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.
This compact review of Articles for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Definite and Indefinite Articles - A, An and The. 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 types of articles.
To describe and explain the uses of articles.
To use rules of placing definite and indefinite articles.
To draw links between definite and indefinite articles.
To justify the right use of articles as determiners.
To produce sentences placing articles before a noun.
After studying this information your students will be able to:
Classify articles as definite (the) and indefinite (‘a’ and ‘an’).
Identify the use of ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ and zero article before a given noun.
Place ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ and zero article correctly before a given noun.
Use ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ to determine a given noun.
Identify the errors to ensure the correct use of ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ and zero articles as determiners.
Create new sentences using ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ and zero article that determine nouns.
This download includes:
SN 1: Vocabulary Overview
SN 2: Uses of Indefinite Articles
SN 3: Uses of Definite Articles
SN 4: Uses of No Articles
SN 5: Rules of Articles
SN 6: ‘A’ instead of ‘An’ or ‘An’ instead of ‘A’
SN 7: Rubrics
SN 8: Words that take ‘A’ or ‘An’
A bundle of 6 products on teaching and learning resources of prefixes and suffixes based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy.
After completing this unit students will be able to:
Match the terms associated with prefixes and suffixes with their meanings.
Add prefixes and suffixes to high frequency and other studied words.
Create new words with common prefixes and suffixes based on their meanings.
Use prefixes and suffixes to form words and use roots as clues to the meaning of new words.
Assess and evaluate the correct use of prefixes and suffixes in forming new words.
Create new word patterns with words beginning and ending in common affixes and frame sentences.
This download includes:
Scaffolding Notes: 17 Handouts
Worksheets with Answer Key: 36 Exercises
Unit Lesson Plan: 41 Pages
PowerPoint Presentation: 42 Slides
Google Slides: 42 Slides
Boom Cards: 92 Digital Task Cards
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
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A lesson plan on Reading Comprehension. This resource covers all that you need for a lesson on reading comprehension.
This Resource Includes:
Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes
Vocabulary Overview - Inferences, Connections, Predictions, Comprehension
Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Reading Comprehension Strategies
Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Lateral Thinking Questions and Answers
Success Criteria - Reading Comprehension Checklist
Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share
Scaffolder Notes - Question Types, Strategies, Guide
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 - Cube Creator
Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - You have 30 Seconds for each…
Home Learning for Reinforcement – 5 Worksheets with Answers
Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.RL.6-8.1-6
Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive
Educational Tools and Resources - Connectives, Adjectives, Adverbs, Verbs
Teachers can use this lesson to give a complete knowledge and understanding of Reading Comprehension to the learners, thereby helping them to enhance their comprehension skills.
A lesson presentation that presents teaching and learning resources on editing and rewriting.
After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:
Present ideas in ways appropriate for the intended message and audience.
Apply knowledge of spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
Edit a piece of work for clarity, cohesiveness, content, continuity, and voice.
This Resource Includes:
Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes
Vocabulary Overview - Editing, Rewriting
Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Editing and Rewriting Skills
Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Identifying and Correcting
Success Criteria - Editing Checklist
Scaffolding Notes - Editing Elements, Editing Guide
Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share
Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – 2 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 - Editing Checklist
Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Worksheets with Answers
Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1/8.2/8.3/W.8.5
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 use editing for perfection, 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 presentation that presents teaching resources for using textual prompts - proverbs - to write. This presentation presents perfect teaching resources 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 writing lesson using writing prompts.
This Resource Includes:
Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes
Vocabulary Overview - Prompt, Textual, Proverb
Flipped Lesson Part - Videos and Websites - Writing Prompts
Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Discussion Game Using Proverbs
Success Criteria - Writing Prompts Checklist
Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share
Scaffolder Notes - 6 Steps to Use Prompts to Write, Prompts 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 - 3 Online Exercises
Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - PQP Technique
Home Learning for Reinforcement – 6 Worksheets
Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.2-5/L.6-8.2
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 the use of writing prompts to the learners, thereby helping them to enhance their writing skills.
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Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom:
✿ Early Finishers
✿ Tutoring
✿ Sub Tubs
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✿ Holiday Work
✿ Small Group Collaborations
✿ End of Unit Quick Assessments
✿ Homework
✿ Reinforcement
✿ Enrichment
This Bundle Includes Resources on Spellings:
Handout
Worksheets with Answers
Lesson and Resources
Lesson Presentation
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Here are some 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
This compact review of Adjectives for quick referencing is perfect for teaching Degrees of Comparison. These no prep scaffolding notes would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love this information that is well-planned for student engagement.
This download includes:
SN 1: Vocabulary Overview
SN 2: Functions of Degrees of Comparison
SN 3: Forming Degrees of Comparison
SN 4: A to Z List of Adjectives - Degrees of Comparison
SN 5: Degrees of Comparison of Irregular Adjectives
SN 6: Rules of Degrees of Comparison
SN 7: Comparing more than Two Nouns
SN 8: Comparing Two Nouns
SN 9: Comparing Three Nouns
SN 10: Changing Degrees of Adjectives
SN 11: Rubrics
These Worksheets with Answer Key are perfect for teaching Adjectives - Degrees of Comparison. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement.
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 – Adjectives: Degrees of Comparison – to answer the given questions.
EXERCISE 3: Supply comparative and superlative forms of the given adjectives that follow the following conditions in forming degrees of comparison.
EXERCISE 4: Identify the conditions applied for forming degrees of comparison of the given adjectives.
EXERCISE 5: Fill in the correct comparative and superlative forms into the gaps.
EXERCISE 6: Fill in the correct comparative and superlative forms of the irregular adjectives.
EXERCISE 7: Choose a correct form of adjective for each sentence.
EXERCISE 8: Identify the form of the adjectives.
EXERCISE 9: Identify the degree of the adjectives in comparison.
EXERCISE 10: Identify the part of the sentence that exemplifies the rule of using degrees of comparison.
EXERCISE 11: Complete each sentence with suitable form of the adjective given in the brackets.
EXERCISE 12: Fill in the blanks with positive, comparative or superlative adjectives.
EXERCISE 13: Fill in the blanks with irregular positive, comparative or superlative adjectives.
EXERCISE 14: Compare the nouns in the given images using degrees of comparison. Use the given adjective.
EXERCISE 15: Use the comparative degree of the adjectives to compare two nouns in the pictures.
EXERCISE 16: Use the superlative degree of the adjectives to compare more than two nouns in the pictures.
EXERCISE 17: Use the given nouns and adjectives to form the positive degree. Then change the positive into comparative and the comparative to superlative without changing the meaning of the sentence.
EXERCISE 18: Decide if the following sentences are correct or incorrect in the use of degrees of comparison.
EXERCISE 19: Identify the sentences that have errors using rules for degrees of comparison.
EXERCISE 20: Evaluate the following sentences for the use of degrees of comparison.
EXERCISE 21: Change the degrees of comparison. First one is done for you.
EXERCISE 22: Attempt any one of the activities to demonstrate your mastery in using adjectives - degrees of comparison - in writing.
EXERCISE 23: Identify the degree of comparison of the adjectives used in the following sentences.
EXERCISE 24: Identify the adjectives and their degrees of comparison.
This unit lesson plan 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 PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Proofreading - Editing your Writing. 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 meaning of proofreading symbols or marks.
List the components of a proofreading checklist.
Apply proofreading symbols to identify the appropriate use of them in a text.
Identify grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors in a given text.
Fix grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors in a given text.
Use proofreading process to aid cohesion in writing.
This Download Includes:
EXERCISE 1: Match the symbols of proofreading (1-14) with their meanings (A-N).
EXERCISE 2: Match the proofreading marks (1-10) with their meanings.
EXERCISE 3: Watch the video - Editing Your Writing – and prepare a checklist for proof reading.
EXERCISE 4: Use proofreading symbols to edit the text.
EXERCISE 5: Use proofreading letters/marks and acronyms to edit the text.
EXERCISE 6: Analyse and proofread the text to identify the errors – Part 1-2.
EXERCISE 7: Exercise error identification to ensure accuracy and correctness – Part 1-2.
EXERCISE 8: Chose any one of the following task to demonstrate your proofreading skills.
EXERCISE 9: Proofread the following text and correct by selecting the suitable option.
EXERCISE 10: Proofread and correct the following passages – Part 1-4.
A bundle of products on Prose Comprehension that deals with:
Story Setting
Characterization
Story Plot
Story Analysis
Reference to the Context
This Resource Includes:
After Twenty Years by O. Henry
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
Harry by Rosemary Timperley
My Lost Dollar by Stephen Butler Leacock
Two Geniuses
The Woman on Platform No 8 by Ruskin Bond
The Dinner Party by Mona Gardner
A Difficult Customer by William Roland Lee
The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant
Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy
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 bundle of products on poetry comprehension that deal with:
Critical Appreciation of the Poem
Identification of Poetic Devices used in the Poem
Annotation of the Poem Lines
This Resource Includes:
The Solitary Reaper by William Wordsworth
Sympathy by Charles Mackay
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Lee Frost
The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson
Daffodils by William Wordsworth
O Captain, My Captain by Walt Whitman
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Dragon Dance by Max Fatchen
King Bruce and the Spider by Eliza Cook
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death by W B Yeats
The Enchanted Shirt by John Hay
The Brook by Alfred Lord Tennyson
A Girl Called Golden by David Bateson
On His Blindness by John Milton
A Thing of Beauty by John Keats
Tyger Tyger by William Blake
Full Moon and Little Frieda by Ted Hughes
The Thought Fox by Ted Hughes
If- by Rudyard Kipling
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
Venture into a guided journey of sensory imagery comprehension with this scaffolded approach. This resource is designed to assist students in understanding and utilising sensory imagery across visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile domains. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Reading Literature, it spans various objectives and success criteria across cognitive domains, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience.
Objectives:
This resource covers a spectrum of objectives aimed at enhancing students’ engagement with sensory imagery. From identifying sensory elements in texts to creating original descriptive passages, students will deepen their understanding of how sensory imagery influences meaning and tone. The objectives also include analysing, evaluating and critiquing the use of sensory imagery in different texts, fostering a holistic approach to literary exploration.
This Unit Lesson Plan is perfect for teaching Grammar and Punctuation – Conventional Signs used in English Grammar. 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:
Distinguish between punctuation marks that are used commonly in English grammar.
Identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in the text.
Apply the punctuation rules to use appropriate punctuation signs in the text.
Interpret the punctuation marks used in the text and explain the author’s purpose in using them.
Identify the errors in the use of punctuation in writing and fix them.
Use punctuation marks to aid cohesion in writing; to convey specific meanings; and to add variety to writing.
Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom:
To challenge early finishers
For effective tutoring
As ESL stations and sub tubs
As holiday work and homework
For small group collaborations
For an end of unit assessments
For reinforcement and enrichment
This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching Grammar and Punctuation – Conventional Signs used in English Grammar. 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:
Distinguish between punctuation marks that are used commonly in English grammar.
Identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in the text.
Apply the punctuation rules to use appropriate punctuation signs in the text.
Interpret the punctuation marks used in the text and explain the author’s purpose in using them.
Identify the errors in the use of punctuation in writing and fix them.
Use punctuation marks to aid cohesion in writing; to convey specific meanings; and to add variety to writing.
Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom:
To challenge early finishers
For effective tutoring
As ESL stations and sub tubs
As holiday work and homework
For small group collaborations
For an end of unit assessments
For reinforcement and enrichment
This PowerPoint Presentation 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.
Powerpoint presentation of unit plans with 5 sessions on prose comprehension of a fictional story, “After Twenty Years” by O. Henry.
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.
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 plan PowerPoint Presentation of 3 sessions on poetry comprehension – The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson.
After completing this unit students will be able to:
Analyse the poem to make a critical appreciation (session 1).
Identify the poetic devices and explain how they are used in the poem (session 2).
Annotate the lines of the poem with reference to context (session 3).
This unit includes:
Lesson Preview:
Poem and Summary (Scaffold Notes 1)
Poet, Introduction, and Setting (Scaffold Notes 2)
SESSION 1: POETRY ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL APPRECIATION
Discussion:
Poetry Forms (Scaffold Notes 3)
Poetry Structures (Scaffold Notes 4)
Poetry Analysis Guide (Scaffold Notes 5)
Poetry Analysis Template (Scaffold Notes 6)
Collaborative Group Tasks:
Pair-Share - Identification of Poetry Elements (Exercise 1)
Ask-Write - Completing the Summary (Exercise 2)
Write-Advance – Critical Appreciation of the Poem (Exercise 3)
Assessment - Poetry Analysis Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 7)
Differentiated Tasks - Planning to write a poems (Exercise 4)
Plenary – Selecting correct options for poem comprehension (Exercise 5)
SESSION 2: POETIC DEVICES IN POETRY AND THEIR USAGE
Discussion:
Comparison Devices (Scaffold Notes 8)
Sound Devices (Scaffold Notes 9)
Figures of Speech (Scaffold Notes 10)
Poetic Devices Prompts (Scaffold Notes 11)
Collaborative Group Tasks:
Pair-Share – Meaning of the expressions in poem (Exercise 6)
Ask-Write - Identification of poetic devices (Exercise 7)
Write-Advance - Explanation of the Poetic devices as used (Exercise 8)
Assessment - Poetic Devices in Poetry Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 12)
Differentiated Tasks - Creating poems (Exercise 9)
Plenary – Comprehension questions (Exercise 10)
SESSION 3: POETRY ANNOTATION AND REFERENCE TO CONTEXT
Discussion:
Annotation Guide (Scaffold Notes 13)
Annotation Template and Prompt (Scaffold Notes 14)
Explanation Prompts for Figures of Speech (Scaffold Notes 15)
Collaborative Group Tasks:
Pair-Share - Summarizing the meaning (Exercise 11)
Ask-Write - Identification of annotation elements (Exercise 12)
Write-Advance - Annotating the lines of the poem (Exercise 13)
Assessment - Annotation Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 16)
Differentiated Tasks - Analyzing poems (Exercise 14)
Plenary - Select best for poem comprehension (Exercise 15)
Home Learning 1 – Answering comprehension questions (Exercise 16)
Home Learning 2 - Comparing 3 wind poems (Exercise 17)
CCSS - Common Core Standards - ELA.LITERACY.RL.6-8.1-4
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 plan of 3 sessions with teaching and learning classroom resources on poetry comprehension – Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Lee Frost.
After completing this unit students will be able to:
Analyse the poem to make a critical appreciation (session 1).
Identify the poetic devices and explain how they are used in the poem (session 2).
Annotate the lines of the poem with reference to context (session 3).
This Unit includes:
LESSON PREVIEW:
Poem and Summary (Scaffold Notes 1)
Poet, Introduction, and Setting (Scaffold Notes 2)
SESSION 1: POETRY ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL APPRECIATION
Discussion:
Poetry Forms (Scaffold Notes 3)
Poetry Structures (Scaffold Notes 4)
Poetry Analysis Guide (Scaffold Notes 5)
Poetry Analysis Template (Scaffold Notes 6)
Collaborative Group Tasks:
Pair-Share - Identification of Poetry Elements (Exercise 1)
Write-Share - Critical Appreciation of the Poem (Exercise 2)
Assessment - Poetry Analysis Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 7)
Differentiated Tasks - Planning to write a poems (Exercise 3)
Plenary - Online Quiz
SESSION 2: POETIC DEVICES IN POETRY AND THEIR USAGE
Discussion:
Comparison Devices (Scaffold Notes 8)
Sound Devices (Scaffold Notes 9)
Figures of Speech (Scaffold Notes 10)
Poetic Devices Prompts (Scaffold Notes 11)
Collaborative Group Tasks:
Pair-Share - Identification of poetic devices (Exercise 4)
Write-Share - Explanation of the Poetic devices as used in the poem (Exercise 5)
Assessment - Poetic Devices in Poetry Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 12)
Differentiated Tasks - Creating poems (Exercise 6)
Plenary - Online Quiz
SESSION 3: POETRY ANNOTATION AND REFERENCE TO CONTEXT
Discussion:
Annotation Guide (Scaffold Notes 13)
Annotation Template and Prompt (Scaffold Notes 14)
Explanation Prompts for Figures of Speech (Scaffold Notes 15)
Collaborative Group Tasks:
Pair-Share - Summarizing the meaning (Exercise 7)
Ask-Write - Identification of annotation elements (Exercise 8)
Write-Advance - Annotating the lines of the poem (Exercise 9)
Assessment - Annotation Rubrics (Scaffold Notes 16)
Differentiated Tasks - Analyzing poems (Exercise 10)
Plenary - Online Quiz
HOME LEARNING - Comprehension Questions (Exercise 11)
CCSS - Common Core Standards - ELA.LITERACY.RL.6-8.1-4
SKILLS - Social and Cognitive
A PowerPoint Presentation of unit plans with 5 sessions on prose comprehension of a ghost story, “Harry” by Rosemary Timperley.
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.
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