These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Standard English Conventions – Sentence Structure, Usage Practices and Punctuation. 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 and solve the common errors made using double negatives and formal or informal structure. Identify and solve common errors made using punctuation to clarify meaning; and analyse the given text to demonstrate the accurate usage of homophones, homographs, homonyms and relative pronouns. Identify inappropriate shifts in verb tenses, verb moods, verb voices, grammatical cases, person, number and find solutions to rectify the errors. Exercise error identification to ensure pronoun clarity; distinction between determiners, contractions and adverbs; subject-verb agreement; related noun agreement and logical comparison. Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognising and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers. Revise sentence fragments, run-on sentences, parallel structure, coordination and subordination to create grammatically complete sentences. This download includes activities on: Double Negatives and Formal and Informal Structure Homophones vs Homographs vs Homonyms Frequently Confused Relative Pronouns End Punctuation and Unnecessary Punctuation Common Punctuation Errors Shifts in Tense, Mood, Voice, Person, Number and Case Distinction between determiners, contractions and adverbs. Pronoun Clarity Related Noun Agreement, Subject-verb Agreement and Logical Comparison Misplaced Modifiers Dangling Modifiers Sentence Fragments Run-on Sentences Coordination vs Subordination Grammatical Parallelism

This compact review of Standard English Conventions for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Sentence Structure, Usage Practices and Punctuation. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: Identify and solve the common errors made using double negatives and formal or informal structure. Identify and solve common errors made using punctuation to clarify meaning; and analyse the given text to demonstrate the accurate usage of homophones, homographs, homonyms and relative pronouns. Identify inappropriate shifts in verb tenses, verb moods, verb voices, grammatical cases, person, number and find solutions to rectify the errors. Exercise error identification to ensure pronoun clarity; distinction between determiners, contractions and adverbs; subject-verb agreement; related noun agreement and logical comparison. Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognising and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers. Revise sentence fragments, run-on sentences, parallel structure, coordination and subordination to create grammatically complete sentences. This download includes: SN 1: Double Negatives and Formal and Informal Structure SN 2: Homophones vs Homographs vs Homonyms SN 3: Frequently Confused Relative Pronouns SN 4: End Punctuation and Unnecessary Punctuation SN 5: Common Punctuation Errors SN 6: Shifts in Tense, Mood, Voice, Person, Number and Case SN 7: Distinction between determiners, contractions and adverbs. SN 8: Pronoun Clarity SN 9: Related Noun Agreement, Subject-verb Agreement and Logical Comparison SN 10: Misplaced Modifiers SN 11: Dangling Modifiers SN 12: Sentence Fragments SN 13: Run-on Sentences SN 14: Coordination vs Subordination SN 15: Grammatical Parallelism SN 16: Standard English Conventions Rubrics

These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Standard English Conventions – Sentence Fragments, Run-on Sentences, Coordination Flaws, Subordination Flaws and Grammatical Parallelism Problems. 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: 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. 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 Standard English Conventions – Sentence Fragments, Run-on Sentences, Coordination, Subordination and Grammatical Parallelism. 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 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

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 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

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Reading Comprehension through a Humourous Story - My Lost Dollar by Stephen Butler Leacock. 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, phrases and expressions in the story. Identify the setting elements and the characteristic features of the main characters in the story. Apply textual clues to answer the retrieval, inferential and authorial technique 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: Find the meaning of certain expressions: words and phrases in the story. EXERCISE 2: Answer the following questions to recall the meaning of certain expressions in the story. EXERCISE 3: Follow the setting element’s template to identify the setting elements to describe the setting of the story. EXERCISE 4: Follow the character description guide for the characterisation of the main characters of the story. EXERCISE 5: Answer the characterisation questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension. EXERCISE 6: Use the character description guide for the characterisation of the main characters of the story. EXERCISE 7: Answer the following retrieval questions. EXERCISE 8: Answer the following inferential questions. EXERCISE 9: Follow Freytag’s Pyramid to identify plot elements to develop the plot of the story. EXERCISE 10: Answer the following questions to demonstrate your understanding of the plot elements. EXERCISE 11: Follow the story analysis guide to identify the story elements. EXERCISE 12: Answer the following questions to demonstrate your understanding of story elements. EXERCISE 13: Answer the following questions to demonstrate your understanding of authorial techniques. EXERCISE 14: Demonstrate the mastery of comprehension by answering following questions. EXERCISE 15: Answer the following comprehension questions.

These Boom Cards are perfect for teaching Sensory Imagery – Auditory, Visual, Olfactory, Gustatory and Tactile. 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 the correct definition of imagery types – visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile. Examine word-pictures used as imagery in a given text. Show examples of writing that allow readers to visualise, hear, touch, taste or smell in their imagination. Interpret word-images sensory imagery creates in a text and explain the author’s purpose in using it. Evaluate author’s use of imagery to create word images in a text. Use sensory imagery to create vivid descriptions and word images in 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. Readhere for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial.