BrainCandy StudyGuide

Hello again! Welcome back to the BrainCandy-StudyGuide store. Bundle #2 focuses on writing skills, tips, and graphics. These files have their own stand-alone value, but for the biggest impact, purchase either the actual study guide (stand alone) or Bundle #1, which includes not only the colored study guide, but also the black and white (blackline) master complete with print\assembly instructions. Bundle #1 offered a little bit of both reading and writing concepts. Bundle #2 focuses on WRIT

Teaching students about PARALLELISM in literature is not always easy. One reason for this is the fact the same word in used in mathematics. The math concept is not necessarily wrong for use in English class, it is just that it is differently used. Another obstacle is that the one term has FIVE MEANINGS IN terms of literature. So, rather than dance around, teaching one at a time as they rise, this presentation offers all 5 in one location, suitable as an interactive notebook handout as well.

When working with teens, teachers often come up against teens who need to "grow up." For many, teens and adults alike, this is a vague concept. This file explores what it is to grow up, starting with the cross-cultural Golden Rule and expanding into other TANGIBLE expectations of someone who participates in their own growth. In the meantime, the topic of "nuance" of meaning is explored as the two terms, selfish and self-centered, are expanded, giving specific \ concrete examples for students

Too many students think that once they have written an essay, one draft of an essay anyway, that they are "done." The Common Core demands that students learn how to write an effective multiple paragraph, multi-draft essay. This presentation fosters that process in easy to follow, step by step, improvements. These ARE basic edits, but even the most capable teen writer will find nuggets of new information, including how to run a check as to what grade level their writing is. The most valuable

7 Signposts helps students quickly identify the 7 key details of an outline. As an instructional tool, it may take 35-45 minutes, and as a refresher or as another way to teach the same concept, it may take only 10-15 minutes. Once students find patterns in their English class, they will be able to better compose an essay, in quicker time, and even better analyze the texts they read, SEEKING this type of a pattern. This file is from the writer's perspective. This same pattern is found in the

Perfect for a beginning of the year overview, this file offers a visual representation of where the forms differ, offering samples of each and showing how they fit into patterns of OTHER literary terms.

Here is a simple, yet elegant, reading log, appropriate for grades 6 (advanced) through 12th (remedial). Includes instruction on Objective Summary, Analysis, and Reflective Responses necessary to be held accountable for daily reading. Comes with student samples (using Holes pages 1-5)

This is the Ultimate English guide to Introductory paragraphs for essays. Too many students write their entire essay in the intro and then merely repeat it throughout the body, resulting in repetition and not enough sparking of interest. Using the S.T.A.R.T. method, students may use the 5 generic SENTENCE FRAMES to help craft an intro, moving from a general opening and filtering down to a thesis. Additionally, it offers more specific ideas (SENTENCE FRAMES) for each of the three forms, Informat

This is ONE 11x17 panel of the Ultimate English Study Guide (UESG) for BrainCandy-StudyGuide. This panel offers students six key areas to focus their studies: Objective Summaries, Constructed Response, Interpreting a quote, a seven sentence Outline to the Essay, and a Model Essay (AND 12 writing prompts, 4 for each form). For the remaining month of October, this file will be for free in response to the generosity of donors from four states contributing to helping me fund my classes this year du

The Analysis Guide of the UESGBC covers key elements of literature that requires a closer look. Starting with 4 key WAYS TO ANALYZE, and moving to the two sides of the language coin, Reader and Writer, How to Spot the features of Non-fiction, Informational Text, Poetry Basics for a quick identification, Top 10 Forms of Figurative Language and commercials that use them, Film Analysis (how it differs from Literary Analysis), and 9 Basic Logic Flaws. With ongoing Distance Learning (and variations