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.
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 Google Slides are perfect for teaching Definite and Indefinite Articles – ‘A’, ‘An’ and ‘The’. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these self-grading exercises that are gamified for student engagement.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
To recognise and recall types of articles.
To describe and explain the uses of articles.
To use rules of placing definite and indefinite articles.
To draw links between definite and indefinite articles.
To justify the right use of articles as determiners.
To produce sentences placing articles before a noun.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Boom Cards students will be able to:
Classify articles as definite (the) and indefinite (‘a’ and ‘an’).
Identify the use of ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ and zero article before a given noun.
Place ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ and zero article correctly before a given noun.
Use ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ to determine a given noun.
Identify the errors to ensure the correct use of ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ and zero articles as determiners.
Create new sentences using ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ and zero article that determine nouns.
These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Reading Comprehension – Narrative Fiction Short Story. 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 or explain the meaning of words in context.
Identify/explain how meaning is enhanced through choice of words and phrases.
Identify key details from fiction.
Retrieve and record information from fiction.
Summarise main ideas from the text.
Make inferences from the text.
Make comparisons within the text.
Predict what might happen from details stated and implied.
Identify/explain how information or narrative content is related and contributes to meaning as a whole.
Explain and justify inferences with evidence from the text.
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This PowerPoint Presentation is 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 this resource to teach the students to sequence facts in a chronological order, 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
This PowerPoint Presentation is 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.
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 PowerPoint Presentation is 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.
After attempting these activities, your students will be able to:
Determine the organisational methods used when comparing and contrasting.
Identify the clue or signal words used when comparing and contrasting.
Identify the similarities and differences in the given compare-contrast texts.
Plan and write the first draft of compare-contrast text on given topics.
Peer evaluate a compare-contrast text with constructive feedback.
Integrate the peer feedback and write a final draft of compare-contrast text.
Teachers can use this resource to teach students to use compare and contrast 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
These Google Slides 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.
After attempting these activities, your students will be able to:
Determine the organisational methods used when comparing and contrasting.
Identify the clue or signal words used when comparing and contrasting.
Identify the similarities and differences in the given compare-contrast texts.
Plan and write the first draft of compare-contrast text on given topics.
Peer evaluate a compare-contrast text with constructive feedback.
Integrate the peer feedback and write a final draft of compare-contrast text.
“Mastering Argumentative Writing” is an engaging and comprehensive resource designed to teach students the art of constructing persuasive arguments. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy, the resource focuses on developing students’ skills across various levels of cognitive understanding, from remembering key components to creating well-structured and compelling essays. The learning objectives and student outcomes cover a range of cognitive levels, progressing from basic recall and understanding to higher-order skills like analysis, evaluation, and creation, in alignment with Bloom’s Taxonomy. This resource includes writing tasks that are differentiated based on the performance of learners in CAT4, GL, and NGRT assessments and tailored to address learner-specific needs and abilities. These tasks help educators provide targeted support and challenges to meet the diverse needs of learners and promote their growth in writing proficiency.
“Mastering Argumentative Writing” is an engaging and comprehensive resource designed to teach students the art of constructing persuasive arguments. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy, the resource focuses on developing students’ skills across various levels of cognitive understanding, from remembering key components to creating well-structured and compelling essays. The learning objectives and student outcomes cover a range of cognitive levels, progressing from basic recall and understanding to higher-order skills like analysis, evaluation, and creation, in alignment with Bloom’s Taxonomy. This resource includes writing tasks that are differentiated based on the performance of learners in CAT4, GL, and NGRT assessments and tailored to address learner-specific needs and abilities. These tasks help educators provide targeted support and challenges to meet the diverse needs of learners and promote their growth in writing proficiency.
“Persuasive Writing Masterclass: Unlocking the Power of Words” is a comprehensive resource that aligns with the domains of Bloom’s taxonomy, designed to teach students the art of persuasive writing. This resource offers a systematic approach to mastering persuasive techniques, understanding the structure of persuasive essays, critically analysing persuasive texts, evaluating arguments, and ultimately creating original persuasive works. This resource not only equips students with a solid understanding of persuasive writing but also empowers them to apply, analyse, evaluate, and create persuasive arguments effectively. With a focus on both foundational knowledge and practical application, this resource supports students in becoming skilled and confident persuasive writers.
These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Adjective Order – Number, Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material, Purpose. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these self-grading exercises that are gamified for student engagement.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
To recognise and recall categories of adjectives.
To describe and explain rules for placing adjectives in order.
To use rules of placing adjectives in order.
To draw links between attributes of adjectives.
To justify the right use of adjectives in order.
To produce descriptions placing adjectives in order.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Boom Cards students will be able to:
List the attributes (number, opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose) of adjectives.
Identify rules followed for placing adjectives in order to describe a noun.
Place adjectives in NOSASCOMP order to modify nouns.
Arrange the adjectives in a particular order to emphasise their position and function.
Identify the errors to ensure the correct order of adjectives.
Use adjectives in NOSASCOMP order to describe nouns.
These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Vocabulary – Compound Adjectives. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these self-grading exercises that are gamified for student engagement.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Boom Cards students will be able to:
Match the meaning with the terms associated with compound adjectives.
Classify the compound adjectives based on their patterns.
Identify compound adjectives as used in the given text.
Form and use compound adjectives to modify nouns.
Use error identification to find the correct use of compound adjectives.
Write hyphenated compound adjectives correctly to modify nouns.
These digital task cards would be great on a:
laptop
desktop
Chromebook
tablet
mobile device
Smart Board
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
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Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge).
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These Google Slides 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.
Objectives of this lesson are:
To recognise and recall adjectives: degrees of comparison.
To describe and explain adjectives: degrees of comparison.
To use rules of using adjectives: degrees of comparison.
To draw links between degrees of adjectives for comparison.
To justify the right use of adjectives: degrees of comparison.
To produce descriptions using adjectives: degrees of comparison.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to:
Identify the positive, comparative and superlative degree of adjectives.
Identify the degree of comparison of the given adjectives in the given sentence.
Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives to modify nouns.
Change the degree of comparison of an adjective without changing the meaning of the sentence.
Identify the errors to ensure the right use of adjectives based on their degrees of comparison.
Choose between comparative and superlative adjectives depending on what is to be modified.
These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Spelling –Words Ending –able and -ible. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these self-grading exercises that are gamified for student engagement.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Boom Cards students will be able to:
Add the suffix -ible or -able to make an adjective.
Identify the correct spelling of adjectives using the suffix -able or -ible.
Spell adjectives that end in suffix -able or -ible.
Use the suffix -able or -ible to form adjectives and use verbs as clues to the meaning of adjectives.
Exercise error identification to assess the correct use of suffix -able or -ible to form adjectives.
Use adjectives that end in suffixes -able and -ible in writing.
These digital task cards would be great on a:
laptop
desktop
Chromebook
tablet
mobile device
Smart Board
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 about Boom Learning:
To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet.
Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge).
Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires.
For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards.
You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards).
Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.
For additional assignment options you’ll need a premium account.
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These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Narrative Writing – Fiction and Non-fiction. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these self-grading exercises that are gamified for student engagement.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Boom Cards 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.
These digital task cards:
Would be great on a Laptop, Desktop, Chromebook or Tablet;
Can be used on any other mobile device that can access the internet;
Can even be used on your Smart Board.
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 about Boom Learning:
To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet.
Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge).
Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires.
For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards.
You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards).
Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.
For additional assignment options you’ll need a premium account.
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These Boom Cards 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 self-grading exercises that are gamified for student engagement.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Boom Cards 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.
These digital task cards would be great on a:
laptop
desktop
Chromebook
tablet
mobile device
Smart Board
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 about Boom Learning:
To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet.
Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge).
Apps are available for Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires.
For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards.
You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with “Fast Pins,” (play provides instant feedback for self-grading Boom Cards).
Fast Play is always a free way for students to engage with Boom Cards decks.
For additional assignment options you’ll need a premium account.
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These Google Slides 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.
RUBRICS: Spelling Rubrics
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.
This PowerPoint Presentation is 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 lesson 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 Reading Skills through a Narrative Poetry - The Song of Hiawatha by W. H. Longfellow. 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:
Find the meaning of challenging words and expressions in the poem.
Identify the key ideas of the poem.
Use textual clues to answer the retrieval and inferential questions.
Analyse the poem to find its poetry elements – genre, message, tone, context, perspective, point of view, structure, rhyme scheme, purpose and metre.
Evaluate the poet’s use of personification, hyperbole, imagery, repetition, alliteration and onomatopoeia.
Write a summary, make a character description, explain the reader impact of figurative language and create a critical appreciation of the poem.
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 Google Slides are perfect for teaching Reading Skills through a Narrative Prose Poetry - Geography Lesson by Brian Patten. 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:
Find the meaning of challenging words and expressions in the poem.
Identify the key ideas of the poem.
Use textual clues to answer the retrieval and inferential questions.
Analyse the poem to find its poetry elements – genre, message, tone, context, perspective, point of view, structure, rhyme scheme, purpose and metre.
Evaluate the poet’s use of personification, hyperbole, imagery, repetition, alliteration and onomatopoeia.
Write a summary, make a character description, explain the reader impact of figurative language and create a critical appreciation of the poem.
This Download Includes:
EXERCISE 1: Match the meanings (A-N) with the expressions (1-14) they refer to.
EXERCISE 2: Find the meaning of certain expressions: words and phrases in the poem.
EXERCISE 3: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the poem.
EXERCISE 4: Read the poem and briefly summarize the meaning of each stanza:
EXERCISE 5: Determine the central idea of the poem and analyse its development.
EXERCISE 6: Identify the poet’s use of contrasting images to highlight the difference between the teacher’s reality and the places he longs to visit.
EXERCISE 7: Answer the characterization questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension.
EXERCISE 8: Identity what the poem says both explicitly and implicitly with inferences drawn from it.
EXERCISE 9: Use the specified criteria to find poetry elements of the poem.
EXERCISE 10: Analyse the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.
EXERCISE 11: Answer the questions to check your understanding of poetry elements.
EXERCISE 12: Identify the figures of speech employed in the poem.
EXERCISE 13: Answer the questions to check your understanding of the figures of speech used in the poem.
EXERCISE 14: Determine the figurative meanings of the words and phrases in the poem.
EXERCISE 15: Determine the connotative meanings of the words and phrases in the poem.
EXERCISE 16: Use RTC to refer to the context, PEE technique to explain the figurative language used, provide an objective summary and make a critical appreciation of the poem.
EXERCISE 17: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says.
EXERCISE 18: Answer the questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension.
These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Reading Skills through a Narrative Poetry - The Giantess by Carol Ann Duffy. 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:
Find the meaning of challenging words and expressions in the poem.
Identify the key ideas of the poem.
Use textual clues to answer the retrieval and inferential questions.
Analyse the poem to find its poetry elements – genre, message, tone, context, perspective, point of view, structure, rhyme scheme, purpose and metre.
Evaluate the poet’s use of personification, hyperbole, imagery, repetition, alliteration and onomatopoeia.
Write a summary, make a character description, explain the reader impact of figurative language and create a critical appreciation of the poem.
This Download Includes:
EXERCISE 1 - Interpret and verbalise the pictures of metaphors in the poem.
EXERCISE 2 - What do the following expressions mean in the poem?
EXERCISE 3 - Read the poem and briefly summarize the meaning of each stanza:
EXERCISE 4 - Identify the figures of speech in the poem and say how they are used.
EXERCISE 5 - Identify the poetry elements of the poem.
EXERCISE 6 - Answer the figurative language questions.
EXERCISE 7 - Answer the questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension (Part 1).
EXERCISE 8 - Demonstrate the mastery of comprehension by answering given questions. Follow the rubrics.
EXERCISE 9 - Answer the questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension (Part 2).
EXERCISE 10 - Answer the questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension (Part 3).
EXERCISE 11 - Select the best option that answers the question on comprehension (Part 1).
EXERCISE 12 - Select the best option that answers the question on comprehension (Part 2).
EXERCISE 13 - Select the best option that answers the question on comprehension (Part 3).
EXERCISE 14 - Match the giantess tools with the verbs and the household tools they refer to in the poem.
EXERCISE 15 - Tabulate the jobs assigned, relationships assured, tools provided, materials used and the payment offered to the seven girls in the poem.