Meaghan McCafferty

Here is your one stop shop for your Somthing Upstairs packet. There are ten vocab words for each chapter as well as guided questions. Students can do the questions if they are reading independently, if they are reading in small groups, or if you are reading aloud to the class. Questions should be answered in complete sentences. You can use the vocab words for quizzes along the way or to make flashcard games!

Everything you need to introduce your students to poetry! Includes a definition of terms, opportunities for notes, examples, and poems! Your students will have everything they need to begin their journey in poetry!

150+ pages included pre reading questions, journal prompts, guided reading questions per chapter, and pages to take dialectical notes. Begin the unit with the guided reading questions. Assign journals for chapters indicated. Each chapter has multiple guided reading questions so that students can read as a class or independently. Quizzes can be made from guided reading questions. Edit the file to remove dialectical note pages if you do not need them. Students can also take notes in their notebook

Use this packet to help introduce narrative to your students. Help them define the parts of a plot diagram, the setting, types of conflicts, theme, and character development. Includes suggestions of YouTube and Pixard videos to use to help students visualize. Also includes suggestions from ReadWorks

A comprehensive set of notes to give students about phrases, clauses, noun phrases, verb phrases, adjective phrases, and adverb phrases.

Guided questions for your students watch the David Letterman interview of Malala Yousafzai on "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction." Helps students follow along and learn more information about Yousafzai, her journey, and her mission.