SN 3: Noun Clauses Connectors SN 4: Properties of Noun Clauses SN 5: Comparison between Noun, Noun Phrase and Noun Clause SN 6: Functions of Noun Clauses SN 7: Noun Clauses as Expressions of Urgency SN 8: Noun Clause Rubrics

This compact review of Compound Words for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Vocabulary. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centres. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Definition with Examples SN 3: Compound Word Patterns SN 4: Compound Word Types SN 5: Compound Words with Pictures SN 6: Compound Words for Pair of Pictures SN 7: Two words of a Compound Word in a picture SN 8: Compound Word Examples in Pictures SN 9: Sentences with Compound Words SN 10: More Compound Words with Similar Base Words SN 11: Compound Words Rubrics

These Worksheets with Answer Key are perfect for teaching Phrases - Noun Phrase or Nominal Phrase. 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: Match the terms with their meaning. EXERCISE 2: Answer the given questions to demonstrate your previous knowledge of noun phrases. EXERCISE 3: Watch the video – Noun Phrase – to answer the following questions with examples. Define a phrase. Define a noun phrase. List the components of a noun phrase. Describe the functions of noun phrases. EXERCISE 4: Answer the given questions to demonstrate your understanding of noun phrases. EXERCISE 5: Identify the noun phrases based on their functional classification. EXERCISE 6: Identify the functions of noun phrases as used in the sentences. EXERCISE 7: Identify the purpose for which noun phrases are used in the sentences. EXERCISE 8: Identify the role of noun phrases as used in the sentences. EXERCISE 9: Name the noun class of visuals; frame sentence using the named nouns; then expand them to noun phrases that are equivalent in meaning to the nouns. EXERCISE 10: Identify the noun phrases that are formed based on the given patterns. Then colour code the elements of the noun phrases. EXERCISE 11: Identify the modifiers used in the noun phrases as pre-, post- or both. EXERCISE 12: Fill in the blanks with noun phrases. EXERCISE 13: Identify the patterns of noun phrases. EXERCISE 14: Identify the noun phrases in the following sentences. EXERCISE 15: Replace the nouns with noun phrases or vice versa. EXERCISE 16: Review the common errors writers make due to misplaced and dangling modifiers in the following examples. EXERCISE 17: Place phrases within a sentence, recognising and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers – Part 1 and 2. EXERCISE 18: Create noun phrases using the given patterns. EXERCISE 19: Write about any one of the following to demonstrate your mastery of the use of noun phrases in writing. EXERCISE 20: Identify the structure of noun phrases and determine whether they are pre-modifiers or post-modifiers.

These Worksheets with Answer Key are perfect for teaching Phrases – Adverb or Adverbial Phrases. 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: Match the WORDS with their MEANING. EXERCISE 2: Watch the video – Adverb Phrase – to answer the following questions with examples. Define an adverb phrase and compare adverbs with adverb phrases. Describe the role of adverb phrases as modifiers. List the types of adverb phrases with examples. EXERCISE 3: Take the following quiz to demonstrate your understanding of adverbial phrases. EXERCISE 4: Review the properties of adverb phrases and identify the elements from the examples. EXERCISE 5: Take the following quiz to demonstrate your knowledge of the properties of adverb phrases. EXERCISE 6: Identify the adverb phrases. EXERCISE 7: Fill in the blanks with appropriate adverb phrases. EXERCISE 8: Review the functions based on adverbial types to identify the adverb phrases from the examples. EXERCISE 9: Identify the questions the adverb phrases answer. EXERCISE 10: Identify the functions of adverbial phrases. EXERCISE 11: Decide the type of adverb phrases used in sentences based on their functions. EXERCISE 12: Identify the type of adverb phrases used in the sentences. EXERCISE 13: Demonstrate the mastery of the use of clauses in writing. EXERCISE 14: Review the common errors writers make due to misplaced and dangling modifiers in the following examples. EXERCISE 15: Place phrases within a sentence, recognising and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers. EXERCISE 16: Identify the errors to ensure that the subject of the modifier is clearly stated in the sentence. EXERCISE 17: Name the action in the visual. Describe the action using an adverb. Expand the adverb to an adverb phrase that is equivalent in meaning. EXERCISE 18: Create new sentence patterns using adverbial phrases. EXERCISE 19: Underline the adverbial phrase and state the question (how, when, where, why) it answers. EXERCISE 20: Identify the type of the underlined adverbial phrase: time, place, manner, frequency or purpose. EXERCISE 21: Fill in the blanks of the given passage: choose from the list of adverbial phrases in the box. Enter a phrase each in the blank, to keep the grammar and meaning of the text. EXERCISE 22: Identify the adverbial phrase in each of the sentences and state the word class it modifies.

These Worksheets with Answer Key are perfect for teaching Phrases – Adjective or Adjectival Phrases. 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: Match the TERMS with their MEANINGS. EXERCISE 2: Watch the video – Adjective Phrase – to answer the following questions with examples. Define a phrase. Define an adjective phrase. Explain adjective phrases as modifiers. Compare and contrast an adjective and adjective phrase. Explain the replacement of adjective phrases. Explain the formation of adjective phrases. EXERCISE 3: Answer the given questions to demonstrate your previous knowledge of adjective phrases. EXERCISE 4: Review the properties of adjective phrases to identify the elements from the examples. EXERCISE 5: Identify the nouns or pronouns the adjective phrases modify. EXERCISE 6: Identify the placement of adjectives in the adjective phrases. EXERCISE 7: Identify the adjective phrases – Part 1 and 2. EXERCISE 8: Review the patterns to identify the adjective phrases from the examples. EXERCISE 9: Identify the adjective phrases as attributive or predicative. EXERCISE 10: Identify the patterns of adjective phrases. EXERCISE 11: Analyse the sentences for the use of adjective phrases. EXERCISE 12: Review the common errors writers make due to misplaced and dangling modifiers in the following examples. EXERCISE 13: Place phrases within a sentence, recognising and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers. EXERCISE 14: Exercise error identification to ensure that the adjective phrases are not misplaced and dangling. EXERCISE 15: Name the noun in the visual. Describe the noun using an adjective. Expand the adjective to an adjective phrase that is equivalent in meaning. EXERCISE 16: Create adjective phrases using the given patterns. EXERCISE 17: Create new sentence patterns using adjective phrases. RUBRICS: Adjective Phrase Rubrics

Ready to use worksheets with answer key that present teaching and learning resources of a grammar lesson on subject-verb agreement based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After working with these worksheets students will be able to: Identify the parts of a sentence (subject and verb). List and explain the basic rules of subject-verb agreement. Examine and discover the agreement of subject and verb in a sentence. Explain the organisation of subject and verb in a sentence pattern. Verify and correct the mistaken subject and deceptive agreement. Create and compose new sentence patterns with subject-verb concordance. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Match the terms (1-10) with their meanings (A-J). EXERCISE 2: Identify subjects and verbs as used in the given sentences. EXERCISE 3: Watch the video - Subject-VerbAgreement - to fill in the correct form of the verbs in the brackets. EXERCISE 4: List and explain the basic rules of subject-verb agreement with examples. EXERCISE 5: Supply an appropriate linking verb that agrees with the subject in each of the sentences and the visuals. EXERCISE 6: Examine and discover the agreement of subject and verb in a sentence – Part 1. EXERCISE 7: Examine and discover the agreement of subject and verb in a sentence – Part 2. EXERCISE 8: Explain the organisation of subject and verb in a sentence pattern. EXERCISE 9: Verify and correct the mistaken subject and deceptive agreement – Part 1. EXERCISE 10: Verify and correct the mistaken subject and deceptive agreement – Part 2. EXERCISE 11: Create and compose new sentence patterns with subject-verb concordance. EXERCISE 12: Demonstrate the mastery of the use of subject-verb agreement in writing. EXERCISE 13: Correct the errors in subject-verb agreement in the following paragraph. EXERCISE 14: Circle the correct verb in each of the sentences. 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

A package of 11 worksheets with answers on reading persuasive texts. This resource includes exercises on: Identifying persuasive text types. Identifying characteristic language of persuasive texts. Reading comprehension of persuasive texts. Demonstrating knowledge of persuasive texts in writing. Reading persuasive texts to find meaning. Teachers can use these task cards to enhance the reading and writing skills of the learners. 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