Catherine Reynard

A quick assessment matching quotes with the best signpost. It has an example and provides space for students to explain their thinking.

Flat Stanley powerpoint for sped students broken down into vocabulary, comprehensive questions by chapter, and kahoots.

Identify the audience for two quotes used from UnWholly and then create your own advertisement. Create both a written and visual advertisement.

Using advertisements from the book, UnWholly, identify the intended audience. Then create your own advertisement.

Includes Chapter 1 comprehensive questions and answer key as well as vocabulary for the chapter and the key.

Use the lesson and example to create your own summary.

An updated and improved beginning of school year Choice Board activity. This allows you to get to know your students and gives students a fun, unique way to express their thoughts.

This is a getting to know you activity for your students. It is a twist on one you may already use, What's in your head? It gives students choice of which boxes they want to complete.

Notes for students on Contrast & Contradictions and an assignment with examples provided.

Have your students use a quick summary to predicate different aspects about the book, The Giver. 3 different summary to choose from for the paper.

Have your students find character traits for both physical & emotional and then find evidence from the text to support the trait. One side is Jonas and the other is a character of their choosing.

Match the correct signpost with the quote from Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale.

Using a graphic organizer to guide your students in finding figurative language from the novel, The Giver. Includes notes of figurative language definitions and additional examples.

This worksheet allows students to document the page numbers associated with each of the 6 Signpost as they read that can be used in a conference to check understanding.

Answer the multiple choice, STAAR like questions from the book, Matched.

This is a quick refresher for students to break down an expository prompt and make itinto a Thesis Statement.

Using the book, Uglies, answer the following STAAR like questions.

Using the book, UnWind, answer the following multiple choice, STAAR like questions.

As the 2nd book in the Unwind series, UnWholly has some mild violence and inappropriate language. However, the benefits out weigh the negatives any and every day. As a middle school teacher, I do have to protect myself and make parents aware.

Great way to get to know your students while giving them choice and it can be lots of fun for them too.