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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 list of handouts and scaffolding notes on article writing.
This download includes:
Vocabulary Overview
Sample Newspaper Article
News Paper Article Format
Sample Feature Article
Features of a Feature Article
Structure of a Feature Article
Article Writing Tips
Assessment 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
A set of 15 task cards and exercises on poetry comprehension – Daffodils by William Wordsworth.
After working with these worksheets students will be able to:
Analyse the poem to make a critical appreciation.
Identify the poetic devices and explain how they are used in the poem.
Annotate the lines of the poem with reference to context.
This resource includes:
Completing summary for the poem (Exercise 1)
Identification of poetry elements (Exercise 2)
Critical appreciation of the poem (Exercise 3)
Planning to write poems (Exercise 4)
Selecting correct option to answer questions (Exercise 5)
Meanings of expressions and filling blanks (Exercise 6)
Identification of poetic devices (Exercise 7)
Explanation of the poetic devices as used in the poem (Exercise 8)
Creating poems (Exercise 9)
Answering questions with options (Exercise 10)
Summarizing the meaning (Exercise 11)
Identification of annotation elements (Exercise 12)
Annotating the lines of the poem (Exercise 13)
Analyzing poems (Exercise 14)
Answering comprehension questions (Exercise 15)
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
“Unlocking the Art of Magazine Article Writing” is the ultimate PowerPoint Presentation designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge to excel in crafting engaging and impactful magazine articles. This resource follows Bloom’s Taxonomy and aligns with the Common Core Standards for ELA-Literacy in Writing. It provides a step-by-step approach to becoming a proficient magazine article writer, covering various key aspects.
This Unit Lesson is perfect for teaching Imperative Verbs or Bossy Verbs. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these challenging exercises that are well-designed for student engagement.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
To recall the meaning of terms associated with imperative verbs.
To describe and explain the forms and uses of imperative verbs.
To use the forms and uses of imperative verbs.
To draw links between verbs in general and imperative verbs.
To justify the right use of imperative verbs.
To produce sentences using imperative verbs.
After attempting these activities your students will be able to:
Distinguish between verbs in general and imperative verbs.
Classify imperatives as affirmative and negative.
Form and use verbs in the imperative both affirmatively and negatively.
Use a wide range of imperative verbs to clarify relationships between ideas.
Identify the errors to ensure the correct use of imperative verbs.
Use imperative verbs to sequence instructions.
This PowerPoint Presentation is perfect for teaching how to write an information text. 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 activities, your students will be able to:
Identify the structure and features of information text types.
Identify the techniques used by the author in structuring information text types.
Identify the purpose of the information text types.
Plan and write the first draft of information text.
Peer evaluate information text with constructive feedback.
Integrate the peer feedback and write a final draft of their information text.
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 compact review of PEE paragraph organized for quick referencing.
This Includes:
Vocabulary Overview
PEE Method
PEE Template
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 package of 10 worksheets with answers on inferring meaning while reading a text.
This resource includes exercises on:
Inferring meaning to match proverbs with their meaning.
Inferring meaning when the text says what it says.
Inferring the meaning of anecdotes.
Inferring meaning of selected phrases from a passage.
Preparing inferential questions for a passage.
Inferring implied meaning.
Reading texts to infer meaning.
Teachers can use these task cards to enhance the reading and writing skills of the learners.
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 diary entry organized for quick referencing.
This Includes:
Vocabulary Overview
Diary Checklist and Word-Bank
Sample Diary Entry
Diary Writing Features
Diary Writing Format
Assessment Rubrics
Teachers can use these handouts as ready reference material to remind the learners about the diary writing procedures, thereby helping them to enhance their 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 ready to use lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on descriptive writing.
After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:
Recall descriptive vocabulary for a descriptive writer.
Acquire knowledge of descriptive techniques and imagery types.
Analyse a descriptive paragraph for features.
Demonstrate command of the conventions of description in writing.
This download includes:
Vocabulary Overview - Description, Imagery
Real Life Application and Cross-Curriculum Links - Science, Math, Social Studies
Flipped Lesson Part - Videos
Success Criteria - Descriptive Writing Checklist
Lesson Starter: Writing descriptive words to describe images.
Discussion:
Descriptive Writing Toolkit
Imagery Types
Lists of Adjectives and Adverbs
Descriptive Chart for Descriptive Writer
Collaborative Tasks:
Pair-Share: Comparing two descriptions.
Think-Write: Identifying descriptive techniques used in a description.
Write-Share: Describing a picture using sensory language.
Mini-Plenary: 3 Online Exercises
Assessment Rubrics
Differentiated Tasks: Demonstrating the skill of description in writing.
Extensions: Using descriptive sample openers to come up with own descriptions.
Plenary: Answering multiple choice questions on descriptive writing.
Home Learning:
Circling descriptive words in the given passage.
Describing the usefulness of any of the given man-made materials.
Reading to write down examples of descriptive techniques.
Identifying the sensory language used in the given passage.
Reading the given description to notice examples of descriptive techniques.
Common Core Standards: ELA-Literacy-Writing - 6-8.3a-e
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 set of 11 worksheets with answers on play script writing.
This Resource includes:
Writing dialogues to go with the story in the given visuals.
Turning flat dialogues into an exciting story.
Adding scene description and stage directions.
Adding dialogues and reporting verbs.
Preparing play-scripts for dialogues.
Selecting best option to answer play-script questions.
Turning given story into a play script.
Rewriting the narrative poem as a play script.
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 12 ready to use worksheets with answers on paragraph writing.
This download includes:
Choosing a topic to write a paragraph.
Spotting topic sentence, supporting details, and closing sentence.
Using PEEL model to construct a paragraph.
Using PEEC model to construct a paragraph.
Writing paragraphs on given situations.
Writing a paragraph to convey information as required by the topic.
Answering multiple choice questions on paragraphing.
Dividing the given text into paragraphs.
Arranging paragraphs in a logical order.
Identifying the topic and the closing sentences in paragraphs.
Matching topic and closing sentences with correct paragraphs.
Putting sentences in correct order to produce a well-organized paragraph.
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 11 ready to use worksheets with answers on article writing.
After working with these worksheets students will be able to:
Recall article writing techniques.
Apply authorial technique to write articles.
Analyse author’s use of language and the impact of it in writing an article.
Demonstrate command of the conventions of article in writing.
This download includes worksheets on:
Matching the topics with the titles.
Analyzing a feature to spot the parts of an article.
Providing the paragraphs with suitable topic sentences.
Choosing a topic to write an article.
Demonstrating the skill of feature articles in writing.
Answering multiple choice questions on article writing.
Writing prompts to write articles to health magazines.
Identifying the structural elements of a news story.
Thinking of creative titles for the given short articles.
Matching the given first paragraphs with the topic sentences.
Thinking of an appropriate conclusion to given paragraphs.
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 lesson presentation of unit plans with 5 sessions on prose comprehension of a fictional story, “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant.
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.
Lesson Preview: Author and Summary of the Story
SESSION 1: STORY SETTING AND SETTING DESCRIPTION
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
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
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
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
RTC Template (Scaffold Notes 18)
RTC Prompt (Scaffold Notes 19)
Collaborative Tasks:
Think-Pair: Identifying summary elements
Pair-Share: Writing a summary
Ask-Write: Identifying RTC elements for the given lines
Write-Advance: Explaining the line with reference to context
Ready to use worksheets with answers that present teaching and learning resources of complex sentence structure based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy.
After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:
Identify the functions of subordinating conjunctions.
Identify the features of complex sentences.
Use subordinating conjunctions to introduce a clause or link two clauses.
Implement the features of complex sentences to discover their structure.
Assess and verify the correct use of complex sentence patterns in writing.
Create complex sentences with the given sentence structure and pattern.
This download includes:
EXERCISE 1: Identify the subordinating conjunctions from the examples.
EXERCISE 2: Identify the functions of subordinating conjunctions.
EXERCISE 3: Identify the subordinators from the given examples.
EXERCISE 4: Identify how the subordinating conjunctions are used in the sentences.
EXERCISE 5: Identify the features of complex sentences.
EXERCISE 6: Think of a complex sentence to go with each given picture.
EXERCISE 7: Identify the functions of clauses in general and their function in specific sentences – Part 1.
EXERCISE 8: Identify the function of clauses in general and their function in specific sentences – Part 2.
EXERCISE 9: Identify the function of clauses in general and their function in specific sentences – Part 3.
EXERCISE 10: Implement the properties of complex sentences to discover their structure.
EXERCISE 11: Examine the structure and the pattern of the complex sentences.
EXERCISE 12: Assess and verify the correct use of sentence patterns in writing.
EXERCISE 13: Create complex sentences with the given sentence structure and pattern.
EXERCISE 14: Demonstrate the mastery of the use of complex sentence structure in writing.
EXERCISE 15: Complete the sentences with meaningful clauses.
EXERCISE 16: Identify the main and subordinate clauses.
EXERCISE 17: Place commas wherever necessary.
EXERCISE 18: Join the sentences by using subordinators: when, where, if, although, because, since, while.
EXERCISE 19: Split the following complex sentences into simple sentences.
EXERCISE 20: Rewrite the following simple sentences as complex sentences.
EXERCISE 21: Rewrite the following complex sentences as compound sentences.
A ready to use lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on article writing.
After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:
Recall article writing techniques.
Apply authorial technique to write articles.
Analyse author’s use of language and the impact of it in writing an article.
Demonstrate command of the conventions of article in writing.
This download includes:
Vocabulary Overview - Articles, Features, News Story
Real Life Application and Cross-Curriculum Links
Flipped Lesson Part - Videos
Success Criteria - Article Writing Checklist
Lesson Starter: Matching the topics with the titles.
Discussion:
Article Writing Tips
Structure of a Feature Article
Features of a Feature Article
Collaborative Tasks:
Pair-Share: Analyzing a feature to spot the parts of an article.
Think-Write: Providing the paragraphs with suitable topic sentences.
Write-Share: Choosing a topic to write an article.
Mini-Plenary: 2 Online Quizzes
Assessment Rubrics
Differentiated Tasks: Demonstrating article writing skill.
Extensions: Writing prompts to write articles to health magazines.
Plenary: Answering multiple choice questions on article writing.
Home Learning:
Identifying the structural elements of a news story.
Thinking of creative titles for the given short articles.
Matching the given first paragraphs with the topic sentences.
Thinking of an appropriate conclusion to given paragraphs.
Common Core Standards: ELA-Literacy-Writing - 6-8.1a-e/4/7
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
These Worksheets with Answer Key are perfect for teaching Definite and Indefinite Articles – ‘A’, ‘An’ and ‘The’. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons. Your students will love these challenging exercises that are well-designed for student engagement.
This download includes:
EXERCISE 1: Match the terms (1-6) with their meaning (A-F).
EXERCISE 2: Answer the following questions.
List the uses (2 uses) of the articles ‘a’ and ‘an’ used before nouns singular in number.
List the uses (5 uses) of the article ‘the’ used before nouns singular or plural in number.
Describe the exceptions (2 exceptions) connected with the articles ‘a’ and ‘an’.
EXERCISE 3: Identify the words from the examples that show the uses of indefinite articles.
EXERCISE 4: Identify the words from the examples that show the uses of definite article.
EXERCISE 5: Identify the words from the examples that show the uses of no article.
EXERCISE 6: Identify the articles, definite (the), indefinite (a and an) and no article (Ø), as used for countable and uncountable nouns.
EXERCISE 7: Add the indefinite articles (a or an) to determine each of these words.
EXERCISE 8: Use a noun to name each picture. Think of an indefinite article to go before the noun.
EXERCISE 9: Fill in the blanks with correct articles (a, an and the) or zero article (Ø).
EXERCISE 10: Insert either ‘a’ or ‘an’ in each space so that the sentences make sense.
EXERCISE 11: Complete the following sentences using either definite or indefinite articles.
EXERCISE 12: Choose the correct articles to determine the nouns or adjectives.
EXERCISE 13: Identify the usage of definite and indefinite articles in given sentences.
EXERCISE 14: Identify the usage of definite article in the given sentences.
EXERCISE 15: Identify the given sentences that are correct or incorrect in the use of an article or no article.
EXERCISE 16: Write a sentence about each picture and include ‘a,’ ‘an’ and ‘the’.
EXERCISE 17: Attempt any one of the activities to demonstrate your mastery in using articles in writing.
EXERCISE 18: Fill in the blanks with suitable articles.
EXERCISE 19: Choose a correct article in each sentence.
EXERCISE 20: State the usage of the definite articles in the sentences.
EXERCISE 21: Use indefinite articles - a or an to fill in the blanks.
EXERCISE 22: Circle the indefinite articles and underline the definite article.
EXERCISE 23: Circle the indefinite articles and underline the definite article used in the six little stories.
EXERCISE 24: Identify the articles used in the 14 hilarious laws.
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.
A unit set of worksheets with answers on poetry comprehension for 6 sessions on teaching and learning of the poem, “Geography Lesson” by Brian Patten based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy.
This download includes:
EXERCISE 1: Match the meanings (A-N) with the expressions (1-14) they refer to.
EXERCISE 2: Find the meaning of certain expressions: words and phrases in the poem.
EXERCISE 3: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the poem.
EXERCISE 4: Read the poem and briefly summarize the meaning of each stanza:
EXERCISE 5: Determine the central idea of the poem and analyse its development.
EXERCISE 6: Identify the poet’s use of contrasting images to highlight the difference between the teacher’s reality and the places he longs to visit.
EXERCISE 7: Answer the characterization questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension.
EXERCISE 8: Identity what the poem says both explicitly and implicitly with inferences drawn from it.
EXERCISE 9: Use the specified criteria to find poetry elements of the poem.
EXERCISE 10: Analyse the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone.
EXERCISE 11: Answer the questions to check your understanding of poetry elements.
EXERCISE 12: Identify the figures of speech employed in the poem.
EXERCISE 13: Answer the questions to check your understanding of the figures of speech used in the poem.
EXERCISE 14: Determine the figurative meanings of the words and phrases in the poem.
EXERCISE 15: Determine the connotative meanings of the words and phrases in the poem.
EXERCISE 16: Use RTC to refer to the context, PEE technique to explain the figurative language used, provide an objective summary and make a critical appreciation of the poem.
EXERCISE 17: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says.
EXERCISE 18: Answer the questions to demonstrate your skill of comprehension.
A compact review of using rhetorical devices in a speech for quick referencing.
This resource includes:
Vocabulary Overview
Comparison Rhetorical Devices
Sound Rhetorical Devices
Linguistic Devices
Figures of Speech
Compositional Techniques
Assessment 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