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JOHN’S EDU MARKET stands out for its unique share of resources and information. Teachers can use these resources to support students as they include well-formulated lesson plans, carefully designed support material, and well-planned worksheets. This platform aims at bringing "Tomorrow's lessons to today's classroom, and today's lessons to a classroom now". The Teacher-Author of this platform is an English graduate, associated with Gems Education as a Subject Leader of English.
These Worksheets with Answers are perfect for teaching Punctuation – Capital Letters and Full Stops. 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 these exercises students will be able to:
Consider the functions of capital letters and full stops to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in a text.
List the similarities and the differences between capital letters and full stops.
Apply punctuation rules to identify the appropriate use of capital letters and full stops in a text.
Use capital letters to mark the start of a sentence, to create acronyms, to mark titles and proper nouns.
Use full stops to mark sentence ends, abbreviations and decimals.
Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English punctuation – capital letters and full stops – when writing.
This Download Includes:
EXERCISE 1: Consider the functions of capital letters and full stops to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in the text.
EXERCISE 2: Watch the video – Use of Capital Letters and Full Stop – to complete the following table with required details to distinguish between capital letters and full stops.
EXERCISE 3: Select the correct option to identify the appropriate use of capital letters and full stops in the given text.
EXERCISE 4: Use capital letters to mark the start of a sentence, to create acronyms, to mark titles and proper nouns.
EXERCISE 5: Use full stops to mark sentence ends, abbreviations and decimals.
EXERCISE 6: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English punctuation – capital letters and full stops – when writing.
EXERCISE 7: Punctuate the following sentences: use capital letters and full stops.
EXERCISE 8: Give an example each for the following (names of-) in keeping with the capitalisation rules.
EXERCISE 9: Give an example each for the following functions in keeping with the uses of full stops.
EXERCISE 10: Punctuate appropriately: use full stops and capital letters.
EXERCISE 11: Punctuate appropriately: use capital letters and full stops.
These Worksheets with Answer Key are 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.
This Download Includes:
EXERCISE 1: Consider the functions of apostrophes and brackets to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in the text.
EXERCISE 2: Watch the video – How to Use Apostrophes – to complete the following table with required details for apostrophes.
EXERCISE 3: Watch the video – How To Apply Parentheses And Square Brackets – to complete the following table with required details for brackets.
EXERCISE 4: Use Venn Diagram to compare and contrast apostrophes for possession and omission to find similarities and differences between them.
EXERCISE 5: Select the correct option to identify the appropriate use of apostrophes and brackets.
EXERCISE 6: Use apostrophes to show omission or contraction.
EXERCISE 7: Use apostrophes to show possession (Part 1 and 2).
EXERCISE 8: Use apostrophes to show possession and omission or contraction.
EXERCISE 9: Use brackets to enclose incidental or additional information and a brief explanation or translations (Part 1 and 2).
EXERCISE 10: Use apostrophes and brackets to aid cohesion in writing; to convey specific meanings; and to add variety to writing.
RUBRICS: Apostrophes and Brackets Rubrics
EXERCISE 11: Use the information that is inside the brackets to clarify or explain, making sure the sentence still makes sense.
EXERCISE 12: Give an example each for the uses of apostrophe showing possession.
EXERCISE 13: Give an example each for the following brackets rules.
EXERCISE 14: Identify the bracket rules used in the following sentences.
EXERCISE 15: Rewrite these sentences using an apostrophe showing possession.
EXERCISE 16: Rewrite these sentences by shortening the verbs and using apostrophes of omission.
EXERCISE 17: Identify the rules used for apostrophes showing contractions.
These Worksheets with Answers are perfect for teaching Irony – Verbal, Situational and Dramatic. 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:
Define irony types – verbal, situational and dramatic.
Examine the examples of irony and state what is ironic in them.
Show examples of irony that use language, which normally signifies the opposite.
Interpret a given text and identify the examples of irony.
Evaluate a text and explain how irony is used in it.
Use language to express the opposite of what is expected for humorous or emphatic effect.
This Download Includes:
EXERCISE 1: Match the terms (1-4) with their meanings (A-D).
EXERCISE 2: Take this quiz to recall the definitions of irony types.
EXERCISE 3: Watch the video – What is Irony? Three Types of Irony – and answer the following questions.
EXERCISE 4: Examine the examples of irony and state what is ironic in them.
EXERCISE 5: Identify the type of irony in the following graphics – Part 1-2.
EXERCISE 6: Identify the type of irony in the following graphics and say what is ironic – Part 1-2.
EXERCISE 7: Identify the type of irony in the following examples.
EXERCISE 8: Take the following quiz based on the examples of ironies, and identify their type.
EXERCISE 9: Analyse the given text to identify the use of irony in it.
EXERCISE 10: Interpret a given text and identify the examples of irony.
EXERCISE 11: Follow PEE model to evaluate the author’s use of situational irony in the text.
EXERCISE 12: Follow PEE model to evaluate the author’s use of dramatic irony in the text.
EXERCISE 13: Follow PEE model to evaluate the poet’s use of verbal irony in the given poem.
EXERCISE 14: Follow the PEEL model to explain the reader impact of the use of verbal irony in the poem.
EXERCISE 15: Write about any one of the following.
EXERCISE 16: Give a sentence example each for the following ironic situations.
EXERCISE 17: What’s ironic about the following?
EXERCISE 18: What is ironic in “Two Geniuses”?
EXERCISE 19: Determine the types of irony being used and explain your answer.
EXERCISE 20: Determine the types of irony being used by Shakespeare in his plays and explain your answer.
These Worksheets with Answer Key are perfect for teaching Imperative Verbs or Bossy Verbs. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these challenging exercises that are well-designed for student engagement.
This download includes:
EXERCISE 1: Match the terms (1-3) with their meaning (A-C).
EXERCISE 2: Identify the imperative verbs that exemplify the following forms.
EXERCISE 3: Identify the imperative verbs that exemplify the following uses.
EXERCISE 4: Which imperative command matches each picture?
EXERCISE 5: What to do during Covid-19 pandemic? Complete sentences using affirmative and negative imperatives. Use the verbs in the box.
EXERCISE 6: Complete the pool rules with the imperative verbs given in the list. Use the affirmative and negative form.
EXERCISE 7: Choose the imperative verbs that match each picture.
EXERCISE 8: Recall the meaning of imperative verbs.
EXERCISE 9: Complete the following sentences using the correct form of imperative verbs.
EXERCISE 10: Identify the purpose the following imperatives serve.
EXERCISE 11: Identify the imperative verbs in the given sentences.
EXERCISE 12: Identify the uses of imperatives in real life.
EXERCISE 13: Assess the accurate use imperatives in writing.
EXERCISE 14: Give an order or command to go with the road signs.
EXERCISE 15: Make imperative sentences with ‘Don’t’.
EXERCISE 16: Choose the correct imperative verb given in the box to go with each direction to reach the place.
EXERCISE 17: Attempt any one of the activities to demonstrate your mastery in using imperative verbs in writing.
EXERCISE 18: Identify the imperative (bossy) verbs used in the Classroom Rules.
EXERCISE 19: Match each imperative verb (1-8) to the correct instruction (A-H).
EXERCISE 20: Use the imperative verbs in the box to complete the following instructions.
EXERCISE 21: How do you prevent the spread of COVID-19 in seven steps? Use the imperative verbs given in the list to complete the steps.
EXERCISE 22: Complete the zoo rules with the imperative verbs given in the list. Use only negative form.
EXERCISE 23: Choose the correct imperative verb from the box to go with each instruction in this Banana Roll recipe.
These Worksheets with Answer Key are perfect for teaching Adjectives - Degrees of Comparison. 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: Match the terms (1-7) with their meaning (A-G). Write the letters in the space.
EXERCISE 2: Watch the video – Adjectives: Degrees of Comparison – to answer the given questions.
EXERCISE 3: Supply comparative and superlative forms of the given adjectives that follow the following conditions in forming degrees of comparison.
EXERCISE 4: Identify the conditions applied for forming degrees of comparison of the given adjectives.
EXERCISE 5: Fill in the correct comparative and superlative forms into the gaps.
EXERCISE 6: Fill in the correct comparative and superlative forms of the irregular adjectives.
EXERCISE 7: Choose a correct form of adjective for each sentence.
EXERCISE 8: Identify the form of the adjectives.
EXERCISE 9: Identify the degree of the adjectives in comparison.
EXERCISE 10: Identify the part of the sentence that exemplifies the rule of using degrees of comparison.
EXERCISE 11: Complete each sentence with suitable form of the adjective given in the brackets.
EXERCISE 12: Fill in the blanks with positive, comparative or superlative adjectives.
EXERCISE 13: Fill in the blanks with irregular positive, comparative or superlative adjectives.
EXERCISE 14: Compare the nouns in the given images using degrees of comparison. Use the given adjective.
EXERCISE 15: Use the comparative degree of the adjectives to compare two nouns in the pictures.
EXERCISE 16: Use the superlative degree of the adjectives to compare more than two nouns in the pictures.
EXERCISE 17: Use the given nouns and adjectives to form the positive degree. Then change the positive into comparative and the comparative to superlative without changing the meaning of the sentence.
EXERCISE 18: Decide if the following sentences are correct or incorrect in the use of degrees of comparison.
EXERCISE 19: Identify the sentences that have errors using rules for degrees of comparison.
EXERCISE 20: Evaluate the following sentences for the use of degrees of comparison.
EXERCISE 21: Change the degrees of comparison. First one is done for you.
EXERCISE 22: Attempt any one of the activities to demonstrate your mastery in using adjectives - degrees of comparison - in writing.
EXERCISE 23: Identify the degree of comparison of the adjectives used in the following sentences.
EXERCISE 24: Identify the adjectives and their degrees of comparison.
These Worksheets are perfect for teaching Narratives - Reading and Writing. 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:
List down the language features of a narrative.
Write down the language strategies employed in a narrative.
Apply my existing knowledge to identify the plot elements of a narrative.
Use narrative techniques to plan a sample narrative.
Use PQP or TAG technique to evaluate a narrative.
Use precise words and phrases to write a well-structured narrative.
This download includes:
EXERCISE 1: Match the terms (1-7) with their meaning (A-G).
EXERCISE 2: Provide one-word, one-phrase or one-sentence narration to the story in the pictures.
EXERCISE 3: Identify the sentences that show the features of the given narrative.
EXERCISE 4: Read the narrative and use PEE technique to identify the details that suggest the strategies used for narration.
EXERCISE 5: Use Freytag’s Pyramid to identify the plot elements of the narrative.
EXERCISE 6: Compare the two narratives to identify their point of view and their impact on the reader.
EXERCISE 7: Analyse the given narrations to identify author’s techniques.
EXERCISE 8: Read the shortest stories with lengthiest meaning and identify the story elements – Part 1-2.
EXERCISE 9: Use Freytag’s Pyramid to organise a plan of a sample narration.
EXERCISE 10: Use the PQP technique to evaluate the given narrative.
EXERCISE 11: Use the TAG technique to evaluate the given narrative.
EXERCISE 12: Use narrative structure to write the final draft of a planned narration.
EXERCISE 13: Demonstrate your mastery of NARRATIVE WRITING by attempting any one of the given tasks.
EXERCISE 14: Read the given short paragraphs. Choose the voice that you think is being used in each paragraph. Remember when writing with voice it can be: funny, serious, mysterious or frightening.
These Worksheets are perfect for teaching Spelling – Shun Sounding Suffixes – Words Ending in -cian, -sion and -tion. 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:
Give examples for nouns made by adding shun sounding suffixes: -cian, -sion and -tion to base words.
Choose a correct noun that ends in shun sounding suffix (-cian, -sion or –tion) to fill each of the blanks.
Identify the spelling rules applied in changing the base words into shun sounding nouns.
Use the shun sounding suffixes (-cian, -sion or -tion) to form words and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words.
Exercise error identification to assess the correct use of shun sounding suffixes: -cian, -sion and -tion.
Create new word patterns with words ending in shun sounding suffixes: -cian, -sion and -tion to use in writing.
This download includes:
EXERCISE 1: Give examples for nouns (jobs, hobbies, skills) made by adding a shun sounding suffix -cian to base words.
EXERCISE 2: Give examples for nouns made by adding a shun sounding suffix –sion to verbs.
EXERCISE 3: Give examples to nouns made by adding a shun sounding suffix –tion to verbs.
EXERCISE 4: Add the correct shun sounding suffixes: -cian, -sion or -tion to the stems to complete the words.
EXERCISE 5: Choose a correct shun sounding suffix (-cian, -sion or –tion) to fill each of the blanks.
EXERCISE 6: Choose a correct noun that ends in shun sounding suffix (-cian, -sion or –tion) to fill each of the blanks.
EXERCISE 7: Identify the spelling rules applied in changing the base words into shun sounding nouns – Part 1 and 2.
EXERCISE 8: Use the shun sounding suffixes (-cian, -sion or -tion) to form words and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words – Part 1 and 2.
EXERCISE 9: Exercise error identification to assess the correct use of shun sounding suffixes: -cian, -sion and -tion in forming new words – Part 1 to 3.
EXERCISE 10: Create new word patterns with words ending in shun sounding suffixes: -cian, -sion and -tion to use in writing.
EXERCISE 11: Change each root word to a noun that ends in shun sound –cian.
EXERCISE 12: Change each verb to a noun that ends in shun sound –tion.
EXERCISE 13: Change each verb to a noun that ends in shun sound –sion.
A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on cause and effect information text.
After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:
Acquire understanding of the features of cause and effect information text.
List the cause and effect text elements.
Demonstrate knowledge of cause and effect information text in writing.
This Resource Includes:
Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes
Vocabulary Overview - Cause, Effect, Reasons, Result, Information Text
Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Descriptive Writing, Cause and Effect Structure
Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Causes and Effects
Success Criteria - Cause and Effect Information Text Checklist
Scaffolding Notes - Cause and Effect Information Text Elements
Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share
Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – 3 Online Quizzes
Assessment Criteria for Outcome Expectations - Rubrics
Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - Writing Task by Outcome
Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - 2 Online Exercises
Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - Noughts and Crosses
Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Task Cards
Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.2abcdef/4/5
Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive
Educational Tools and Resources - Adverbs, Verbs, Adjectives, Connectives
Teachers can use this resource to teach the students to use cause and effect as information text in writing, thereby helping them to enhance their reading, vocabulary, language, and writing skills.
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
A package of 10 worksheets and task cards on spoken vs written English.
This resource includes:
Picking topics randomly to speak and write.
Rewriting the sentences in formal register.
Rewriting the passage in Standard English.
Using speaking and writing skills to make a difference between written and spoken English.
Demonstrating the knowledge of written vs spoken English in writing.
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 9 worksheets on alternate ending story writing.
This resource includes exercises on:
Relating the narrative writing structure to a short fable
Identifying story elements
Providing an alternate ending to a given story
Demonstrating alternate ending story knowledge in writing
Writing your own fable
Continuing the story
Writing a story on given situation
Teachers can use these task cards to enhance the vocabulary, language, grammar, 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
A package of 10 worksheets on identification of purpose, context, and style in a text.
This resource includes exercises on:
Identifying purpose, context, and style of adverts.
Identifying purpose, context, and style in a text.
Demonstrating purpose, context, and style knowledge in writing.
Comprehending texts for purpose, context, and style.
Analyzing texts for purpose, context, and style.
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
A package of 11 worksheets with answers on prepositions of place.
This includes task cards and exercises on:
Using prepositions to give placements.
Using illustrations to frame sentences.
Filling the blanks with place prepositions.
Demonstrating knowledge of place prepositions in writing.
Using map for locations with place prepositions.
Here are 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 prepositions of time.
This includes task cards and exercises on:
Using prepositions if time to describe time information.
Using timelines to write descriptions with time prepositions.
Filling the blanks with time prepositions.
Demonstrating knowledge of time prepositions in writing.
Identifying time prepositions used in text extracts.
Here are 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 that contains 14 worksheets on characterization.
This resource includes exercises on:
Describing the characters in the images.
Listing descriptive words used for description.
Spotting character traits.
Identifying characters, roles, traits, and all other elements of characterization.
Making a character description.
Demonstrating characterization knowledge in writing.
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 set of 10 worksheets with answers on sonnets.
This Resource includes:
EX 1: Vocabulary Checklist.
EX 2: Shakespearean Sonnet Structure.
EX 3: Miltonic Sonnet Structure.
EX 4: Compare and Contrast Sonnets.
EX 5: Writing Sonnets.
EX 6: Read Sonnets to Answer Questions.
EX 7: Test Understanding of Sonnets.
EX 8: Read Sonnets to Answer Challenging Questions.
EX 9: Paraphrasing Sonnets.
EX 10: Providing Modern Text to Sonnets.
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 set of 10 ready to use worksheets with answers on dialogue writing.
This download includes:
Creating conversations to tell a story to match the picture.
Filling out the speech in the bubbles to make a story.
Using dialogue tags to convert given conversation into a story.
Rewriting the given story in a dialogue form.
Writing dialogues for situations given.
Answering multiple choice questions on dialogue writing.
Using dialogue tags to reconstruct stories.
Presenting stories in a dialogue form.
Unscrambling the dialogues to reconstruct the story.
Using reporting verbs to create dialogue tags.
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 bunch of 10 worksheets and task cards on plot elements of a story.
This Resource Includes:
Identifying conflict types.
Suggesting conflict and plot types for genres.
Identifying plot elements.
Developing plot and describing.
Demonstrating knowledge of plot in writing.
Matching plot elements with their meaning.
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 set of 12 ready to use worksheets and task cards on descriptive writing.
After working with these worksheets students will be able to:
Recall descriptive vocabulary for a descriptive writer.
Acquire knowledge of descriptive techniques and imagery types.
Analyse a descriptive paragraph for features.
Demonstrate command of the conventions of description in writing.
This download includes worksheets on:
Writing descriptive words, a simile, and a metaphor to describe images.
Comparing two descriptions.
Identifying descriptive techniques used in a description.
Describing a picture using sensory language.
Demonstrating the skill of description in writing.
Answering multiple choice questions on descriptive writing.
Using descriptive sample openers to come up with own descriptions.
Circling descriptive words in the given passage.
Describing the usefulness of any of the given man-made materials.
Reading to write down examples of descriptive techniques.
Identifying the sensory language used in the given passage.
Reading the given description to notice examples of descriptive techniques.
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 set of 11 ready to use worksheets and task-cards on imaginative writing.
After working with these worksheets students will be able to:
Recall imaginative writing techniques.
Apply authorial technique to spur imagination.
Demonstrate imagination skill in writing.
This download includes worksheets on:
Picturing a situation with imagination.
Imagining a story hidden in the given images.
Responding to the prompting questions.
Using given prompts to spur imagination.
Demonstrating skill of imagination in writing.
Following the prompt to complete a story.
Answering multiple choice questions on imaginative writing.
Imagining and answering.
Describing what you see in your imagination.
Thinking out of the box.
Using prompts to give vent to imagination.
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 set of 10 ready to use worksheets and task cards on suspense story writing.
After working with these worksheets students will be able to:
Acquire knowledge of the techniques that create sustaining suspense.
Analyse plot diagram for a suspense story.
Demonstrate command of the conventions of suspense in writing.
This download includes worksheets on:
Match the lesson vocabulary with their meanings.
Writing what most likely would happen next to given scenes.
Using the graphic organizer to plan and narrate a small suspense story.
Reading the story, “Velvet Ribbon” to visualize final scene.
Demonstrating the skill of suspense in writing.
Reading the instruction and selecting the appropriate answer.
Thinking of an alternate ending with suspense to the given story.
Thinking of a story, “The Student Who Cried Teacher” to pull a false alarm.
Choosing a set of three elements to write a suspense story.
Writing a suspense story on given situation.
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