This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Words Ending in -ent, -ence and -ency. These no prep activities in the presentation 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: Use suffixes based on the spelling rules and meanings to form nouns and adjectives from the given verbs. Use the root words (verbs and nouns) to form –ent, -ence and –ency words. Add the correct suffixes –ent, -ence or -ency to complete the stem words. Use suffixes –ent, -ence and –ency to form words and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words. Assess and evaluate the correct use of suffixes –ent, -ence and –ency in forming new words. Create new word patterns with words ending in –ent, -ence and –ency to use in writing. This download includes: SESSION 1: REMEMBERING EXERCISE 1: Use suffixes based on the spelling rules and meanings to form –ent, -ence and –ency words (nouns or adjectives) from the given verbs or stem words. SESSION 2: UNDERSTANDING EXERCISE 2: Use the root words (verbs and nouns) to form –ent, -ence and –ency words. EXERCISE 3: Add suffixes –ent, -ence and –ency to root words (verbs) to form nouns or adjectives. EXERCISE 4: Use the stem words to list words that end in all the three suffixes –ent, -ence and –ency. SESSION 3: APPLYING EXERCISE 5: Add correct suffixes to stem words to complete the words. EXERCISE 6: Choose the correct word from each set of words from the brackets to fill in each blank. SESSION 4: ANALYSING EXERCISE 7: Use suffix –ent to form words and determine the meaning of new words. EXERCISE 8: Use suffix -ence to form words and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words. EXERCISE 9: Use suffix -ency to form new words. SESSION 5: EVALUATING EXERCISE 10: Assess and evaluate the correct use of suffixes –ent, -ence and –ency in forming new words. SESSION 6: CREATING EXERCISE 11: Demonstrate the mastery of using words ending in –ent, -ence and –ency in writing. HOME LEARNING: EXERCISE 12: Use –ent words from the brackets to complete each of the sentences below. EXERCISE 13: Use -ence words from the list to complete each of the sentences below. Use each word only once. EXERCISE 14: Add –ancy or –ency to complete the words in the sentences below. EXERCISE 15: Use verbs as root words to form adjectives ending in -ent and nouns ending in -ence. EXERCISE 16: Add suffixes –ent, –ence or –ency (as indicated) to the verbs (root words) to form nouns. EXERCISE 17: Change the adjectives ending in –ent to nouns ending in –ence. EXERCISE 18: Change the adjectives ending in –ent to nouns ending in –ency. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA RUBRICS: Spelling Rubrics

This Unit Lesson Plan is perfect for teaching Punctuation – Capital Letters and Full Stops. 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 capital letters and full stops to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in a text. List the similarities and the differences between capital letters and full stops. Apply punctuation rules to identify the appropriate use of capital letters and full stops in a text. Use capital letters to mark the start of a sentence, to create acronyms, to mark titles and proper nouns. Use full stops to mark sentence ends, abbreviations and decimals. Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English punctuation – capital letters and full stops – when writing. This Download Includes: EXERCISE 1: Consider the functions of capital letters and full stops to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in the text. EXERCISE 2: Watch the video – Use of Capital Letters and Full Stop – to complete the following table with required details to distinguish between capital letters and full stops. EXERCISE 3: Select the correct option to identify the appropriate use of capital letters and full stops in the given text. EXERCISE 4: Use capital letters to mark the start of a sentence, to create acronyms, to mark titles and proper nouns. EXERCISE 5: Use full stops to mark sentence ends, abbreviations and decimals. EXERCISE 6: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English punctuation – capital letters and full stops – when writing. EXERCISE 7: Punctuate the following sentences: use capital letters and full stops. EXERCISE 8: Give an example each for the following (names of-) in keeping with the capitalisation rules. EXERCISE 9: Give an example each for the following functions in keeping with the uses of full stops. EXERCISE 10: Punctuate appropriately: use full stops and capital letters. EXERCISE 11: Punctuate appropriately: use capital letters and full stops.

This Unit Lesson Plan is perfect for teaching Vocabulary - Connectives and Transitions. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these ready to use exercises that are well planned for student engagement. After completing this New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based lesson students will be able to: Recognise the meaning of connectives and transitions based on their usage. Classify the connectives and transitions based on their functions. Use connectives and transitions to join clauses or sentence elements. Use connectives and transitions to bring structure and clarity to writing. Use error identification strategy to find the correct use of connectives and transitions. Create sentences with connectives and transitions to convey specific meanings and add variety to writing. Here are some 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 Vocabulary – Connectives and Transitions. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these ready to use exercises that are well planned for student engagement. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Google Slides students will be able to: Recognise the meaning of connectives and transitions based on their usage. Classify the connectives and transitions based on their functions. Use connectives and transitions to join clauses or sentence elements. Use connectives and transitions to bring structure and clarity to writing. Use error identification strategy to find the correct use of connectives and transitions. Create sentences with connectives and transitions to convey specific meanings and add variety to writing. Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Reading Comprehension – Comparing Winter Poems and Reading Poetry. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these ready to use exercises that are well planned for student engagement. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based lesson students will be able to: Compare and contrast the two poems based on the poet’s description of winter and snow. Provide an objective summary of the meanings of poems. Use textual clues to infer the central idea including its relationship to the setting and characters of the poems. Use specified criteria to find poetry elements of the poems for poem analysis. Use PEE (Point-Evidence-Explain) model to analyse the poet’s use of figurative language in the poems. Write PEEL (Point-Evidence-Explain-Link) paragraphs about the use of figurative language in the poems. Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A unit set of worksheets with answers on direct and indirect speech with 6 sessions on teaching and learning based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: ROVING REPORTER: In your groups you will be recreating a TV news broadcast for event of the day, week, month or year like school assembly, teacher’s day, world peace day, literacy day, children’s day, environment day, world earth’s day, world book day or … EXERCISE 2: Identify the structure of the sentences when verbs are in the direct and indirect speech. EXERCISE 3: Answer these questions to test your understanding of the key terms used to understand direct and indirect speech. EXERCISE 4: Give examples to show how the adverbs of nearness in direct speech change into those of distance in indirect. Give examples to show the changes in modal verbs from direct speech to indirect. EXERCISE 5: Answer these questions to test your understanding of the changes seen in adverbs when converting direct into indirect speech. EXERCISE 6: Answer these questions to test your understanding of the changes seen in modal verbs when converting direct into indirect speech. EXERCISE 7: Give examples to show how the pronouns in direct speech change when in indirect. EXERCISE 8: Answer these questions to test your understanding of the changes seen in pronouns when converting direct into indirect speech. EXERCISE 9: Give examples for the rules followed in changing functional sentences from direct to indirect speech. Scaffolding Notes 6: Rules for Converting Functional Sentences from Direct to Indirect Speech EXERCSIE 10: Apply the rules of reported speech and verbalise the following visuals into direct and indirect speech. EXERCISE 11: Choose the one alternative which best expresses the given sentences in either direct or indirect speech. EXERCISE 12: Attempt the quiz to test your understanding of the rules followed for converting functional sentences from direct to indirect speech. EXERCISE 13: Give examples to show the tense changes from direct speech into indirect. EXERCISE 14: Answer these questions to test your understanding of the changes seen in tenses when converting direct into indirect speech. EXERCISE 15: Evaluate the correct use of punctuation in direct and indirect speech – Part 1. EXERCISE 16: Evaluate the correct use of punctuation in direct and indirect speech – Part 2. EXERCISE 17: Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue to develop experiences, events and characters. EXERCISE 18: Convert the following statements into indirect speech. EXERCISE 19: Punctuate the following to put them in direct speech. EXERCISE 20: Convert ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ type questions to indirect speech. EXERCISE 21: Choose - enquired, wondered, asked, told or said - to convert the following dialogues to indirect speech. EXERCISE 22: Convert the following ‘WH’ questions to indirect speech. EXERCISE 23: Write the following dialogues in direct speech and then complete the sentences to put them in indirect.

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Sentence Structure – Conditional Sentences – Zero, First, Second, Third and Mixed. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these 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 conditionals with their meanings. Consider the usage and formation to identify the verbs that exemplify the conditionals in the given text. Form and use conditionals to achieve particular effects. Illustrate the structure of conditionals relating them to condition and results with tenses. Identify the common mistakes made by beginners in the use of conditionals in writing. Produce well-written conditional sentences keeping in mind the formation and usage to express probability, possibility and hypothesis. 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 Sentence Structure Resources by the same Author: Simple Sentence Structure Compound Sentence Structure Complex Sentence Structure Compound-Complex Sentence Structure Sentence Kinds by Structure Sentence Kinds by Function Cumulative Sentences Sentence Word Order Conditional Sentences

These Worksheets are perfect for teaching Spelling - Irregular Spellings and Silent Letters. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to: Provide an example each for the rules of words with irregular rules. Provide an example each for the rules of the words with silent letters. Apply spelling rules to add –ed or –ing to words ending in ‘-fer‘; and use words with “Y” that sound like “I”. Analyse the given text to identify the use of words with silent letters in writing. Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘CH’, ‘SC’, ‘EI’, ‘EIGH‘, ‘EY‘, ‘OU’ and ‘OUGH‘ in writing. Create new word patterns with words ending in –fer; words with silent letters; and words spelt ‘CH’, ‘SC’, ‘EI’, ‘EIGH‘, ‘EY‘, ‘OU’ and‘OUGH‘. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Provide an example each for the spelling rules to go with the description of them. Use the given root words. EXERCISE 2: Provide an example each for the spelling rules to go with the description and sound associated with them. Use the words in the box. EXERCISE 3: Provide an example each for words with silent letter/s to go with the description of them. Use the words given in the box. EXERCISE 4: Identify the odd ones out. EXERCISE 5: Apply spelling rules to add –ed or –ing to words ending in '-fer‘. EXERCISE 6: Apply spelling rules to use words with “Y” that sound like “I”. EXERCISE 7: Analyse the given text to identify the use of words with silent letters in writing. EXERCISE 8: Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘CH‘ in writing. EXERCISE 9: Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘SC‘ in writing. EXERCISE 10: Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘SC‘ with their appropriate sound in writing. EXERCISE 11: Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘EI’, ‘EIGH’ and ‘EY‘ in writing. EXERCISE 12: Assess the accurate use of words spelt ‘OU’ and ‘OUGH‘ in writing. EXERCISE 13: Create new word patterns with words ending in –fer; words with silent letters; and words spelt ‘CH’, ‘SC’, ‘EI’, ‘EIGH‘, ‘EY‘, ‘OU’ and ‘OUGH‘.

This Unit Lesson Plan 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.

This Unit Plan is 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 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 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. 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 Sensory Imagery for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Auditory, Visual, Olfactory, Gustatory and Tactile Imagery. 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 going through this information 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. This download includes: SN 1: Imagery Types SN 2: Sensory Imagery Images SN 3: Sensory Imagery Examples SN 4: Sensory Imagery Rubrics SN 5: Sensory Imagery Vocabulary Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Figurative Language - Oxymoron. 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 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. 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 Simile 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 and identify similes. State the similarities and the differences between simile and metaphor. Identify what reference similes make. Identify the use of ‘like’ and ‘as’ to form similes. Identify the use of adjectives to complete similes. Use simile to make writing figurative, descriptive, creative and entertaining. This download includes: SN 1: Simile Details SN 2: Simile vs Metaphor SN 3: Simile Types SN 4: Simile Patterns SN 5: Simile Rubrics SN 6: Simile in Advertisements SN 7: Simile Examples 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 compact review of Noun or Nominal Clause for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Clauses. 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 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. This download includes: SN 1: Vocabulary Overview SN 2: Components of Noun Clauses SN 3: Noun Clauses Connectors SN 4: Properties of Noun Clauses SN 5: Comparison between Noun, Noun Phrase and Noun Clause SN 6: Functions of Noun Clauses SN 7: Noun Clauses as Expressions of Urgency SN 8: Noun Clause Rubrics

This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Clauses - Adverbial Clause or Adverb 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 a clause and its components. List the properties of adverbial clauses with examples. List the adverbial clause types with examples. Identify the adverbial clauses functioning as adverbs in writing. Exercise error identification to ensure that adverbial clauses are placed correctly and they are not dangling. Use adverbial clauses in writing to vary sentence structure. 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