This compact review of Oxymoron for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Figurative Language. 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 studying this information students will be able to: Define oxymoron with examples. State the similarities and the differences between oxymoron, paradox and irony. Examine the examples of oxymoron to identify what reference they make. Interpret a given text and identify the examples of oxymoron and say what is oxymoronic in them. Evaluate a text and explain how oxymoron has impact on the reader. Use oxymoron to make writing poetic expressive, creative and concise. This download includes: SN 1: Definition, Examples and Meaning SN 2: Similarities and Differences between Oxymoron, Paradox and Irony SN 3: Formats of Oxymoron SN 4: Oxymoron Examples SN 5: Oxymoron Examples with Meaning SN 6: Oxymoron Rubrics 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 Unit Lesson Plan is perfect for teaching Rhetorical Comparison Devices – Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole and Analogy. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these challenging exercises that are well-planned for student engagement. This Resource Includes: EXERCISE 1: Match the terms associated with comparison devices (1-7) with their meanings (A-G). EXERCISE 2: Match the types of rhetorical devices (1-4) with sensibilities they appeal to (A-D). EXERCISE 3: Fill in the blanks to check your understanding of the meaning of rhetorical comparison devices. EXERCISE 4: Watch the video - Literary Terms – to complete the following table with required details. EXERCISE 5: Note the definitions, purposes and quick memory tips to interpret and verbalise the comparison devices in the graphics. EXERCISE 6: Based on their similarities and differences give an example each to each of the signal words of the comparison devices. EXERCISE 7: Compare the two things in each of the illustrations using the rhetorical comparison device indicated below the graphic. EXERCISE 8: Form rhetoric statements to go with the graphics that exemplify the rhetorical comparison devices. EXERCISE 9: Fill the blanks in these similes. EXERCISE 10: Fill the blanks in these metaphors. EXERCISE 11: Fill the blanks in these hyperboles. EXERCISE 12: Fill the blanks in these analogies. EXERCISE 13: Choose the best description (rhetorical comparison device) used for each of the image. EXERCISE 14: Analyse what is being compared in the text using rhetorical comparison devices – Part 1. EXERCISE 15: Analyse what is being compared in the text using rhetorical comparison devices – Part 2. EXERCISE 16: Analyse what is being compared in the text using rhetorical comparison devices – Part 3. EXERCISE 17: Identify the impact of the use of rhetorical comparison devices in the given text. EXERCISE 18: Create expressions for the rhetorical comparison devices using the given patterns. EXERCISE 19: Use your knowledge of Rhetorical Comparison Devices to write about one of the following. RUBRICS: Comparison Devices Rubrics EXERCISE 20: Identify the two things that are being compared in each sentence. State whether each sentence below is a simile or metaphor. EXERCISE 21: Write on each line whether the sentence contains a simile or metaphor. EXERCISE 22: What is exaggerated and how in the following hyperboles? EXERCISE 23: Write the word that completes the analogy (that has the same relationship as the pair).

A lesson presentation that presents teaching and learning resources on note taking. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Identify the importance and usefulness of note-taking skills. Evaluate the accuracy and efficiency of various note-taking strategies. Prepare notes from lectures, texts, videos, and activities. This Resource Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes Vocabulary Overview - Note Taking, Reading Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Note Taking Methods Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Guess the WALT Success Criteria - Note Taking Checklist Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share Scaffolder Notes - Rules, 5 R’s, Format, Abbreviations 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 - Note Taker Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - The Plenary Dice Home Learning for Reinforcement – 5 Task Cards Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-12.1-3/W.9-12.4 Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive Educational Tools and Resources - Connectives Teachers can use this resource to teach the students to take notes, thereby helping them to enhance their reading and writing skills. Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

These Worksheets with Answer Key are perfect for teaching Phrases – Adverb or Adverbial 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. This Download Includes: EXERCISE 1: Match the WORDS with their MEANING. EXERCISE 2: Watch the video – Adverb Phrase – to answer the following questions with examples. Define an adverb phrase and compare adverbs with adverb phrases. Describe the role of adverb phrases as modifiers. List the types of adverb phrases with examples. EXERCISE 3: Take the following quiz to demonstrate your understanding of adverbial phrases. EXERCISE 4: Review the properties of adverb phrases and identify the elements from the examples. EXERCISE 5: Take the following quiz to demonstrate your knowledge of the properties of adverb phrases. EXERCISE 6: Identify the adverb phrases. EXERCISE 7: Fill in the blanks with appropriate adverb phrases. EXERCISE 8: Review the functions based on adverbial types to identify the adverb phrases from the examples. EXERCISE 9: Identify the questions the adverb phrases answer. EXERCISE 10: Identify the functions of adverbial phrases. EXERCISE 11: Decide the type of adverb phrases used in sentences based on their functions. EXERCISE 12: Identify the type of adverb phrases used in the sentences. EXERCISE 13: Demonstrate the mastery of the use of clauses in writing. EXERCISE 14: Review the common errors writers make due to misplaced and dangling modifiers in the following examples. EXERCISE 15: Place phrases within a sentence, recognising and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers. EXERCISE 16: Identify the errors to ensure that the subject of the modifier is clearly stated in the sentence. EXERCISE 17: Name the action in the visual. Describe the action using an adverb. Expand the adverb to an adverb phrase that is equivalent in meaning. EXERCISE 18: Create new sentence patterns using adverbial phrases. EXERCISE 19: Underline the adverbial phrase and state the question (how, when, where, why) it answers. EXERCISE 20: Identify the type of the underlined adverbial phrase: time, place, manner, frequency or purpose. EXERCISE 21: Fill in the blanks of the given passage: choose from the list of adverbial phrases in the box. Enter a phrase each in the blank, to keep the grammar and meaning of the text. EXERCISE 22: Identify the adverbial phrase in each of the sentences and state the word class it modifies.

This compact review of Adverb or Adverbial Phrase for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Phrases. 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 studying this information students will be able to: Define phrases and their components. Define adverb phrases and their components. Identify the adverb phrases as used in the sentences. Identify the functions of adverb phrases as used in the sentences. Exercise error identification to ensure that the adverb phrases are not misplaced and dangling. Use adverb phrases to vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader interest and style. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Adverb Phrase Details SN 3: Properties of Adverb Phrases SN 4: Adverb Phrase Types SN 5: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers SN 6: Verbs vs Adverbs vs Adverb Phrases SN 7: Adverb Phrase Rubrics

This compact review of Compound Words for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Vocabulary. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centres. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Definition with Examples SN 3: Compound Word Patterns SN 4: Compound Word Types SN 5: Compound Words with Pictures SN 6: Compound Words for Pair of Pictures SN 7: Two words of a Compound Word in a picture SN 8: Compound Word Examples in Pictures SN 9: Sentences with Compound Words SN 10: More Compound Words with Similar Base Words SN 11: Compound Words Rubrics

This Unit Lesson Plan is perfect for teaching Vocabulary – Compound Words. 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. Objectives of this lesson are: To recall the terms associated with compound words. To classify the compound words based on their form, class and pattern. To apply form, class and pattern to recognise compound words. To analyse the use of compound words. To evaluate the use of compound words. To create new patterns of compound words. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: Match the meaning with the terms associated with compound words. Classify the compound words as closed, open and hyphenated. Identify compound words as nouns, verbs and adjectives. Form compound words to use them as nouns, verbs and adjectives. Use error identification to find the correct use of compound words. Use compound words to name nouns, describe actions and modify nouns.

This PowerPoint Presentation is 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 compact review of Compound Adjectives for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Vocabulary. 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. Objectives of this lesson are: Recall the terms associated with compound adjectives. Understand the patterns of compound adjectives. Apply patterns to recognise compound adjectives in particular sentences. Analyse the use of compound adjectives in general sentences. Evaluate the use of compound adjectives in writing. Create new patterns of compound adjectives to modify nouns. After studying these scaffolders students will be able to: Match the meaning with the terms associated with compound adjectives. Classify the compound adjectives based on their patterns. Identify compound adjectives as used in the given text. Form and use compound adjectives to modify nouns. Use error identification to find the correct use of compound adjectives. Write hyphenated compound adjectives correctly to modify nouns. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Definition and Types SN 3: Patterns and Structures SN 4: Examples with Meaning SN 5: Examples with Pictures SN 6: Rubrics

These Worksheets with Answer Key are perfect for teaching Vocabulary – Compound Adjectives. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Match the terms (1-7) with their meaning (A-G). Write the letters in the space. EXERCISE 2: Watch the video – Compound Adjectives in English – to answer the following questions. Define compound adjectives with examples. List compound adjective types with examples. EXERCISE 3: Give an example each for each of the compound adjective patterns. EXERCISE 4: Match the words together to form compound adjectives. Write the letters in the space. EXERCISE 5: Match the compound adjectives (1-26) with their meaning (A-Z). Write the letters in the space. EXERCISE 6: Complete the sentences with the words below. EXERCISE 7: Match the sentence halves to complete the compound adjectives. EXERCISE 8: Choose sentences that contain a compound adjective and use hyphens to form those possible. EXERCISE 9: Complete the sentences with a compound adjective formed from the word in brackets. EXERCISE 10: Fill in the blanks with appropriate compound adjectives. EXERCISE 11: Choose a correct compound adjective for each sentence. EXERCISE 12: Use the information to form a compound adjective that describes the noun in the picture. EXERCISE 13: Identify the pattern of the compound adjectives. EXERCISE 14: Fill in the blanks with relevant compound adjectives. EXERCISE 15: Use hyphens to form compound adjectives that clarify meaning. EXERCISE 16: Form and use compound adjectives to modify nouns. EXERCISE 17: Identify the sentences that contain well-formed compound adjectives. EXERCISE 18: Evaluate the role of hyphens in forming compound adjectives. EXERCISE 19: Attempt any one of the activities to demonstrate your mastery in using compound adjectives in writing. EXERCISE 20: Complete the second part of each sentence with an explanation. EXERCISE 21: Select a suitable adjective to complete each definition.

This compact review of Connectives and Transitions for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Vocabulary. 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 studying these 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. This Resource Includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Connective Types SN 3: Classification of Transitions SN 4: Rubrics 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 compact review of Adjective Order for quick referencing is perfect for teaching how to place adjectives in a particular order. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love this information that is well-planned 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. This download includes: SN 1: Nouns and Adjectives Game SN 2: Adjective Order Attributes SN 3: Adjective Order Rules SN 4: List of Adjectives in Order SN 5: 9 Adjectives in Order as Noun Descriptors SN 6: 6-7 Adjectives in Order as Noun Descriptors SN 7: 3 Adjectives in Order as Noun Descriptors SN 8: 9 Adjectives in Order as Noun Types Descriptors SN 9: Rubrics

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A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on verb types. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: • Recall basic verb types. • Explore verb types grouped by function. • Demonstrate the usage of verb types. • Match the action being performed by the verb with the subject. This Resource Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes Vocabulary Overview - Verb, Auxiliary, Modal, Finite, Non-Finite Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Verb Types - Part 1 & 2 Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Verbs as Rock Stars Success Criteria - Verb Types Checklist Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share Scaffolder Notes - Verb Types 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 - Self Evaluation Home Learning for Reinforcement – 11 Worksheets with Answers Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.L.6-8.1abcd 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 use verb types in their writing, 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

A compact review of 10 top spelling rules for quick referencing. A handout that explains the spelling rules and exceptions related to them with examples. It also includes rubrics for assessment. Teachers can use this cheat sheet as a ready reference material to remind the learners about the rules to be followed in order to use correct spelling in writing, thereby helping them to enhance the spelling and vocabulary skills.

This resource covers the integral, surface and deep features of spellings in writing. It contains full-on activities and assessments to cover the skills of literacy in an easy, structured, cover-your-bases system. It includes everything you need to get going with the use of correct spelling in writing in your classroom. Learning Objectives: • Acquire basic spelling rules. • Spell the words correctly to help better pronunciation. • Use correct spellings in writing a text. This Resource Includes: 1. A Detailed Lesson Plan 2. Top 10 Spelling Rules 3. List of Misspelled Words 4. Spelling Rubrics 5. Spelling Worksheets (4 Exercises) Teachers can use this to enhance the spelling and writing skills of the learners, especially the technique needed to develop a habit of using correct spelling in writing.

A ready to use worksheets with answers that present teaching and learning resources of a spelling lesson on homophones, homographs and homonyms based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Watch the video: What are Homophones, Homographs and Homonyms? to compare and contrast homophones, homographs and homonyms. Use sound, meaning and spelling as criteria to differentiate. Use “similar” and “different” to identify the difference. EXERCISE 2: Match the WORD TYPES (1-3) with their DEFINITIONS (A-C). EXERCISE 3: Identify the given set of words as homophones, homographs and homonyms. EXERCISE 4: Look for pair of words that are homophones, homographs and homonyms to go with the pictures. EXERCISE 5: Analyse the words “lead” and “led” in the given sentence examples. Find their meaning as used in the sentences (MEANING). Decide if they are used as noun or verb (PARTS OF SPEECH). Identify if they sound similar or different (SOUND). Say whether they are used as homophones, homographs or homonyms (WORD TYPES). EXERCISE 6: Analyse the sentences and demonstrate the accurate knowledge of homophones – Part 1. EXERCISE 7: Analyse the sentences and demonstrate the accurate knowledge of homophones – Part 2. EXERCISE 8: Analyse the sentences and demonstrate the accurate knowledge of homographs – Part 1. EXERCISE 9: Analyse the sentences and demonstrate the accurate knowledge of homographs – Part 2. EXERCISE 10: Analyse the sentences and demonstrate the accurate knowledge of homonyms – Part 1. EXERCISE 11: Analyse the sentences and demonstrate the accurate knowledge of homonyms – Part 2. EXERCISE 12: Evaluate the sentences and identify the errors in the use of homophones, homographs and homonyms. EXERCISE 13: Frame sentences for each of the homophones, homographs and homonyms to go with the given meanings. EXERCISE 14: Identify the homophones used in the pair of sentences and give their meanings based on the context they are used. EXERCISE 15: Look for homophones which have been used incorrectly then write the correct spelling. EXERCISE 16: Complete each sentence by choosing the correct homophone. EXERCISE 17: Choose the correct homophone. EXERCISE 18: Read the story below. Look for homophones which have been used incorrectly. Cross them out, and write the correct spelling of the homophones which should have been used. EXERCISE 19: Identify the homographs used in the pair of sentences and say what parts of speech is the word used as homograph. Then choose the right option that gives the meaning of homographs: A or B.