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 Vocabulary – Connectives and Transitions. 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 Google Slides students will be able to:
Recognise the meaning of connectives and transitions based on their usage.
Classify the connectives and transitions based on their functions.
Use connectives and transitions to join clauses or sentence elements.
Use connectives and transitions to bring structure and clarity to writing.
Use error identification strategy to find the correct use of connectives and transitions.
Create sentences with connectives and transitions to convey specific meanings and add variety to 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
These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Reading Comprehension – Comparing Texts and Reading Winter Poems. 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 Google Slides 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.
Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom:
To challenge early finishers
For effective tutoring
As ESL stations and sub tubs
As holiday work and homework
For small group collaborations
For an end of unit assessments
For reinforcement and enrichment
This PowerPoint Presentation is 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 lesson 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.
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 Punctuation - Colons and Semicolons. 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 New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based lesson students will be able to:
Consider the functions of colons and semicolons to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in a text.
List the similarities and the differences between colons and semicolons.
Apply punctuation rules to identify the appropriate use of colons and semicolons in a text.
Use colons to introduce a series of items in a list; to introduce mail and email references; to separate numerical expressions; to introduce a quote; and to join a clause that explains or illustrates.
Use semicolons to join two independent clauses; to separate items in a series containing internal punctuation; and to precede transition in a sentence.
Use colons and semicolons 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 PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Punctuation – Bullet Points and Ellipses. 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 lesson students will be able to:
Consider the functions of bullet points and ellipses to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in a text.
List the similarities and the differences between bullet points and ellipses.
Apply punctuation rules to identify the appropriate use of bullet points and ellipses in a text.
Use bullet points to list unordered series of items; to give the reader information quickly; and to simplify big chunks of writing.
Use ellipses to indicate an omission from the text; and to show hesitation or an interruption.
Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English punctuation – bullet points and ellipses – when writing.
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 Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Grammar and Punctuation – Colons and Semicolons. 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:
Consider the functions of colons and semicolons to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in a text.
List the similarities and the differences between colons and semicolons.
Apply punctuation rules to identify the appropriate use of colons and semicolons in a text.
Use colons to introduce a series of items in a list; to introduce mail and email references; to separate numerical expressions; to introduce a quote; and to join a clause that explains or illustrates.
Use semicolons to join two independent clauses; to separate items in a series containing internal punctuation; and to precede transition in a sentence.
Use colons and semicolons to aid cohesion in writing; to convey specific meanings; and to add variety to writing.
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
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These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Grammar and Punctuation – Hyphens and Dashes. 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:
Consider the functions of hyphens and dashes to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in a text.
List the similarities and the differences of hyphens and dashes; en dashes and em dashes.
Apply punctuation rules to identify the appropriate use of hyphens and dashes in a text.
Use hyphens to join two or more words to create new meaning; to create compound words with prefixes and suffixes; to clarify meaning; to write fractions or numbers; and to indicate a missing element.
Use dashes to introduce an explanation or clarification; to separate a non-essential information; to replace a pair of commas; and to replace a pair of brackets.
Use hyphens and dashes to aid cohesion in writing; to convey specific meanings; and to add variety to writing.
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.
If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account.
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These Google Slides 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.
After completing these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based lesson students will be able to:
Consider the functions of colons and semicolons 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 PowerPoint Presentation 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
These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Grammar – Active and Passive Voice. 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:
Identify and define the structure of a sentence when verbs are active and passive.
Group and order tense forms into active and passive verbs.
Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
Analyse verb tenses to determine whether constructions rely on active or passive voice.
Recognise and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice.
Produce and present well-written sentences with appropriate active and passive verbs.
These digital task cards would be great on a:
laptop
desktop
Chromebook
tablet
mobile device
Smart Board
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.
If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account.
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These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Verb Moods – Indicative, Imperative, Interrogative, Conditional and Subjunctive. 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:
Recall the meaning of the terms associated with verb moods.
Consider the functions of verb moods to identify the signs that exemplify the verb forms in the given text.
Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional and subjunctive mood.
Investigate and identify the mood of the given verb.
Recognise and correct inappropriate shifts in verb moods.
Create their own sentences showing the mood of the verb.
These digital task cards would be great on a:
laptop
desktop
Chromebook
tablet
mobile device
Smart Board
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 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.
These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Modal Verbs – can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, have to, will and would. 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 and list the modal verb types with their positions.
Identify the modal verbs from a given text and say what they express.
Form and use modal verbs to express ability, possibility, advice, obligation and request.
Form and use modal verbs to convey various conditions.
Recognise and correct inappropriate use of modal verbs in writing.
Produce well-written sentences using modal verbs in correct positions.
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 Vocabulary Resources by the same Author:
Idioms
Modal Verbs
Determiners
Imperative Verbs
Conditionals
Synonyms and Antonyms
Articles (a, an, the)
Compound Words
Connectives and Transitions
These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Modal Verbs – can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, have to, will and would. 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:
Recall and list the modal verb types with their positions.
Identify the modal verbs from a given text and say what they express.
Form and use modal verbs to express ability, possibility, advice, obligation and request.
Form and use modal verbs to convey various conditions.
Recognise and correct inappropriate use of modal verbs in writing.
Produce well-written sentences using modal verbs in correct positions.
These digital task cards would be great on a:
laptop
desktop
Chromebook
tablet
mobile device
Smart Board
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.
If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account.
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This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Spelling - Irregular Spellings and Silent Letters. 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:
Provide an example each for the rules of words with irregular rules.
Provide an example each for the rules of the words with silent letters.
Apply spelling rules to add –ed or –ing to words ending in '-fer‘; and use words with “Y” that sound like “I”.
Analyse the given text to identify the use of words with silent letters in writing.
Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘CH’, ‘SC’, ‘EI’, ‘EIGH‘, ‘EY‘, ‘OU’ and ‘OUGH‘ in writing.
Create new word patterns with words ending in –fer; words with silent letters; and words spelt ‘CH’, ‘SC’, ‘EI’, ‘EIGH‘, ‘EY‘, ‘OU’ and‘OUGH‘.
This download includes:
EXERCISE 1: Provide an example each for the spelling rules to go with the description of them. Use the given root words.
EXERCISE 2: Provide an example each for the spelling rules to go with the description and sound associated with them. Use the words in the box.
EXERCISE 3: Provide an example each for words with silent letter/s to go with the description of them. Use the words given in the box.
EXERCISE 4: Identify the odd ones out.
EXERCISE 5: Apply spelling rules to add –ed or –ing to words ending in '-fer‘.
EXERCISE 6: Apply spelling rules to use words with “Y” that sound like “I”.
EXERCISE 7: Analyse the given text to identify the use of words with silent letters in writing.
EXERCISE 8: Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘CH‘ in writing.
EXERCISE 9: Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘SC‘ in writing.
EXERCISE 10: Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘SC‘ with their appropriate sound in writing.
EXERCISE 11: Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘EI’, ‘EIGH’ and ‘EY‘ in writing.
EXERCISE 12: Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘OU’ and ‘OUGH‘ in writing.
EXERCISE 13: Create new word patterns with words ending in –fer; words with silent letters; and words spelt ‘CH’, ‘SC’, ‘EI’, ‘EIGH‘, ‘EY‘, ‘OU’ and ‘OUGH‘.
RUBRICS: Spelling Rubrics.
These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Sentence Structure – Conditional Sentences – Zero, First, Second, Third and Mixed. 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 terms associated with conditionals with their meanings.
Consider the usage and formation to identify the verbs that exemplify the conditionals in the given text.
Form and use conditionals to achieve particular effects.
Illustrate the structure of conditionals relating them to condition and results with tenses.
Identify the common mistakes made by beginners in the use of conditionals in writing.
Produce well-written conditional sentences keeping in mind the formation and usage to express probability, possibility and hypothesis.
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.
If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial of our premium account.
Readhere for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial.
These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Proofreading - Editing your Writing. 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:
Identify the correct meaning of proofreading symbols or marks.
List the components of a proofreading checklist.
Apply proofreading symbols to identify the appropriate use of them in a text.
Identify grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors in a given text.
Fix grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors in a given text.
Use proofreading process to aid cohesion in writing.
This Download Includes:
EXERCISE 1: Match the symbols of proofreading (1-14) with their meanings (A-N).
EXERCISE 2: Match the proofreading marks (1-10) with their meanings.
EXERCISE 3: Watch the video - Editing Your Writing – and prepare a checklist for proof reading.
EXERCISE 4: Use proofreading symbols to edit the text.
EXERCISE 5: Use proofreading letters/marks and acronyms to edit the text.
EXERCISE 6: Analyse and proofread the text to identify the errors – Part 1-2.
EXERCISE 7: Exercise error identification to ensure accuracy and correctness – Part 1-2.
EXERCISE 8: Chose any one of the following task to demonstrate your proofreading skills.
EXERCISE 9: Proofread the following text and correct by selecting the suitable option.
EXERCISE 10: Proofread and correct the following passages – Part 1-4.
These Google Slides 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 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 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.
A unit presentation on prose comprehension of the fictional story, “Trouble Half-Way” (an extract) by Jan Mark based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy.
After completing this unit students will be able to:
Find meaning of certain expressions - words and phrases - in the story.
Answer questions to demonstrate knowledge of the setting of the story.
Use the guide to identify character traits and make a character sketch of the main characters in the story.
Use Freytag’s Pyramid to identify the elements and develop the plot of the story.
Use analysis guide to identify the elements and make the critical appreciation of the story.
Make a diary entry from the point of view of a main character in the story.
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
Interactive, collaborative and web-based google slides on reading comprehension of an extract from ‘Trouble Half-Way’ by Jan Mark based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy.
After completing this unit students will be able to:
Find meaning of certain expressions - words and phrases - in the story.
Answer questions to demonstrate knowledge of the setting of the story.
Use the guide to identify character traits and make a character sketch of the main characters in the story.
Use Freytag’s Pyramid to identify the elements and develop the plot of the story.
Use analysis guide to identify the elements and make the critical appreciation of the story.
Make a diary entry from the point of view of a main character in the story.
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
