ELA Antics

This is the comic strip template I used with my Natural Disasters Comic Strip activity (found it on Pinterest).

Unit test that includes 15 vocabulary questions, 15 multiple choice questions, and 4 short response questions.

This test asks students questions about ethos, logos, and pathos in ads, PSAs, and advertising techniques used such as celebrity, deals, and emotion. Check out my free study guide for this test in my store!

Guided Reading questions for the novel Messenger by Lois Lowry. Check out my free vocab word handouts in my store that go along with the guided reading questions.

Vocabulary words (with KEY) to study throughout the reading of the novel. These words are including on my The Outsiders Unit Test.

In this assignment, students show what they know about natural disasters and non-fiction text features. I read several non-fiction articles with students and showed them youtube clips about 5 different natural disasters while focusing on non-fiction text features. In this culminating assignment for the unit, students analyze information from non-fiction articles and information on the internet to create a one pager assignment about one disaster they choose.

I usually use this children's book as a read aloud at the beginning of my persuasive writing unit that I do with my middle schoolers. After reading the book to students, I let them choose one of these 3 mini-projects to evaluate the effectiveness of the pigeon's persuasiveness in the text. Included in the resource are the directions for the three project choices. This resource aligns nicely with teaching ethos/logos/pathos also and asking students which of the pigeon's arguments fall into those

This packet of poems asks students to identify different literary devices in each poem. For example, questions after reading include "What is the tone?" "Where do you see alliteration in the poem" "Which verse has simile?"

Wordsearch about digraphs CH, CK, SH, TH, PH, and WH

I use this template to work with my entering and emerging ELLs in my stand alone ENL class. After learning vocabulary terms that are important in a core class, I reinforce the meanings of the words and also how syllables work with this syllabication template. The words I choose are relevant to the unit/lesson from their core class. We clap out the syllables and then write down how to break the word apart. If students know how to write in their first language, they can also write the word in thei

This PowerPoint reviews vocabulary, thematic ideas, and facts about the plot for Messenger. It is geared specifically towards the Messenger Unit Test in my store.

Students create a brochure/article about a topic of their choice. In it, they must include certain text features. Be sure to check out my free model of what the project should look like (Nonfiction Text Features Project Model). I usually print this and give it to students as an example.

Use these comprehensions questions for each chapter of The Giver.

These notes include the definition of onomatopoeia and a short poem. Students should read the poem out loud as a class (I usually do it twice) and then underline or circle the onomatopoeia they see in the poem.

After researching and reading about 5 different natural disasters, I used this as the culminating project/assessment for my mini unit. Students have to design a one pager about one specific natural disaster we learned about. They must include specific information such as causes and effects of the disaster, 3 interesting facts about it, and what it looks like when it occurs. They must also include text features that are found in non-fiction texts. The directions sheet includes a checklist

Messenger Word Search (great for after a test!)

There are several versions of BINGO cards. I use these to review the vocabulary that is on the Messenger Unit Test. The cards have both terms and definitions on them, so students will get practice knowing the definitions both ways.

This unit test includes 15 vocabulary questions, 15 multiple choice questions about the plot, and 4 short response questions.

I use this slide show with my students to practice adding/deleting letters to make a new word that rhymes. There are 45 slides in the slide show.

I use this slide show with my ENL students to focus on the middle sounds that they hear in CVC and CVCE words. There are 30 slides in this product.