This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Phrases - Non-Finite Verbal or Verb Phrase. 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 gerund, participle, infinitive and dependents – complements, modifiers. Identify the difference between finite verbal phrases and non-finite verbal phrases. Determine the purpose for which gerund phrases, participial phrases and infinitive phrases are used. Identify the patterns of gerund phrases, participial phrases and infinitive phrases. Exercise error identification to ensure that the modifiers in verbal phrases are placed correctly and are not dangling. Use verbal phrases 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

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Phrases – Adjective or Adjectival Phrases. 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 phrases and their components. Define adjective phrases and their components. Identify the adjective phrases as used in the sentences. Create new adjective phrase patterns in sentences. Exercise error identification to ensure that the adjective phrases are not misplaced and dangling. Use adjective phrases 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

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Phrases - Noun or Nominal Phrase. 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 phrases and their components. Define noun phrases and their components. Determine the purpose for which noun phrases are used in sentences. Identify the patterns of noun phrases in sentences. Exercise error identification to ensure that the modifiers in noun phrases are placed correctly and they are not dangling. Use noun phrases 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

A unit lesson presentation with 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of verb types based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this unit students will be able to: List the helping and linking verb types with their functions and examples. Describe the finite and non-finite verb types with their functions and examples. Discover the grammatical functions of helping and linking verbs in the given sentences. Discover the grammatical functions of finite and non-finite verbs in the given sentences. Evaluate the right use of verb types in the given sentences. Create new sentence patterns using verb types – helping, linking, finite and non-finite. ◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈◈ Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom: ✿ To challenge early finishers ✿ For effective tutoring ✿ As ESL stations and sub tubs ✿ As holiday work and homework ✿ For small group collaborations ✿ For an end of unit assessments ✿ For reinforcement and enrichment

A unit lesson presentation with 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of noun types based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. This download includes: FLIPPED LESSON: VIDEO – Kinds of Nouns Scaffolding Notes 1: Vocabulary Overview SESSION 1: REMEMBERING EXERCISE 1: List the basic noun types with their functions and examples. Scaffolding Notes 2: Basic Noun Types SESSION 2: UNDERSTANDING EXERCISE 2: List the extended noun types with their functions and examples. Scaffolding Notes 3: Extended Noun Types SESSION 3: APPLYING EXERCISE 3: List irregular plural noun types with examples. Scaffolding Notes 4: Irregular Plural Nouns SESSION 4: ANALYSING EXERCISE 4: Interpret and verbalise pictures of nouns referring to their type and identity. SESSION 5: EVALUATING EXERCISE 5: Identify the functions of nouns as used in the sentences. SESSION 6: CREATING EXERCISE 6: Use nouns as subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, objects of prepositions, predicate nominatives and object complements. DIFFERENTIATION EXERCISE 7: Demonstrate the mastery of using noun types in writing. Scaffolding Notes 5: Noun Types Rubrics PLENARY: EXERCISE 8: Answer the following questions to test your knowledge of noun types (Part 1). EXTENSIONS: EXERCISE 9: Answer the following questions to test your knowledge of noun types (Part 2). HOME LEARNING EXERCISE 10: Answer the following questions to test your knowledge of noun types (Part 3). EXERCISE 11: Answer the following questions to test your knowledge of noun types (Part 4). EXERCISE 12: Answer the following questions to test your knowledge of the functions of the noun types. EXERCISE 13: Break the noun types down by the sense you use to experience each of them with examples. EXERCISE 14: Identify the nouns in each sentence and state the noun types. EXERCISE 15: Identify the nouns and state their identity: person, animal, place, thing or idea. EXERCISE 16: Identify the nouns in each sentence and state the function they serve. EXERCISE 17: Rewrite the following sentences, replacing underlined-nouns with a proper noun. Each new noun should reflect the same idea or subject as the underlined noun. You may need to change some words, such as a, an, the, delete or add adjectives.

A unit lesson presentation with 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of pronoun types based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this unit students will be able to: SESSION 1 - REMEMBERING: Recall and list pronoun types. SESSION 2 - UNDERSTANDING: Infer and grasp the meaning of pronoun types. SESSION 3 - APPLYING: Apply and demonstrate the accurate knowledge of pronoun types. SESSION 4 - ANALYSING: Analyse and infer the placement of pronoun types in sentences. SESSION 5 - EVALUATING: Assess and evaluate the use of pronoun types in sentences. SESSION 6 - CREATING: Create and compose new sentence patterns with pronoun types. This download includes: VOCABULARY OVERVIEW: Scaffolding Notes 1: Pronoun Types Vocabulary SESSION 1: REMEMBERING - RECALL-LIST EXERCISE 1: Name and define the pronoun types with examples. Scaffolding Notes 2: Pronoun Types SESSION 2: UNDERSTANDING - INFER-GRASP EXERCISE 2: Interpret and verbalise pictures of pronouns using the listed pronouns. SESSION 3: APPLYING - APPLY-DEMONSTRATE EXERCISE 3: Discover and ensure that pronouns are in the proper case - subjective, objective and possessive - in relation to the person, number and gender in the pronoun signs. Scaffolding Notes 3: Pronouns in Proper Cases SESSION 4: ANALYSING - ANALYSE-INFER EXERCISE 4: Investigate and identify vague pronouns: ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents. SESSION 5: EVALUATING - ASSESS-EVALUATE EXERCISE 5: Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and case. SESSION 6: CREATING - CREATE-COMPOSE EXERCISE 6: Produce and present well-written sentences with appropriate pronoun types. DIFFERENTIATION EXERCISE 7: Demonstrate the mastery of using PRONOUN TYPES in writing. RUBRICS - Scaffolding Notes 4: Pronoun Types Rubrics PLENARY: EXERCISE 8: Answer the following questions to test your knowledge of pronoun types. HOME LEARNING EXERCISE 9: Fill in the blanks with appropriate pronouns from the box. EXERCISE 10: Rewrite the following paragraph using pronouns. EXERCISE 11: Identify pronouns from the following sentences and state their types. EXERCISE 12: Identify the type of pronouns in RED from the sentences given below. EXERCISE 13: Fill in the blanks with the type of pronoun mentioned in the brackets. EXERCISE 14: Fill in the blanks with interrogative pronouns - what, which, who, whom, whose – as specified. EXERCISE 15: Rewrite the following paragraph, substituting an appropriate pronoun for each italicized word or group of words.

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Grammar - Direct and Indirect Speech. 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: List the similarities and differences between direct and indirect speech. Identify the changes seen in adverbs, modal verbs and pronouns when converting direct into indirect speech. Identify the structure of the sentences when the speech is direct and indirect. Test their understanding of the changes seen in verb tenses when converting direct into indirect speech. Use commas, inverted commas and relevant end punctuation to mark direct speech and quotations. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue to develop experiences, events and characters. Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom: ✿ To challenge early finishers ✿ For effective tutoring ✿ As ESL stations and sub tubs ✿ As holiday work and homework ✿ For small group collaborations ✿ For an end of unit assessments ✿ For reinforcement and enrichment

A lesson presentation that presents teaching and learning resources on advertisement designing. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Gain understanding of the features of advertisements. Analyse advertisements based on persuasive techniques. Find out what makes an effective advertisement. Plan and design an advertisement. This Resource Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes Vocabulary Overview - What is Advertising? Flipped Lesson Part - Video - What is Proofreading? Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Audience of the Ads Success Criteria - Advertising Checklist Scaffolding Notes - Advertising Features Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – Online Quiz Assessment Criteria for Outcome Expectations - Rubrics Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - Writing Task by Outcome Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - Worksheet Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - Plenary Placards Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Task Cards Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.1abcd/2/4 Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive Educational Tools and Resources - Adverbs, Verbs, Adjectives Teachers can use this resource to teach the students to design advertisement, thereby helping them to enhance their skills. Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A lesson presentation that presents teaching and learning resources on alternate ending story writing. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Relate the narrative writing structure to a short fable. Draft the alternate ending at an appropriate pace. Write imaginative, possibly original, an appropriate approach to task, engaging the audience. Combine elements of a simple narrative and propose a unique alternate solution. This Resource Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes Vocabulary Overview - Plot, Setting, Characters Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Developing an Alternate Ending Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Story Chain Success Criteria - Story Writing Checklist Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share Scaffolder Notes - Story Genres, Story Template Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – Online Quiz Assessment Criteria for Outcome Expectations - Rubrics Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - Writing Task by Outcome Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - Story Cube - Cube Creator Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - PQP Technique Home Learning for Reinforcement – 5 Task Cards Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.W.8.3abcde/5/10 Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive Educational Tools and Resources - Connectives, Adverbs, Verbs, Adjectives Teachers can use this resource to teach the students how to write an alternate ending to a story, thereby helping them to enhance their 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 is a PowerPoint Presentation designed to help students master the art of summarisation. Summarisation is an essential skill for effective reading, writing and comprehension. This is a carefully crafted resource aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and the Common Core Standards for ELA-Literacy in Writing. The goal of this resource is to guide students through the process of summarisation with a comprehensive approach that covers essential learning objectives and success criteria. This resource aims to enhance summarisation skills, ensuring students can remember, understand, apply, analyse, evaluate and create effective summaries. Every student has unique needs, and the differentiated approach ensures that students receive the support that suits their level and requirements. This resource includes: REMEMBERING Do’s and don’ts UNDERSTANDING Author’s language with its impact on the readers FINGER RETELL strategy to give a sentence summary 5W1H technique to give a sentence summary Mini-plenary APPLYING The passage The planning frame The sample plan to write the first draft of the summary The word bank to write the first draft of the summary Use the sentence frame to write the summary. ANALYSING Analyse the summary and identify the do’s and don’ts. EVALUATING Evaluate the summary for the author’s use of language. Evaluate the summaries to say which of these are right and wrong and why. CREATING Differentiated Tasks. Each task has a prompt, passage, planning frame and sentence frame. Rubrics, both for reading and writing, to assess student outcomes.

A lesson presentation that presents teaching and learning resources on review writing. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Understand the conventions of a review to use them in writing. Determine the qualities and characteristics of an effective review. Apply your knowledge to write a review on seen, read, bought or experienced product. Review a peer work to compare your ideas with other reviewers. This Resource includes: Vocabulary Overview - Reviews Real Life Application and Cross-Curriculum Links Flipped Lesson Part - Video Success Criteria - Reviewing Checklist Lesson Starter: Reviewing the review types, review subjects, and review purposes. Discussion: Review Conventions Tips for Place Review Guidelines on Book Review Guidelines on Movie Review Collaborative Tasks: Pair-Share: Identifying the features of a place review and a book review. Think-Write: Comparing and contrasting reviews. Write-Share: Using graphic organizer to write a review of a book. Mini-Plenary: 4 Online Quizzes Assessment Rubrics Differentiated Tasks: Writing reviews of the given situations. Extensions: Online Film Review and Writing with Writers. Plenary: Selecting best options that answer reviewing questions. Home Learning: Writing a place review. Writing book review. Writing movie review. Identifying the review types, review subjects, and review purposes. Reading review to answer questions. Common Core Standards: ELA-Literacy-Writing - 9-10.1a-e/2a-f/4/8 Skills: Social and Cognitive Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A ready to use lesson presentation that presents teaching and learning resources on poem writing. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Acquire knowledge of poetry structures, elements, and forms. Develop students’ abilities to understand a poetic response to the world they inhabit, both from the point of view of a poet and from their own experience. Demonstrate command of the conventions of poetry in writing. This download includes: Vocabulary Overview - Poetry, Poem Real Life Application and Cross-Curriculum Links - Science, Math, Social Studies Flipped Lesson Part - Videos Success Criteria - Poem Writing Checklist Lesson Starter: Matching the poem types with their meanings. Discussion: Poetry Structures Poetry Elements Poetry Forms Tips to Write a Poem Collaborative Tasks: Pair-Share: Identifying the poem types. Think-Write: Writing Ode and Tanka poems. Write-Share: Writing a 7-line, diamond-shaped poem (Diamante) poem. Mini-Plenary: 2 Online Exercises Assessment Rubrics Differentiated Tasks: Demonstrating the skill of poetry in writing. Extensions: Write a HAIKU poem evoking images of the natural world. Plenary: Answering multiple choice questions on poem writing. Home Learning: Writing poems as suggested. Writing poems as directed. Writing poems based on situations. Writing poems based on prompts. Common Core Standards: ELA-Literacy-Writing - 6-8.2b/3d Skills: Social and Cognitive Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A unit lesson presentation with 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of informal letter writing based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this unit students will be able to: SESSION 1 - REMEMBERING: Recognise and retrieve the key elements of an informal letter. SESSION 2 - UNDERSTANDING: Interpret and classify the authorial techniques in an informal letter. SESSION 3 - APPLYING: Implement and execute informal letter writing techniques. SESSION 4 - ANALYSING: Explore and demonstrate the knowledge of informal letters in writing. SESSION 5 - EVALUATING: Check and critique a sample informal letter. SESSION 6 - CREATING: Compose and produce the final informal letter. This download includes: FLIPPED LESSON: Video - How to write an informal letter LESSON STARTER: List the differences between formal and informal letters – use VENN DIAGRAM to spot the similarities as well. SESSION 1: REMEMBERING - RECOGNISE-RETRIEVE EXERCISE 1: Find, list and label the structure and features of an informal letter. Scaffolding Notes 1: Structure and Features of Informal Letter SESSION 2: UNDERSTANDING - INTERPRET-CLASSIFY EXERCISE 2: Explain the use of the language, the vocabulary and the impact of it in an informal letter. Scaffolding Notes 2: Impact of Language and Vocabulary in an Informal Letter Scaffolding Notes 3: Use of Language in an Informal Letter SESSION 3: APPLYING - IMPLEMENT-EXECUTE EXERCISE 3: Use a planning frame to arrange a sample informal letter. Scaffolding Notes 4: Planning Frame of an Informal Letter SESSION 4: ANALYSING - EXPLORE-DEMONSTRATE EXERCISE 4: Use the writing organiser to organise a draft of a sample informal letter. Scaffolding Notes 5: Informal Letter Writing Organiser SESSION 5: EVALUATING - CHECK-CRITIQUE EXERCISE 5: Use the checklist and the rubric to evaluate each other’s work. EXERCISE 6: Use the PQP and TAG technique to peer-review with constructive feedback. Scaffolding Notes 6: Informal Letter Checklist Scaffolding Notes 7: PQP and TAG Techniques SESSION 6: CREATING - COMPOSE-PRODUCE EXERCISE 7: Use a prompt, integrate the feedback and write an informal letter. Scaffolding Notes 8: Informal Letter Prompt DIFFERENTIATION: EXERCISE 8 - Write a letter to people known following the INFORMAL LETTER FORMAT. Scaffolding Notes 9: Informal Letter Rubrics PLENARY: EXERCISE 9 - Answer the given questions to demonstrate your knowledge of the informal letter. HOME LEARNING: EXERCISE 10: Use Letter Generator to write a letter to your friend telling him/her how you spent your holidays. EXERCISE 11: Letters to favourite persons, friends and relatives. 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

“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.

A unit lesson presentation with 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of writing a biography based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. This download includes: Video: Writing Biographies Scaffolding Notes 1: Vocabulary Overview EXERCISE 1: Compare and contrast a biography and an autobiography. Use the Interactive Venn Diagram to record the difference between autobiography and biography. Scaffolding Notes 2: Biography vs Autobiography Chart EXERCISE 2: Identify the sentences that answer the given questions to show the structure and features of a sample biography. Scaffolding Notes 3: Question Prompts for Biography EXERCISE 3: Determine the author’s use of narrative language and techniques for the given sample biography – Part 1. EXERCISE 4: Determine the author’s use of narrative language and techniques for the given sample biography – Part 2. EXERCISE 5: DIFFERENTIATION - Demonstrate your knowledge of writing a biography by attempting any one of the following tasks. Focus on content, ideas, organization, voice, word choice, vocabulary, sentence structure and conventions as suggested by rubrics. Scaffolding Notes 4: Writing a Biography Rubrics EXERCISE 6: Follow either the graphic organizer or Bio Cube to plan a biography on a chosen person. Scaffolding Notes 5: Biography Graphic Organiser Use Bio Cube from Cube Creator to develop an outline of a person whose biography you want to write. Use specific prompts to describe a person’s significance, background and personality. EXERCISE 7: Follow the biography structure to organise the first draft of a planned biography on the chosen person. Scaffolding Notes 6: Biography Structure EXERCISE 8: Use the checklist to evaluate each other’s work with constructive feedback. Scaffolding Notes 7: Biography Checklist EXERCISE 9: Use the rubrics to evaluate each other’s work with constructive feedback. Scaffolding Notes 8: Biography Rubrics EXERCISE 10: Follow the teacher instructions and student feedback to write the final draft of the drafted biography. Write your own biography and publish it on Writing with Writers. Scaffolding Notes 9: Sample Biography – Helen Keller Scaffolding Notes 10: Transitions – Connective Words Scaffolding Notes 11: Adjective Types and Adverb Types Scaffolding Notes 12: Active Verbs Scaffolding Notes 13: Sentence Types Select Biographies and Memoirs and list them under the headings based on people whose work was in sports, science, engineering, the arts and anything else that may grab a student passing by the table. EXERCISE 11: Read an extract from the biography of Albert Einstein and answer the comprehension questions. EXERCISE 12: Online Exercise: English ESL Biography Worksheets

A STEAM Lesson Presentation that presents Teaching Resources on five different Information Text Types - Description; Problem and Solution; Compare and Contrast; Cause and Effect; Sequence - based on Ecotourism. This presentation presents ready to use resources that will help you to walk into the classroom with ready to teach confidence as it covers all that you need for a STEAM lesson through Information Text. This Presentation Includes: 1. Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Match the Definition to Term 2. Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes 3. Overview of Vocabulary used for the Lesson - Ecotourism, Information Texts 4. Real Life Application and Cross-Curriculum Links 5. Flipped Lesson Part - Video on Understanding Text Structures & Ecotourism 6. Space for Peer Teaching - Information Text Structures 7. Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – 7 Questions 8. Scaffolded Notes to Enhance the Learner Outcome - Samples 9. Collaborative Group Task – Pair-Share-Plan with Templates 10. Assessment Criteria and Rubrics to state Outcome Expectations 11. Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - 5 Exercises 12. Plenary to Assesses Learning Outcomes - Quiz 13. Success Criteria for Self Evaluation 14. Home Learning for Reinforcement - STEAM Projects - 2 15. Common Core Curriculum Standards - CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.2.a-f 16. Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive 17. Educational Tools and Resources to Scaffold the Low Achievers Teachers can use this presentation to give a complete knowledge and understanding of Ecotourism through Information Text Types to the learners, thereby helping them to enhance their writing skills.

A lesson presentation that presents teaching and learning resources on reading strategies: skimming, scanning, and close reading. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Distinguish between skimming, scanning and close reading. Skim and scan texts to locate information. Obtain specific information through detailed reading. This Resource Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes Vocabulary Overview - Skimming, Scanning, Close Reading Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Skimming and Scanning Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Image Information Success Criteria - Skim Scan Read Checklist Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share Scaffolder Notes - Reading Strategies, S-S-R Chart Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – 3 Online Quizzes Assessment Criteria for Outcome Expectations - Rubrics Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - Writing Task by Outcome Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - Exercise Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - Heads Together Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Task Cards Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.RI.6-8.1-4/6 Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive Teachers can use this resource to teach the students how to comprehend, thereby helping them to enhance their reading 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 resource covers the integral, surface and deep features of Theme-Based Learning. It contains full-on activities and assessments to cover the skills of literature in an easy, structured, cover-your-bases system. It includes everything you need to get going with theme-based learning in your classroom for 2 weeks (13 days). This resource includes: Synopsis: Act 1 and 2 1 STORY ANALYSIS • Lesson Plan • Story Analysis Guide • Critical Appreciation Guide & Format • Story Analysis Rubrics & Details 2 STORY SETTING • Lesson Plan • Setting Template • Setting Description Format • Story Setting Details • Story Setting Rubrics • Story Setting Exercises - 4 3 CHARACTERIZATION • Lesson Plan • Character Types Chart • Character Description • Character Description Guide • Adjectives to Describe • Character Description Template • Identifying Character Traits • Character Description Rubrics • Character Description Exercises - 2 4 STORY PLOT • Lesson Plan • Plot Elements • Plot Format • Plot Elements Details • Plot Summary 5 REVIEW WRITING • Lesson Plan • Review Types Chart • Movie Review Guidelines • Book Review Guidelines • Place Review Guidelines • Sample Reviews • Review Rubrics • Review Exercises - 4 6 LETTER WRITING • Lesson Plan • Word Bank • Letter Rubrics • Sample Letter • Letter Prompts • Letter Format 7 ALTERNATIVE RESOLUTION STORY • Lesson Plan • Fable - Hare and Tortoise • Story Components • Story – Velvet Ribbon • Genre Features • Story Rubrics • Story Exercises - 5 8 POEM WRITING • Lesson Plan • Poem Elements • How to write a Poem • Poem Rubrics • Sound Devices • Comparison Devices • Literary Devices • Poem Exercises - 4 9 DIARY WRITING • Lesson Plan • Diary Rubrics • Diary Format • Sample Diary • Diary Entry Exercises - 4 10 REPORT WRITING • Lesson Plan • Report Rubrics • Report Writing Tips • Key Elements of a News Report • Report Exercises - 3 11 DEBATE • Lesson Plan • Debate Rubrics • Conducting a Debate • Debate Format • Balloon Debate 12 PLAYSCRIPT • Lesson Plan • Lesson Starter – Jack and Jill • Play-script features • Play-script Rubric • Play-script Exercises • Play-script – Les Miserables 13 ROLE PLAY • Lesson Plan • Role Play Steps • Role Play Rubrics • Role Play Exercises – 4 Teachers can use this to enhance the comprehension and language skills of the learners, especially the technique required to get involved in a theme-based learning project.

This PowerPoint Presentation is 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 exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities 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. 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