Teaching figurative language? Teach, practice, and assess this important literacy skill with the Figurative Language PTA Skills Bundle!
The PTA Skills Bundle includes three research-based, best practice products that allow for instruction, practice, and assessment:
PowerPoints - 23 slides
Task Cards - 40 Task Cards
Assessment - 30-question test with answer key
About PTA Skills Bundles:
The Guaranteed-To-Succeed PTA Skills Bundles includes three research-based, best practice products (PowerPoint, Task Cards, and Assessment) that allow for instruction, practice, and assessment – the three most important components of your lesson. PTA Bundles are an all-inclusive easy way to teach skills and concepts while reaching 100% student engagement and proficiency in no time.
Here’s how it works:
You TEACH the skill with an easy-to-understand, comprehensive instructional PowerPoint.
Students PRACTICE the skill as they review the content with high yield Task Cards that generate active engagement.
You ASSESS the skill with a Common Core-aligned assessment that will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic.
Teaching figurative language? Hold your students accountable with the Figurative Language Test. This Common Core-aligned assessment will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic in this important ELA skill. Multiple choice questions simulate those found on actual standardized tests. Product can be used for common assessments throughout your team or department and is super sub-friendly. Keep them learning - even when you’re not there! 11 Pages/30 Questions with key
Teaching figurative language and want to take it to the next level? Amp up the rigor of this important skill with (40) engaging task cards that students can work on in pairs, groups, or whole class instruction. Each card presents a higher-order thinking task that is sure to guarantee an understanding of figurative language. An effective instructional tool and alternative to boring worksheets!
Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!
Simile, Metaphor, Personification…what is the difference? With this engaging, student-friendly PowerPoint presentation, your students will not only understand figurative language, but they will apply the terms when analyzing literature. Presentation includes definitions, examples, graphics, and a fun, whole-group formative assessment. A must-have for introducing and reviewing figurative language. 22 Slides
Kick off a unit on Edgar Allan Poe’s world of suspense with this PowerPoint bundle on four classics at a reduced price. Product includes presentation on two poems, “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee” and two short stories, “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Slides include anticipatory questions, informative facts on Edgar Allan Poe, pre-reading vocabulary, themes, character descriptions, and engaging Common Core essays and writing activities.
Teaching homophones and commonly confused words? With the Commonly Confused Words PowerPoint, you have everything you need for an exemplary grammar lesson! Common Core-aligned Product includes 34 slides on homophones such as their/there/they’re, it’s/its, your/you’re, too/to/two, accept/except, etc. Lesson includes an imbedded CFU Bridge to Practice Formative Assessment.
Teaching literary horror, such as Edgar Allan Poe, Shirley Jackson, Roald Dahl, or Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein?
Add rigor and fun to your unit with the Literary Horror Bundle. This 250-page Bundle includes ready-to-teach PowerPoints on the following spine-tingling texts:
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
“The Landlady” - Roald Dahl
“The Lottery” - Shirley Jackson
“The Monkey’s Paw” - W.W. Jacobs
“The Raven” - Edgar Allan Poe
“The Tell-Tale Heart” - Edgar Allan Poe
The Literary Horror Genre - PowerPoint
The Literary Horror Bundle is guaranteed to increase student engagement and proficiency in literacy. Bring on the thrills and chills!
Teaching Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”? This product is all you need for a rigorous, engaging Common Core aligned week-long unit. “The Cask of Amontillado Short Story Bundle” includes a 37-slide PowerPoint, a 14-page test with full-text and answer key, (40) Edgar Allen Poe Task Cards and a 30-slide PowerPoint on Irony, which will help support craft and structure comprehension.
Each product is aligned to Common Core reading and writing standards, so that you can be assured your students are learning as they are transfixed by this classic short story of revenge and suspense.
Teaching those pesky punctuation marks? Teach, practice, and assess this important grammatical skill with the Punctuation Mark Bundle that addresses all (14) punctuation marks, including the often forgotten hyphens, dashes, slashes, ellipses, and parentheses!
This 100-page Common Core-aligned Bundle includes three research-based, best practice products that allow for instruction, practice, and assessment:
PowerPoints - 58 slides
Task Cards - 32 Task Cards
Assessment - 30-question test with answer key
Here’s how it works:
You TEACH the skill with an easy-to-understand, comprehensive instructional PowerPoint.
Students PRACTICE the skill as they review the content with high yield Task Cards that generate active engagement.
You ASSESS the skill with a Common Core-aligned assessment that will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic.
Punctuation Marks addressed in this product include:
Period
Question mark
Exclamation point
Comma
Colon
Semicolon
Dash
Brackets
Braces
Parentheses
Apostrophe
Quotation marks
Ellipsis
Hyphen
Teaching those pesky punctuation marks? Amp up the proficiency level with the Punctuation Mark PowerPoint. This comprehensive 58-slide product covers all (14) punctuation marks, provides examples, and has multiple checks for understanding, including a formative assessment quiz for a complete lesson!
Punctuation Mark PowerPoint includes:
Period
Question mark
Exclamation point
Comma
Colon
Semicolon
Dash
Brackets
Braces
Parentheses
Apostrophe
Quotation marks
Ellipsis
Hyphen
Teaching “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl? This short story bundle is all you need for a rigorous, engaging Common Core aligned unit. Product includes a 39-slide PowerPoint, 40 Mystery/Suspense Story Task Cards, and a 10-page exam test with answer key! Bundle is super sub friendly! Keep them learning - even when you’re not there.
Each product is aligned to Common Core reading and writing standards, so that you can be assured your students are learning as they are transfixed by this thrilling short story.
Teaching puns? Teach, practice, and assess this important figurative language literacy skill with the Fun With Puns PTA Bundle!
The Fun With Puns Bundle includes three research-based, best practice products that allow for instruction, practice, and assessment:
PowerPoints - 50 slides
Task Cards - 40 Task Cards
Assessment - 30-question test with answer key
Here’s how it works:
You TEACH the skill with an easy-to-understand, comprehensive instructional PowerPoint.
Students PRACTICE the skill as they review the content with high yield Task Cards that generate active engagement.
You ASSESS the skill with a Common Core-aligned assessment that will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic.
Teaching puns? Ensure your students know how to identify puns with these (40) engaging Fun With Puns Task Cards. This Common Core-aligned product is perfect for standardized test prep and super sub friendly. Task Cards are an effective instructional tool and alternative to boring worksheets! Answer key included.
Bonus: Go green! Laminated task cards can be used year after year. My task cards are ready to use; no gluing required!
Teaching puns? Hold your students accountable with the Pun ELA Test. This Common Core-aligned assessment will let you know in no time who is advanced, proficient, basic, and below basic in identifying puns, an important ELA figurative language skill. Multiple choice questions simulate those found on actual standardized tests. Product can be used for common assessments throughout your team or department and is super sub-friendly. Keep them learning - even when you’re not there!
About Assessments:
Assessment is the engine that drives student learning! Frequent assessment and feedback are crucial for helping students learn. When assessment works best, it does the following:
• Provides diagnostic feedback
• Helps educators set standards
• Evaluates progress
• Relates to a student’s progress
• Motivates performance
• Helps teachers and students self-evaluate
Tip: Save trees and time! Make one class set of the tests and have students use a multiple choice answer sheet that can be scanned.
Happy Assessing!
Teaching “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry? This 56-page product bundle is all you need for a rigorous, engaging Common Core aligned unit. Product includes a 34-slide PowerPoint, 40 Short Story Task Cards, and a 10-page exam test with answer key! Bundle is super sub friendly! Keep them learning - even when you’re not there.
Each product is aligned to Common Core reading and writing standards, so that you can be assured your students are learning as they are transfixed by this heart-breaking short story.
Teaching O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi”? Assess your students’ comprehension level and access higher order thinking skills with this unit test. Questions include multiple choice, short answer, and a rigorous five-paragraph essay on the thematic message, which can be included or not based on the level of your students. Common Core aligned. Answer key included.
Teaching theme? Amp up the fun and proficiency level of your students with Identifying Theme With Fables PowerPoint. This 32-slide product features characteristics of fables, theme, guided practice with ten of Aesop’s fables, and a “Your Turn” writing activity. Answers included for a formative/summative assessment and instructional progress monitoring.
Teaching similes and metaphors? Amp up the proficiency in your classroom with this comprehensive, instructional 39-slide PowerPoint. Common Core-aligned product addresses definitions, examples, and comprehension questions to assess understanding. Perfect for your figurative language or poetry unit. Easy for you - engaging for them!
English Learners love Halloween! Amp up the chills and thrills factor with the Halloween for English Leaners PowerPoint. 30-slide product includes culturally relevant facts on Halloween, Halloween words (with visuals), and Halloween writing and poem activity (with sentence stems). You and your EL students will love this as you bring on the spooky fun!
This Common Core-aligned lesson is perfect for an evaluation lesson or sub plans! Keep them learning even when you’re not there!
Kick off The House on Mango Street with this comprehensive, student-friendly 45-slide PowerPoint that piques students’ interest in Esperanza’s coming-of-age story. Slides include background information, discussion questions, and engaging literary analysis tasks. Presentation can last up to the entire unit as it includes engaging Common Core writing activities and quotations from the book. You and your students will love this!