E. R. Cox

This adaptation to the Say, Mean, Matter approach by Kelly Gallagher allows students to analyze text using a graphic organizer. The resource also includes guiding questions and sentence starters for struggling students to whom questions like, "What does it mean?" or "Why does it matter?" may seem too general or abstract. The question at bottom of the graphic organizer focuses students' selection of quotes to those three or less that point directly to a theme. This resource pairs well with the p

This paragraph guide assists students in writing a paragraph about an author's perspective about a topic or issue from an expository text. This form guides students in transferring the textual evidence they recorded and the explanations they developed from a "Say, Mean, Matter" graphic organizer into a paragraph format. This form is heavily scaffolded for the struggling writer and includes sentence starters, footnotes to incorporate appropriate transitions, as well as guiding questions in the ma

This paragraph guide assists students in writing a paragraph about the theme conveyed in a literary work. This resource guides students in transferring the textual evidence they recorded and the explanations they developed from a "Say, Mean, Matter" graphic organizer (available for download for free in my store) into a paragraph format. This form may also be used to support students in writing body paragraphs for a recurring theme essay. This paragraph guide is heavily scaffolded for the struggl

This double-sided adaptation of vocabulary squares allows students to use this resource as a tool for studying their vocabulary words by folding along the dotted lines. For example, students can choose to view only the "Synonym" column or "Symbol" column to test themselves on the vocabulary words, which remain unseen because of the folds. Teachers may assign eight words per graphic organizer (four on each side), which students will write/copy down the center column. In addition, the directions

This double-sided adaptation of vocabulary squares allows students to practice using context clues as they interact with unfamiliar words they encounter in texts. Students can select words with which they are unfamiliar or are unsure of their definitions from an elective reading book or books they are reading in class. Generally, if students are unable to find words they do NOT know in an elective reading book, I suggest they find a slightly more challenging book. In addition, the directions fo