Deborah Culver

Here are all 5 text structures in one convenient Power Point: cause and effect, compare and contrast, simple procedure [or procedural], sequential order, and descriptive. One short story is used in all five ways to show the difference in structures and to show that a writer can use which ever one he or she chooses, depending on his or her purpose. This PP also points out key words to identify the text structures and allows for students to write. It also encourages students to look for these stru

Here are all 5 text structures in one convenient Power Point: cause and effect, compare and contrast, simple procedure [or procedural], sequential order, and descriptive. Ttwo short stories are used. Each part of the story is being told in a different text structure to show the difference in structures and to show that a writer can use which ever one he or she chooses, depending on his or her purpose. It also shows that one story may contain different structures or be told in different ways. Thi

This is a Power Point for adjectives that includes the essential adjective questions: how many, what kind, and which one.It has practice sentences and a chance for students to write creatively. It also includes the explanation of article adjectives and a chance to identify them with practice.

This is an interactive Power Point. If you view it on your Smart Board or other interactive whiteboard, answers do not appear until your board is touched- when they answer or when you want to display the answer. It shows the differences between predictions, conclusions, and inferences. Also, there are many short passages to use for practice. On some slides, students are encouraged to turn and talk to their neighbor about the answer; on others, they are asked to respond in writing.

This is a research project that I made for Writing and Science. It has a rubric to go with each. Students first must choose one of eight endangered animals to research and then write an informational paper on it. They can follow the links to the websites and read the text and watch the videos. Our school, of course, allows no unsafe websites, and these sites work at our school. The requirements for writing are the ones that our grade level have been working on including: compound and compound se

This is a Power Point presentation that explains what dialogue is and explains how to quote it correctly with 5 easy steps. It also has a page that you can print off to give out as notes, where students can fill in the blanks along with the presentation. It has examples and a place to practice on two sentences after each step. There are also 10 sentences to practice on at the end, which could be printed off and used as independent work, then gone over on you interactive board. Also, the 5 steps

I have put my heart and soul int this. I have used it for three years, updating it each year. This review has two medium length passages and one poem (and answer keys, of course). Each of the passages have 36 questions, and the poem has 26. I went back over the whole year's skills, English and Reading, and added a question for most skills to the stories. Some of the questions are not especially hard, but it refreshes students' memories on things they may not have heard in a while. Between the th

This is a project book with higher level comprehension questions, a character map, vocabulary, character trait list, a spot for drawing, and a specific rubric to grade it all! I have used it on several chapter books that we read together in class. For each book, I came up with specif class vocabulary, but they were also directed to find their own vivid vocabulary. There is a page for both in the book. It can be used for any of them, as well as adapted for a specific book. It is 5 pages when copi

A sheet written in the format of many state tests that include multiple Language Arts objectives: Reading- Author’s purpose, figurative language, fluency and English- Pronouns, pronoun antecedents, compound subjects, and compound predicates. I always had the students take this home or have given it for homework and read it to someone three times to improve their fluency. I ask them to have that person sign it. I share these each day with my fellow teachers for homework, and they love them. Plus