Interactive, collaborative and web-based google slides on teaching and learning of adjective types based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this unit students will be able to: Identify the words or phrases from the given examples that show the characteristics of adjectives. Recognise the words or phrases from the examples that demonstrate the functions of adjectives. Describe the given nouns in the pictures using the given adjectives. Identify the modifier and the thing it modifies in the given sentences. Place adjectives within a sentence, recognising and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers. Use adjective types to describe nouns and add variety and interest 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

Interactive, collaborative and web-based google slides on teaching and learning of future tense verbs based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Relate future tense verb forms to person and number. Write the future tense verb stem, conjugate the verb and use it correctly in a sentence. Use sentence stems to formulate the sentences to go with the actions in the future tense verb forms. Analyse the function of future tense verb forms using the timeline they refer to. Exercise error identification to notify the wrong use of future tense verb forms. Use future tense verbs to convey various times, sequences, states and conditions. This download includes: Scaffolding Notes 1: Vocabulary Overview EXERCISE 1: Use the verb “sling” to give an example each for the future tense verb structure. Scaffolding Notes 2: Future Tense Verb Form and Structure EXERCISE 2: Relate future tense verb forms to person and number – Part 1. EXERCISE 3: Relate future tense verb forms to person and number – Part 2. EXERCISE 4: Use the given verbs to go with the future tense verb form stated in order to fill in the blanks. EXERCISE 5: Select the correct option to demonstrate the conjugation and usage of future tense verb forms. EXERCISE 6: Use the sentence stems to formulate sentences to go with the actions in the pictures and the future tense verb forms. EXERCISE 7: Select the correct option to demonstrate the formulation and usage of future tense verb forms. EXERCISE 8: Analyse the functions of future tense verb forms with examples. Scaffolding Notes 3: Functions of Future Tense Verb Forms EXERCISE 9: Analyse the functions of future tense verb forms with timeline diagrams. Scaffolding Notes 4: Timeline Diagrams of Future Tense Verb Forms EXERCISE 10: Analyse the functions of future tense verb forms using the timeline they refer to. EXERCISE 11: Explain the functions of future tense verb forms in particular sentences – Part 1. EXERCISE 12: Explain the functions of future tense verb forms in particular sentences – Part 2. EXERCISE 13: Recognise and correct inappropriate shifts in future tense verb forms. EXERCISE 14: Demonstrate future tense verbs formulation and usage in writing. EXERCISE 15: Use your knowledge of future tense verb forms to write about one of the given topics. Scaffolding Notes 5: Tenses Rubrics EXERCISE 16: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in future tense – Part 1. EXERCISE 17: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in future tense – Part 2. EXERCISE 18: Convert the verbs into their corresponding future tenses. EXERCISE 19: Identify the future tense verb forms used in the given passages.

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Punctuation – Question Marks and Exclamation Marks. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these ready to use exercises that are well planned for student engagement. After completing this New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based lesson students will be able to: Consider the functions of question marks and exclamation marks to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in a text. List the similarities and the differences of question marks and exclamation marks. Apply punctuation rules to identify the appropriate use of question marks and exclamation marks. Use question marks to mark WH direct question ends; and to mark auxiliary verb question ends. Use exclamation marks to mark exclamatory sentence ends; and to mark one-word interjection ends. Use question marks and exclamation marks to aid cohesion in writing; to convey specific meanings; and to add variety to writing. Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Moods of Verbs - Indicative, Imperative, Interrogative, Conditional, Subjunctive. 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 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. 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 Grammar Resources by the same Author: Active and Passive Voice Direct and Indirect Speech Subject-Verb Agreement Standard English Conventions Grammatical Cases Verbals Moods of Verbs

These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Verbals – Gerunds, Participles and Infinitives. 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: Match the terms associated with verbals with their meanings. Consider the definitions and functions of verbals to identify the signs that exemplify the verbals in the given text. Provide finite verbs to the given actions and convert them to non-finite verbs (verbals) – gerund, participle and infinitive. Identify the functions of verbals in particular sentences. Verify and correct misplaced and dangling modifiers and inappropriate use of verbals. Use verbals to convey specific meanings and add variety and interest to writing. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Match the TERMS (1-14) with their MEANINGS (A-N). EXERCISE 2: Watch the video - Verbals: Gerunds, Infinitives and Participles – to gather information about verbals, gerunds, infinitives, participles and the dangling participle. Then try the task that follows. EXERCISE 3: Identify the verb, verbal, verbal type and its function in the following sentences. EXERCISE 4: Consider the definitions and functions of verbals to identify the signs that exemplify the verbals in the given text. EXERCISE 5: Identify the verbals. Use the labels given below to name the parts of the sentences. EXERCISE 6: Provide finite VERBS to the below actions and convert them to non-finite verbs (VERBALS) – gerund, participle and infinitive. EXERCISE 7: Test your understanding of verbals. EXERCISE 8: Identify the verbals used in the given sentences. EXERCISE 9: Identify the verbals and their types in the given sentences. EXERCISE 10: Identify the functions of verbals in the given sentences. EXERCISE 11: Assess and evaluate the correct use of verbals. EXERCISE 12: Verify and correct misplaced or dangling modifiers and inappropriate use of verbals. EXERCISE 13: Use verbals (non-finite verbs) to convey specific meanings and add variety and interest to writing. EXERCISE 14: Demonstrate the mastery of using verbals (non-finite verbs) in writing. EXERCISE 15: Underline the verbals in the following paragraph and identify what kind of verbals they are - gerunds, participles or infinitives. EXERCISE 16: Identify the errors in the use of non-finite verbs in the following passages and write the correction.

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

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

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching 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. 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 Clauses - Noun or Nominal Clause. 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 clauses and their components. Explain the role of interrogative pronouns or adverbs and expletives in forming noun clauses. Determine the properties of noun clauses as used in sentences. Identify the noun clauses functioning as nouns in sentences. Exercise error identification to ensure that noun clauses are used correctly in writing. Use noun clauses to vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader interest and style. 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 Comprehension – Narrative Fiction Short Story. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these well-designed exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement. After attempting these activities, 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.

These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Imperative or Bossy Verbs. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these well-designed exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: To recall the meaning of terms associated with imperative verbs. To describe and explain the forms and uses of imperative verbs. To use the forms and uses of imperative verbs. To draw links between verbs in general and imperative verbs. To justify the right use of imperative verbs. To produce sentences using imperative verbs. After attempting these activities your students will be able to: Distinguish between verbs in general and imperative verbs. Classify imperatives as affirmative and negative. Form and use verbs in the imperative both affirmatively and negatively. Use a wide range of imperative verbs to clarify relationships between ideas. Identify the errors to ensure the correct use of imperative verbs. Use imperative verbs to sequence instructions.

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Reading Comprehension – Narrative Fiction Short Story. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these challenging exercises that are well-designed for student engagement. After attempting these activities, your students will be able to: Give 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. 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 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 - Description. 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: Identify the communicative purpose of texts that describe nouns and visuals. Classify the vocabulary type used in texts that describe pie charts, line graphs, bar graphs or diagrams. Recognise the structure of texts that describe nouns and visuals. Organise information for a text that describes a pie chart, line graph, bar graph or diagram. Detect areas to improve in a text that describes a pie chart, line graph, bar graph or diagram and respond to the peer feedback. Create an information text that describes a pie chart, line graph, bar graph or diagram.

These Boom Cards 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. 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. 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 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 Adjectives – Degrees of Comparison. 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 New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Boom Cards 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. Identify the rules of using the degrees of comparison of the given adjectives. Change the degree of comparison of an adjective without changing the meaning of the sentence. Use error identification to assure the right use of adjectives based on their degrees of comparison. Use degrees of an adjective to compare one, two or more 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 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 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.

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Reading Skills through a Humourous Narrative Poetry - Crack-a-Dawn by Brian Morse. 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 challenging words and expressions in the poem. List down the key elements of the poem. Use textual clues to answer retrieval and inferential questions. Follow specified criteria to analyse the poem to find its poetry elements. Follow PEE model to evaluate the poet’s use of hyperbole and irony in the poem. Write the summary and create a critical appreciation of the poem. This Download Includes: POEM: Crack-a-Dawn – a humourous narrative by Brian Morse EXERCISE 1: Choose the correct word/s to complete these lines about the poem. EXERCISE 2: Answer the following questions to demonstrate your understanding of the poem. EXERCISE 3: Read these statements and decide if they are ‘True’ or ‘False’. APPLYING EXERCISE 4: Use textual clues to answer the following retrieval questions. EXERCISE 5: Use textual clues to answer the following inferential questions. EXERCISE 6: Follow the specified criteria to find poetry elements of the poem. EXERCISE 7: Analyse the following questions to demonstrate your knowledge of poetry elements. EXERCISE 8: Answer the following questions to check your understanding of poetry elements. EXERCISE 9: Follow PEE model to evaluate the poet’s use of hyperbole in the poem. EXERCISE 10: Follow PEE model to evaluate the poet’s use of irony in the poem. EXERCISE 11: Determine which things Darren’s mum says that you think are true and which you think are not true. EXERCISE 12: Answer the questions to check your knowledge of hyperbole as used in the poem. EXERCISE 13: Answer the questions to demonstrate your knowledge of irony as used in the poem. EXERCISE 14: Briefly summarise the meaning of the poem. EXERCISE 15: Follow the characterisation guide to gather character elements of Darren based on the poem, then make a character sketch. EXERCISE 16: Follow the prompt to make a critical appreciation of the poem. EXERCISE 17: Follow the PEEL model to explain the reader impact of the use of hyperbole in the poem. EXERCISE 18: Follow the PEEL model to explain the reader impact of the use of irony in the poem. EXERCISE 19: Imagine you are counting down to an event (birthday, holiday, new year, last day at school, etc.). Write a poem counting down from ten to zero, describing your feelings using figurative language (hyperbole and irony) to exaggerate how you get more and more excited as the event gets closer. RUBRICS: Poem Writing Rubrics

These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Reading Comprehension through a Children’s Fantasy - The Scarecrow and his Servant (an extract) by Philip Pullman. 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. 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