JOHN’S EDU MARKET stands out for its unique share of resources and information. Teachers can use these resources to support students as they include well-formulated lesson plans, carefully designed support material, and well-planned worksheets. This platform aims at bringing "Tomorrow's lessons to today's classroom, and today's lessons to a classroom now". The Teacher-Author of this platform is an English graduate, associated with Gems Education as a Subject Leader of English.
JOHN’S EDU MARKET stands out for its unique share of resources and information. Teachers can use these resources to support students as they include well-formulated lesson plans, carefully designed support material, and well-planned worksheets. This platform aims at bringing "Tomorrow's lessons to today's classroom, and today's lessons to a classroom now". The Teacher-Author of this platform is an English graduate, associated with Gems Education as a Subject Leader of English.
A lesson presentation of unit plans with 5 sessions on prose comprehension of a fictional story, “The Dinner Party” by Mona Gardner.
After completing this unit students will be able to:
SESSION 1: Spot the setting elements and describe the setting.
SESSION 2: Name the characters and make a character sketch.
SESSION 3: Discover the plot elements and develop the plot.
SESSION 4: Analyse the text to make a critical appreciation.
SESSION 5: Examine the lines from the text with reference to context.
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Fictional Story: The Dinner Party by Mona Gardner
Author and Summary of the Story
SESSION 1: STORY SETTING AND SETTING DESCRIPTION
Discussion:
Setting Features (Scaffold Notes 1)
Setting Characteristics (Scaffold Notes 2)
Setting Elements (Scaffold Notes 3)
Collaborative Tasks:
Pair-Share: Vocabulary check
Ask-Write: Identifying setting elements of the given story
Write-Advance: Describing the setting of the story
SESSION 2: STORY CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERIZATION
Discussion:
Character Types (Scaffold Notes 5)
Character Description Adjectives Based on Senses (Scaffold Notes 6)
Character Description Guide (Scaffold Notes 7)
Adjectives to Describe Personality Traits (Scaffold Notes 8)
Collaborative Tasks:
Pair-Share: Spotting the traits of the characters in the story
Ask-Write: Identifying one of the main character’s elements in the story
Write-Advance: Making a character sketch
SESSION 3: STORY PLOT AND PLOT DEVELOPMENT
Discussion:
Plot Types (Scaffold Notes 10)
Conflict Types (Scaffold Notes 11)
Plot Diagram (Scaffold Notes 12)
Plot Template (Scaffold Notes 13)
Collaborative Tasks:
Pair-Share: Identifying plot elements of the story
Ask-Write: Identifying plot description elements in the story
Write-Advance: Developing the plot of the story
SESSION 4: STORY ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL APPRECIATION
Discussion:
Story Components (Scaffold Notes 15)
Story Analysis Guide (Scaffold Notes 16)
Collaborative Tasks:
Pair-Share: Identifying story elements by answering questions
Ask-Write: Identifying story elements of the story
Write-Advance: Making a critical appreciation of the story
SESSION 5: REFERENCE TO CONTEXT
Discussion:
RTC Template (Scaffold Notes 18)
RTC Prompt (Scaffold Notes 19)
Collaborative Tasks:
Pair-Share: Identifying summary elements
Ask-Write: Identifying RTC elements for the given lines
Write-Advance: Explaining the line with reference to context
Home Learning:
Comprehension Questions
Online Quizzes
Online Comprehension Passages
A Lesson Presentation that presents Teaching Resources in Prose Comprehension. This presentation presents perfect teaching resources for 6 days that will help the teachers to walk into the classroom with ready to teach confidence as it covers all that a teacher and a student need for a Reading Comprehension lesson on Non-Fiction Texts.
This Presentation Includes:
Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Learning Objectives and Outcomes
Overview of Vocabulary for a Prose Comprehension Lesson
Flipped Lesson Part - 4 sets of 2 Geniuses for Pre-Learning
Day 1: Setting - Wit, Guide and Prompt, Scaffolder, Rubrics, Plenary
Day 2: Characters - Humour, Guide and Prompt, Rubrics, Plenary
Day 3: Plot - Obituary, Guide and Prompt, Scaffolder, Rubrics, Plenary
Day 4: Analysis - Biography, Guide and Prompt, Rubrics, Plenary
Day 5: Summary - Quote, Guide and Prompt, Scaffolder, Rubrics, Plenary
Day 6: RTC - Interview, Guide and Prompt, Rubrics, Plenary
Lesson Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – 3 Online Quizzes
Success Criteria for Self Evaluation - My Prose Comprehension Checklist
Home Learning for Reinforcement - Questions
Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - Reading Comprehension Passages
Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.R.6-8.1-4/6
Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive
Educational Tools and Resources - Connectives, Adjectives, Adverbs, Verbs
Teachers can use this presentation to give a complete knowledge and understanding of comprehending a story to the learners, thereby helping them to enhance their reading and comprehension skills.
A set of 20 scaffold notes on prose comprehension to analyze and annotate a story.
After studying these notes students will be able to:
Spot the setting elements and describe the setting.
Name the characters and make a character sketch.
Discover the plot elements and develop the plot.
Analyse the text to make a critical appreciation.
Examine the lines from the text with reference to context.
This Resource includes:
Setting Features (Scaffold Notes 1)
Setting Characteristics (Scaffold Notes 2)
Setting Elements (Scaffold Notes 3)
Setting Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 4)
Character Types (Scaffold Notes 5)
Character Description Adjectives Based on Senses (Scaffold Notes 6)
Character Description Guide (Scaffold Notes 7)
Adjectives to Describe Personality Traits (Scaffold Notes 8)
Characterization Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 9)
Plot Types (Scaffold Notes 10)
Conflict Types (Scaffold Notes 11)
Plot Diagram (Scaffold Notes 12)
Plot Template (Scaffold Notes 13)
Plot Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 14)
Story Components (Scaffold Notes 15)
Story Analysis Guide (Scaffold Notes 16)
Story Analysis Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 17)
RTC Template (Scaffold Notes 18)
RTC Prompt (Scaffold Notes 19)
RTC Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 20)
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 set of 25 task cards and exercises on prose comprehension – Two Geniuses a biography.
After working with these worksheets students will be able to:
Spot the setting elements and describe the setting.
Name the characters and make a character sketch.
Discover the plot elements and develop the plot.
Analyse the text to make a critical appreciation.
Examine the lines from the text with reference to context.
This resource includes:
(EXERCISE 1) Vocabulary check
(EXERCISE 2) Identifying setting elements of the given story
(EXERCISE 3) Describing the setting of the story
(EXERCISE 4) Creating story setting
(EXERCISE 5) Selecting best option to answer setting questions
(EXERCISE 6) Spotting the traits of the characters in the story
(EXERCISE 7) Identifying one of the main character’s elements in the story
(EXERCISE 8) Making a character sketch
(EXERCISE 9) Creating characters for the story
(EXERCISE 10) Selecting best option to answer characterization questions
(EXERCISE 11) Identifying plot elements of the story
(EXERCISE 12) Identifying plot description elements in the story
(EXERCISE 13) Developing the plot of the story
(EXERCISE 14) Making a story plot
(EXERCISE 15) Selecting the best option to answer plot questions
(EXERCISE 16) Identifying story elements by answering questions
(EXERCISE 17) Identifying story elements of the story
(EXERCISE 18) Making a critical appreciation of the story
(EXERCISE 19) Writing a story
(EXERCISE 20) Selecting the best option to answer story components questions
(EXERCISE 21) Identifying summary elements
(EXERCISE 22) Identifying RTC elements for the given lines
(EXERCISE 23) Explaining the line with reference to context
(EXERCISE 24) Finding the context of the famous quotes
(EXERCISE 25) Reading the story to answer comprehension questions
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 compact review of text comparison criteria used for text analysis as reading strategies organized for quick referencing.
This Includes:
Vocabulary Overview
Text Comparison Criteria
Assessment Rubrics
Teachers can use these handouts as ready reference material to remind the learners about text analysis, 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
A compact review of tips for understanding texts used for text analysis as reading strategies organized for quick referencing.
This Includes:
Vocabulary Overview
Word, Phrase, Clause, and Sentence Chart
Reading for Understanding Tips
Assessment Rubrics
Teachers can use these handouts as ready reference material to remind the learners about text analysis, 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
A compact review of prompts used for writing organized for quick referencing.
This Includes:
Vocabulary Overview
6 Steps to Use Writing Prompts
Prompts Types
Assessment Rubrics
Teachers can use these handouts as ready reference material to remind the learners about procedures followed for writing using prompts, thereby helping them to enhance their language and writing skills.
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Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom:
✿ Early Finishers
✿ Tutoring
✿ Sub Tubs
✿ ESL Stations/Centres
✿ Holiday Work
✿ Small Group Collaborations
✿ End of Unit Quick Assessments
✿ Homework
✿ Reinforcement
✿ Enrichment
A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on fictional story writing.
After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:
Differentiate between fiction and non-fiction.
Express stories orally applying knowledge of story elements.
Apply knowledge of story elements through planning.
Apply strategies learned in oral expression to writing.
This Resource Includes:
Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes
Vocabulary Overview - Plot, Moral, Point of View
Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Fictional Story
Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – K-W-L Chart
Success Criteria - Fictional Story Writing Checklist
Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share
Scaffolder Notes - Fictional Story Elements
Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – 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 - PEEC Technique
Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 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 a fictional 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
A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on reading strategies to infer meaning while analyzing the text.
After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:
Acquire reading skills to infer meaning.
Discuss SQ3R inferring and critical reading strategies.
Read critically to infer what the text implies beyond its obvious meaning.
This Resource Includes:
Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes
Vocabulary Overview - Infer, Imply, Predict
Flipped Lesson Part - Video - What is Text Inferring?
Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Proverbs and Meanings
Success Criteria - Inferring Checklist
Scaffolding Notes - SQ3R Inferring Strategies
Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share
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 - Worksheet
Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - You have 30 Seconds for each
Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Worksheets with Answers
Common Core Standards - ELA-LIT.RL.6-8.1/2/3/4/6
Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive
Teachers can use this resource to teach the students to analyze a text, 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
A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on reading strategies to identify audience, register, and tone while analyzing the text.
After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:
Understand and identify target audience, language register, and text tone.
Discuss audience assessments, register features, and tone words.
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of audience, register, and tone in writing.
This Resource Includes:
Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes
Vocabulary Overview - Audience, Register, Tone
Flipped Lesson Part - Video - What is Audience, Register, and Tone?
Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – A-R-T Analysis
Success Criteria - Audience Register Tone Checklist
Scaffolding Notes - Audience Assessments, Register Features, Tone Words
Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share
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 - Online Worksheets
Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - PQP Technique
Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Worksheets with Answers
Common Core Standards - ELA-LIT.W.6-8.4/5/10/RI.6.6/W.9-10.1d/10/W.11-12.4/5
Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive
Educational Tools and Resources - Adverbs, Verbs, Adjectives, Connectives
Teachers can use this resource to teach the students to analyze a text, 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
A Seasonal (Easter) Reading Comprehension Passage with Answer Key.
This Resource Includes:
1. Reading Comprehension Passage
2. Paired Questions
3. Answer Key
4. Comprehension Guide
Teachers can use this passage to inform students about British life and culture and to enhance the comprehension skills of the learners.
A Presentation that presents -
1. What is Differentiation?
2. The Principles of Differentiation
3. Why should We Differentiate?
4. Why Differentiated Instruction?
5. How can we Differentiate?
6. Differentiating Curriculum
7. Students' Characteristics
8. Steps to Differentiated Instruction
9. Using Choice Board to Differentiate
10. Benefits of Choice Board Strategy
11. Using Tic-Tac-Toe to Differentiate
A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on reading expository texts.
After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:
Understand the characteristics of expository texts.
Discuss the elements of expository text types.
Read expository texts to identify and comment on the characteristic language.
This Resource Includes:
Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes
Vocabulary Overview - Expository Texts
Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Reading Expository Texts
Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Information Gap
Success Criteria - Expository Texts Checklist
Scaffolding Notes - Characteristics and Elements of Expository Texts
Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share
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 - 3 Online Exercises
Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Worksheets with Answers
Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1-7
Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive
Teachers can use this resource to teach the students to read expository texts, 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
This resource covers the integral, surface and deep features of creative 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 Creative Writing in your classroom.
This Resource Includes:
1. A Detailed Lesson Plan
2. Presentation: Creative 10-Minute Activities
3. Creative Writing Techniques
4. Sample Creative Writing Piece
5. Assessment Rubrics
6. Worksheets (4 Exercises)
7. List of Connectives
8. List of Active Verbs
9. Adjectives & Adverbs
Learning Objectives:
• To write with refreshing and imaginative style and ideas.
• To use strong, vivid, and descriptive vocabulary appropriately.
• To create a rhythmic flow of language.
• To organize ideas creatively with supporting details.
Teachers can use this to enhance the writing skills of the learners, especially the technique needed to organize ideas creatively with supporting details.
A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on sentence word order.
**After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:
**
Distinguish phrase, clause and sentence.
Identify the most powerful place for information in a sentence.
Locate the place of least emphasis in a sentence.
Order sentences in varied ways.
This Resource Includes:
Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes
Vocabulary Overview - Phrase, Clause, Sentence, Fragment, Run-on
Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Sentence Diagramming
Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – W-P-C-S Chart
Success Criteria - Sentence Word Order Checklist
Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share
Scaffolder Notes - Sentence Word Order Structure
Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – Online Quizzes
Assessment Criteria for Outcome Expectations - Rubrics
Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - Writing Task by Outcome
Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - 3 Online Exercises
Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - Question Envelopes
Home Learning for Reinforcement – 5 Worksheets with Answers
Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1ce/2a/3a/7.1c/3a/8.1d
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 follow sentence word order 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 lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on cumulative sentences.
After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:
Define cumulative sentences.
Identify the main clause and subordinate constructions in a cumulative sentence.
Use cumulative sentences in writing to take the reader by surprise.
This Resource Includes:
Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes
Vocabulary Overview - Sentence, Fragment, Run-on, Cumulative
Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Cumulative Sentences
Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Basketball Questioning
Success Criteria - Cumulative Sentence Checklist
Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share
Scaffolder Notes - Cumulative Sentence Elements
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 - Exercise
Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - Diamond 9
Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Worksheets with Answers
Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.L.6.1ce/2a/3a/7.1c/3a/8.1d
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 cumulative sentences 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
This resource covers the integral, surface and deep features of thriller story comprehension and story analysis. 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 a thriller story lesson in your classroom for a week (5 days).
This Resource Includes:
1. Lesson Plans & Rubrics on:
* Story Elements
* Story Setting
* Story Characters
* Story Plot
* Brochure Making
2. Guides & Formats:
* Story Analysis Guide
* Critical Appreciation Format
* Character Description Template
* Plot Diagrams
3. Support Material:
* Story Genres
* Sample Character Sketch
* Sample Brochures
* Brochure Criteria
4. Lesson Notes on Speckled Band:
* Questions & Answers
* Story Analysis
* Character Description
* Plot Analysis
* Summary
5. Word Bank:
* Active Verbs
* Adjective Types
* Adverb Types
* Connectives
6. Worksheets
* Story Setting Exercises (4)
* Character Sketch Exercises (2)
Teachers can use this to enhance the comprehension skills of the learners, especially the technique required to make a critical appreciation of a story.
A handout that builds the structure of a paragraph.
This Includes:
1. Paragraphing Structure
2. Assessment Rubrics
Teachers can use these handouts as ready reference material to remind the learners about the paragraphing procedures and assessment criteria, thereby helping them to enhance their writing skills.
A handout that provides guidelines for imagination in writing.
This Includes:
1. Imaginative Writing Guide
2. Assessment Rubrics
Teachers can use these handouts as ready reference material to remind the learners about the imaginative writing procedures, thereby helping them to enhance their writing skills.