Students will use the funnel template to think about their own personal experiences in general terms before focusing their topic to something specific.
Students will using the lesson to create their own blackout poetry to explore themes related to their own class and literature study.
Students record predictions and discussions of character actions based upon information derived from specific class tests.
Students will use these templates to predict and discuss character actions based upon evidence from text.
Students will use these templates to analyze plot in short stories and the relationship between plot, setting and characters.
Students will use the drag an drop template to identify different types of conflict. Formative or summative assessment uses.
Students will listen to audio texts to determine connections and characteristics of characters in the story.
Students will complete a research process on an author and present in a poster format of their choosing.
Students read and analyze three texts, compare choices and behaviours of the protagonists then create an infographic to represent their findings.
Students will use newspaper templates to create articles related to selected topics of study.
Students can use these templates to help organize information on specific topics and concepts.
Students will use the daily specials template to summarize mains ideas from chapters during a novel study.
Students will use the Cornell style organizer to take notes on a selected topic
Students will use these templates to show and reflect on their opinion is based on topics developed within the class.
Students will use this template to plan and explore two ideas together.
Students can use this planning template to help them structure paragraphs in expository writing exercises.
Using this drag and drop template, students will sort slang, colloquial and jargon words/phrases.
Using this template, students can show their understanding of the differences in figurative and literal language.
Students will use the templates to study and create their own sentences while attending to grade specific conventions. Templates can be used to review previous knowledge and skills as well.
Students will use the provided template to determine specific strategies for correctly spelling words that are frequently and infrequently found in literature.
Students will use the following vocabulary templates to develop strategies to remember vocabulary words and spelling strategies.
Students work through this lesson to discover how to use quotation marks to indicate dialogue in writing.
Poetry Study Unit: Students are guided through this unit to discover characteristics of the genre and to experiment with language the enhance their understanding.
Rethinking Novel Studies: An Alternate Approach Research Summary and Author Recommendations
The Writing Fix - This is a resource for quality lessons designed to motivate reluctant writers. Many lessons include student exemplars.
Kelly Gallagher Writing Strategies- This document contains strategies based on Gallagher's Teaching Adolescent Writers book. Included is the rationale behind his method,as well as immediate-use activities for teachers.
The Writing Teacher's Strategy Guide
Exploring Novels through Student-Created Bloom's Taxonomy Questions
Is it possible for students to create their own powerful, higher order thinking questions? How can we capitalize on this quality, in-depth thinking to create assessment opportunities? Created by Val Baron (EJELS) and Terra Kaliszuk (AISI Instructional Coach)
Adapted version of Costa’s 3 Levels of Questioning to create their own HOTS questions!
Teacher Outline (brief lesson progression & selected implementation suggestions)
Student Question Creation Handout (exemplar question & 3 Level Questioning resource)
Discussion Skills - This teaching unit includes resources for setting a discussion-conducive classroom climate, discussion skill lessons, as well as discussion structures for classroom discussion activities.
Video Journaling - Students will assume various roles as they create video journal entries that help develop a deeper understanding of the literary elements in the novel The Wreckers.
What's in a Trailer? - Students will draw upon their background knowledge of movie and book trailers to create their own stop-animation trailer to create a story's sequel.