A ready to use unit lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources of a spelling lesson on words ending in -cious, -tious, -cial, -tial, -able, -ible based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this lesson students will be able to: Provide examples for common suffixes based on their sound and meanings. Add suffices to root words (nouns or verbs) to form adjectives based on the spelling rules. Use common suffixes to form words ending in –tious and -cious (shus sound) and determine the meaning of new words. Use common suffixes to form words ending in –cial and –tial (shul sound) and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words. Use common suffixes to form words ending in –able and –ible and correct the inappropriate use of suffixes in forming new words. Create new word patterns with words ending in shus, shul and able sounds and frame sentences. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Provide examples for common suffixes based on their sound and meanings. EXERCISE 2: Add suffices to root words (nouns) to form adjectives based on the spelling rules. EXERCISE 3: Add suffices to root words (verbs) to form adjectives based on the spelling rules. EXERCISE 4: Use common suffixes to form words ending in –tious (shus sound) and determine the meaning of new words. EXERCISE 5: Use common suffixes to form words ending in –cious (shus sound) and determine the meaning of new words. EXERCISE 6: Use common suffixes to form words ending in –tial (shul sound) and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words. EXERCISE 7: Use common suffixes to form words ending in –cial (shul sound) and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words. EXERCISE 8: Use common suffixes to form words ending in –ible and correct the inappropriate use of suffixes in forming new words. EXERCISE 9: Use common suffixes to form words ending in –able and correct the inappropriate use of suffixes in forming new words. EXERCISE 10: Create new word patterns with given suffixes and frame sentences with them. EXERCISE 11: Use a –cious word from the list to complete each of the sentences below. EXERCISE 12: Use a –tious word from the list to complete each of the sentences below. EXERCISE 13: Use the root words to create adjectives with the suffixes –cial or –tial. EXERCISE 14: Add –cial or –tial to complete each of these stem words. EXERCISE 15: Add the suffix –ible to form adjectives from the root words. EXERCISE 16: Use verbs as root words to form nouns and the suffix –ible to form adjectives. EXERCISE 17: Add the suffix –able to form adjectives from the root words. EXERCISE 18: Use verbs as root words to form nouns and the suffix –able to form adjectives. EXERCISE 19: Use –ible words from the list to complete the sentences below. EXERCISE 20: Use –able words from the list to complete the sentences below. RUBRICS: Spelling Rubrics

A ready to use unit lesson plan with 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of suffixes based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this unit students will be able to: Match the terms associated with suffixes with their meanings. Add suffixes to high frequency and other studied words. Create new words with common suffixes based on their meanings. Use suffixes to form words and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words. Assess and evaluate the correct use of suffixes in forming new words. Create new word patterns with words beginning and ending in common suffixes and frame sentences. This download includes: SESSION 1: REMEMBERING EXERCISE 1: Match the TERMS (1-4) with their MEANINGS (A-D). SESSION 2: UNDERSTANDING EXERCISE 2: Match the SUFFIXES with their MEANINGS. SESSION 3: APPLYING EXERCISE 3: Tick the correct option to find meaning for the common suffixes. EXERCISE 4: Create new words with each of the Greek suffixes based on their meaning. EXERCISE 5: Create new words with each of the noun suffixes based on their meaning. EXERCISE 6: Create new words with each of the adjective suffixes based on their meaning. EXERCISE 7: Create new words with each of the verb and adverb suffixes based on their meaning. EXERCISE 8: Create new words with common suffixes used in Mathematics, Science and Social Studies Curriculum. SESSION 4: ANALYSING EXERCISE 9: Interpret and verbalise the graphics by adding suffixes to the root words. EXERCISE 10: Use suffixes to form words and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words – Part 1. EXERCISE 11: Use suffixes to form words and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words – Part 2. EXERCISE 12: Use suffixes to form words and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words – Part 3. EXERCISE 13: Use suffixes to form words and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words – Part 4. EXERCISE 14: Use suffixes to form words and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words – Part 5. SESSION 5: EVALUATING EXERCISE 15: Assess and evaluate the correct use of suffixes in forming new words. SESSION 6: CREATING EXERCISE 16: Demonstrate the mastery of using SUFFIXES in writing. Focus on remembering, understanding, analysing and creating of suffixes as suggested by the RUBRICS. RUBRICS: Suffixes Rubrics HOME LEARNING: EXERCISE 17: Choose the correct suffix to fill in the blanks: -less, -ment, -ing, -ly, -able. EXERCISE 18: Make words using the given suffixes to go with the meaning.

This Unit Lesson Plan is perfect for teaching Punctuation – Question Marks and Exclamation Marks. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these ready to use exercises that are well planned for student engagement. After completing this New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based lesson 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. 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

These Worksheets with Answers are perfect for teaching Reading Comprehension – Comparing Winter Poems and Reading Poetry. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these ready to use exercises that are well planned for student engagement. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: Compare and contrast the two poems based on the poet’s description of winter and snow. Provide an objective summary of the meanings of poems. Use textual clues to infer the central idea including its relationship to the setting and characters of the poems. Use specified criteria to find poetry elements of the poems for poem analysis. Use PEE (Point-Evidence-Explain) model to analyse the poet’s use of figurative language in the poems. Write PEEL (Point-Evidence-Explain-Link) paragraphs about the use of figurative language in the poems.

This Unit Lesson Plan is perfect for teaching Punctuation – Apostrophes and Brackets. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these ready to use exercises that are well planned for student engagement. After completing this New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based lesson 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. 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 Unit Lesson Plan is perfect for teaching Grammatical Cases – Subjective, Nominative, Objective, Possessive and Vocative. 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 New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities 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: EXERCISE 1: Match the TERMS (1-11) with their MEANINGS (A-K). EXERCISE 2: Distinguish and tabulate the changes that pronouns show in various cases. Use the pronouns in the box below. EXERCISE 3: Watch the video - What is Grammatical Case? - to list the grammatical case types with their meanings, examples and remarks. EXERCISE 4: Consider the functions of grammatical cases to identify the words that exemplify the cases in the given text. EXERCISE 5: Illustrate the structure and label the parts of sentences in subjective and nominative case. Fill in the blanks. (Part 1-4) EXERCISE 6: Test your knowledge of grammatical cases. EXERCISE 7: Test your knowledge of pronouns in grammatical cases. EXERCISE 8: Test your knowledge of direct objects in grammatical cases. EXERCISE 9: Ensure that nouns and pronouns are in the proper case. EXERCISE 10: Produce and present well-written sentences using nouns and pronouns in appropriate cases. EXERCISE 11: Recognise and correct inappropriate shifts in grammatical cases. EXERCISE 12: Demonstrate the mastery of using grammatical cases in writing. RUBRICS: Grammatical Cases Rubrics EXERCISE 13: Identify the nouns or pronouns in the subjective case and state whether they are used as a subject of a verb or subject complement. EXERCISE 14: Identify the underlined words as noun or pronoun in the objective case and state whether they are used as a direct object, indirect object or object of a preposition. EXERCISE 15: Identify the nouns or pronouns in the possessive case and state whether they are used as a noun with apostrophe, possessive pronoun or possessive determiner.

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Standard English Conventions – Sentence Fragments, Run-on Sentences, Coordination, Subordination and Grammatical Parallelism. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: Review the ambiguity sentence fragments and run-on sentences create while writing. Review the common mistakes writers make due to flawed coordination and subordination. Identify the grammatical structure of the given text to check if it satisfies parallelism. Exercise error identification to revise sentence fragments and run-on sentences. Exercise error identification to correct coordination-, subordination- and parallelism flaws. Create grammatically complete sentences ensuring clear sentence structure. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Review the ambiguity the sentence fragments create and provide a revised rewrite to the given text. EXERCISE 2: Review the errors in conventions the run-on sentences create and provide a revised rewrite to the given text. EXERCISE 3: Review the common mistakes beginners make because of flawed coordination and subordination and provide a revised rewrite to the given text. EXERCISE 4: Review the flawed parallelism in the given text and provide a revised rewrite. EXERCISE 5: Identify the grammatical structure of the given text to check if it satisfies parallelism. EXERCISE 6: Exercise error identification to revise sentence fragments. EXERCISE 7: Exercise error identification to revise run-on sentences. EXERCISE 8: Exercise error identification to correct coordination flaws. EXERCISE 9: Exercise error identification to correct subordination flaws. EXERCISE 10: Exercise error identification to correct parallelism flaws. EXERCISE 11: Create grammatically complete sentences ensuring clear sentence structure. RUBRICS: Standard English Conventions

These Worksheets with Answers are perfect for teaching Figurative Language - Simile. 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 – Similes – and answer the following questions. EXERCISE 2: Note the signal words, comparison and meaning of the examples to identify them as simile or metaphor. EXERCISE 3: Note the types, definitions and patterns and identify the similes from the examples. EXERCISE 4: Take the following quiz based on the understanding of simile. EXERCISE 5: Match the two parts of the sentences to complete the simile statements. EXERCISE 6: Create expressions for similes using the given patterns. EXERCISE 7: Find an adjective to go with a noun to form both ‘as’ and ‘like’ similes. Form at least 5 each. EXERCISE 8: Identify the similes used in the advertisement slogans – Part 1-2. EXERCISE 9: Fill the blank in these similes to go with the pictures. EXERCISE 10: Fill the blank with an adjective to complete the simile. EXERCISE 11: Fill the blank with an adverb to complete the simile. EXERCISE 12: Choose a noun from the options that completes the simile. EXERCISE 13: What are the two unlike things that are compared in the following simile statements. EXERCISE 14: What is the meaning of the underlined words in the following simile statements. EXERCISE 15: Identify the similes in the following statements and say what they mean. EXERCISE 16: Compare the two things in each of the illustrations using simile. EXERCISE 17: Choose the best description (simile) used for each of the image. EXERCISE 18: Fill in the blanks with appropriate similes. EXERCISE 19: Complete the sentences by adding appropriate similes. EXERCISE 20: Determine the meaning of the similes – Part 1-3. EXERCISE 21: Identify the examples of simile in the following sentences. EXERCISE 22: Identify the impact of the use of simile in the given text. EXERCISE 23: Analyse what is being compared in the following similes. EXERCISE 24: Identify the examples of simile from the following literature extracts. EXERCISE 25: Follow PEE model to evaluate the author’s use of simile in the given poem. EXERCISE 26: Follow the PEEL model to explain the reader impact of the use of simile in the poem. EXERCISE 27: Use your knowledge of metaphor to write about one of the following. EXERCISE 28: Change the following metaphors into similes.

These Worksheets with Answer Key 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 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. More Reading Poetry Resources by the same Author: The Song of Hiawatha by W. H. Longfellow Crack-a-Dawn by Brian Morse Views of Winter by Ogden Nash and Emma Barnes The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes The Titanic by Gillian Clarke Geography Lesson by Brian Patten The Giantess by Carol Ann Duffy Mother to Son by Langston Hughes

Embark on a journey of literary exploration with this resource, “Mastering Literary Devices.” This resource provides a scaffolded approach to guide students through understanding and effectively using comparison devices such as simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and analogy. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Language, it encompasses a range of objectives and success criteria across multiple cognitive domains, ensuring a holistic learning experience. Objectives: This resource aims to achieve various objectives, from recalling and identifying examples of comparison literary devices in provided texts to demonstrating mastery by independently creating original pieces of writing that effectively utilise these devices. Students will comprehend the meaning of comparison devices in different contexts, analyse their impact on the overall meaning and tone of a text, and assess their effectiveness in various literary works.

These worksheets are perfect for teaching how to write an Information Text - Sequence. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement. After attempting these activities, your students will be able to: Group up sequentially the given information: process, order, chronology, timeline and sequence. Identify the clue or signal words used in information texts that arrange the ideas in particular order. Determine the organisational methods used in structuring information texts that tell the order in which events happen. Plan and write an information text on a given topic that organises events and things in a specific logical order. Identify areas to improve by peer evaluating an information text and respond to the peer feedback. Select a task that goes with their level and create an information text that explains the steps of an event in time order. Teachers can use these task cards to enhance the vocabulary, 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

These Worksheets are perfect for teaching how to write an Information Text - Problem-Solution. 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: Identify the problems and solutions in the given texts, situations and visuals. Identify the clue or signal words used in information texts that identify problem and suggest solution. Determine the organisational methods used in structuring information texts that identify problem and suggest solution. Plan and write an information text on a given topic that identifies the problem and proposes solution. Identify areas to improve by peer evaluating an information text and respond to the peer feedback and write the final draft. Select a task that goes with your level and create an information text that identifies problem and suggests solution.

These Worksheets with Answers are perfect for teaching how to write an Information Text - Description. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement. This Download Includes: EXERCISE 1: Provide one-sentence descriptions to the following diagrams. EXERCISE 2: Identify the text structure (Description, Problem-Solution, Cause-Effect, Compare-Contrast, Sequence) of the following paragraphs. EXERCISE 3: Identify the text elements of the following paragraph. EXERCISE 4: Identify the transitions or sentence starters and clue/signal/key words used to signify information text that describes a bar chart. EXERCISE 5: Identify the vocabulary used in the following description of the bar chart that compares the distribution of NGRT scores by gender with the national sample. EXERCISE 6: Use the given vocabulary to fill in the blanks of the given text that describes a table. You may use some words or phrases more than once. EXERCISE 7: Use the given vocabulary to rewrite the given text that describes a pie chart. EXERCISE 8: Identify the generic structures and language features of the following description. EXERCISE 9: Identify the structure of the text that describes a line graph. Use the text structure. EXERCISE 10: The pie chart shows the preference of teenagers for different types of music. Describe the preference of the youth for music. Use the planning frame to plan the first draft. EXERCISE 11: The pie chart shows the preference of teenagers for different types of music. Describe the preference of the youth for music. Use the sentence frame and the vocabulary bank to write the first draft. EXERCISE 12: Peer evaluate an information text, respond to the peer feedback and write the final draft. Use the rubric. EXERCISE 13: Select a task that goes with your level and create an information text. EXERCISE 14: Write your own description on any one of the following.

These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Spelling – Shul Sounding Suffixes -cial and -tial. 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 spelling rules associated with shul sounding suffixes. To understand the rules for spelling adjectives ending with the shul sound. To apply the conventions of spelling for adding shul sounding suffixes to existing words. To analyse the use of shul sounding suffixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word. To evaluate the correct use of shul sounding suffixes in forming adjectives. To create adjectives from nouns using shul sounding suffixes. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: Recall that the shul sound is spelt ‘-cial’ after a vowel and ‘-tial’ after a consonant. Choose a correct shul sound (-cial or -tial) to form an adjective from a noun. Spell words ending with the shul sound (-cial or –tial) correctly. Use the shul sound (-cial or –tial) to form adjectives, and use nouns as clues to the meaning of adjectives. Exercise error identification to assess the correct use of shul sound (-cial or –tial) to form adjectives. Spell words ending with the shul sound (-cial or –tial) correctly in their own writing.

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Spelling – Shul Sounding Suffixes -cial and -tial. 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 spelling rules associated with shul sounding suffixes. To understand the rules for spelling adjectives ending with the shul sound. To apply the conventions of spelling for adding shul sounding suffixes to existing words. To analyse the use of shul sounding suffixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word. To evaluate the correct use of shul sounding suffixes in forming adjectives. To create adjectives from nouns using shul sounding suffixes. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: Recall that the shul sound is spelt ‘-cial’ after a vowel and ‘-tial’ after a consonant. Choose a correct shul sound (-cial or -tial) to form an adjective from a noun. Spell words ending with the shul sound (-cial or –tial) correctly. Use the shul sound (-cial or –tial) to form adjectives, and use nouns as clues to the meaning of adjectives. Exercise error identification to assess the correct use of shul sound (-cial or –tial) to form adjectives. Spell words ending with the shul sound (-cial or –tial) correctly in their own writing.

These Worksheets with Answers are perfect for teaching Reading Comprehension through a Folklore Fable - The Discontented Fish. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these ready to use exercises that are well planned for student engagement. After completing this New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: Find the meaning of the challenging words and expressions in the story. Identify the key events of the story. Use textual clues to answer the retrieval and inferential questions. Analyse the story to find its plot elements – exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution. Evaluate the text to find its story elements – genre, message, speaker, point of view, tone, conflict type, authorial techniques, plot type, language register, purpose and style. Write a summary, make a character description and create a critical appreciation of the story. This Download Includes: EXERCISE 1: Match the WORDS (1-11) with their MEANINGS (A-K). EXERCISE 2: The author uses different descriptions to describe the pool and the discontented fish in the pool as well as in the river. Sort the descriptions into the correct columns. EXERCISE 3: Order the events that happened in the life of the discontented fish as mentioned in the story. EXERCISE 4: Read the sentences about the discontented fish and decide if they are ‘True’ or ‘False’. EXERCISE 5: Match the CAUSES (1-8) of the EFFECTS (A-H) when the discontented fish arrived in the big river and returned. EXERCISE 6: Identify the different feelings that the discontented fish would have at different points during the story. Why would he feel these different emotions? EXERCISE 7: Answer the following retrieval questions. EXERCISE 8: Answer the following simple inferential questions. EXERCISE 9: Answer the following complex inferential questions. EXERCISE 10: Follow Freytag’s Pyramid to identify the plot elements of the story. EXERCISE 11: Follow the analysis guide to identify the story elements the story. EXERCISE 12: Answer the following questions to demonstrate your understanding of story elements. EXERCISE 13: Briefly summarise the meaning of the story. Use the plot elements to write your summary. Follow the following prompt. EXERCISE 14: Follow the prompt to make a critical appreciation of the poem. EXERCISE 15: Follow the characterisation guide to describe the character of the discontented fish, based on what you learn in the story. EXERCISE 16: Make a diary entry as if you were the discontented fish, reflecting on your feelings about what you don’t like about the pool, why you want to leave and what you hope to find.

These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Standard English Conventions – Misplaced Modifiers and Dangling Modifiers. 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 New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: Review the common mistakes writers make by improperly placing modifiers in sentences. Review the ambiguity not clearly stated subject of the modifier creates in a sentence. Compare and contrast improperly placed modifier and not clearly stated subject of the modifier. Identify the errors to ensure that all modifiers are placed as close as possible to the things that they are meant to modify. Identify the errors to ensure that the subject of the modifier is clearly stated in the sentence. Create new sentences ensuring modifiers are placed properly and subject of the modifiers are stated clearly. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Review the common mistakes writers make by improperly placing modifiers in sentences. EXERCISE 2: Review the ambiguity not clearly stated subject of the modifier creates in a sentence. EXERCISE 3: Compare and contrast given sentences for a misplaced modifier. EXERCISE 4: Compare and contrast given sentences for a dangling modifier. EXERCISE 5: Compare and contrast improperly placed modifier and not clearly stated subject of the modifier. EXERCISE 6: Identify the errors to ensure that all modifiers are placed as close as possible to the things that they are meant to modify (Part 1-4). EXERCISE 7: Identify the errors to ensure that the subject of the modifier is clearly stated in the sentence (Part 1-4). EXERCISE 8: Create new sentences ensuring modifiers are placed properly and subject of the modifiers are stated clearly. RUBRICS: English Standard Conventions Rubrics

These Worksheets with a Answer Key are perfect for teaching how to write an Information Text - Compare-Contrast. 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: Which of the paragraphs below are compare-contrast texts? EXERCISE 2: Identify the structure of the following compare-contrast text organised by aspects. EXERCISE 3: Identify the structure of the following compare-contrast text organised by topics. EXERCISE 4: Identify the structure of the following compare-contrast text organised by arguments. EXERCISE 5: Match the sentences with the best compare-contrast key words. EXERCISE 6: Use following transitions and signal/clue/key words to fill in the blanks in the compare-contrast text. You may use some words or phrases more than once. EXERCISE 7: Identify the transitions and clue/signal/key words used in the following sample compare-contrast text. EXERCISE 8: Use transitions and clue/signal/key words to rewrite the given compare-contrast text. EXERCISE 9: Demonstrate your understanding of compare-contrast texts. EXERCISE 10: Identify the techniques used by the author in structuring a compare-contrast text. EXERCISE 11: Identify the two related nouns that are compared or contrasted. EXERCISE 12: Identify the similarities or differences in the following compare-contrast texts. EXERCISE 13: Identify what is compared and contrasted in the given compare-contrast texts. EXERCISE 14: Provide a one-sentence comparison, contrast or compare-contrast, as directed, for the following visuals. EXERCISE 15: Write a comparison paragraph – books vs movies. Use the sample plan, signal/clue/key words and sentence frame. EXERCISE 16: Write a contrasting paragraph – comedy vs tragedy. Use the sample plan, signal/clue/key words and sentence frame. EXERCISE 17: Distinguish between apples and oranges. Follow the planning frame to plan your compare-contrast information text. EXERCISE 18: Use the sentence frame to write the first draft of your compare-contrast information text – apples vs oranges. EXERCISE 19: Use the rubric to peer evaluate student work. EXERCISE 20: Select a task that goes with your level and create a compare-contrast information text. EXERCISE 21: Use the following prompts to create compare-contrast information texts. Use the text structure.

These Worksheets are perfect for teaching how to write an Information Text - Cause-Effect. 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: Recall your knowledge of information texts. EXERCISE 2: Define the terms cause and effect. EXERCISE 3: Identify the techniques used by the authors in structuring the given information text. EXERCISE 4: Match the sentences with the best cause-effect key words. EXERCISE 5: Use following transitions and signal/clue/key words to fill in the blanks in the cause-effect text. You may use some words or phrases more than once. EXERCISE 6: Use transitions and clue/signal/key words to rewrite the given cause-effect text. EXERCISE 7: Identify the structure of the cause-effect text organised by causes. EXERCISE 8: Identify the structure of the cause-effect text organised by effects. EXERCISE 9: Identify the structure of the cause-effect text organised by causes and effects. EXERCISE 10: Identify the cause and effect in the given sentences. EXERCISE 11: Is the underlined part of the sentence the cause or the effect? EXERCISE 12: Identify the cause or the effect to the specified cause and effect in the following texts. EXERCISE 13: Identify the cause or the effect in the following texts. EXERCISE 14: Choose a possible cause or effect as directed. EXERCISE 15: What is the cause or effect in the given sentences? EXERCISE 16: Identify most likely cause or effect of the following instances. EXERCISE 17: Choose a possible cause or effect to fill in the blank. EXERCISE 18: Determine whether the following cause-effect texts are organised by causes, effects or both. EXERCISE 19: Choose a possible cause or effect that goes with the visual to fill in the blank. EXERCISE 20: Identify the cause in the picture, then choose a possible effect. EXERCISE 21: Identify the cause and effect in each of the following pictures. EXERCISE 22: Discuss the main causes and effects of air pollution. Follow the planning frame to plan your cause-effect information text. EXERCISE 23: Use the sentence frame to write the first draft of your cause-effect information text – air pollution. EXERCISE 24: Use the rubric to peer evaluate student work. EXERCISE 25: Select a task that goes with your level and create a cause-effect information text. EXERCISE 26: You may choose any three assignments to make a TIC-TAC-TOE. The assignments must be three in a row down, across or diagonal.