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In this product students will identify different text structures in 9 different songs. Students will listen to (or read the lyrics) to the songs and determine their text structure, define the structure, write down clue words, and create a graphic organizer to organize the songs. Text Structures students will identify: Process/Sequential Compare and Contrast Descriptive Cause and Effect Problem Solution Answer key is included! Housed and completed on Google Drive!

This is a 20 question multiple choice tone test housed on Google Drive. Students are give 20 sentences/paragraphs and are asked to choose the correct tone. I have included a Google Forms link which serves as an answer key! More Tone and Mood Resources: Complete Tone and Mood UnitTone and Mood in Songs with answer key and intro PPDifferentiated Questioning, Multiple Choice, and Real World Application for ToneAuthor's Tone and Mood PreziAuthor's Tone Test with answer keyAuthor's Tone Activity W

This product contains a literary theme practice activity and/or test. Students will read 10 passages and then come up with theme statements for each passage using a theme statement handout. Students will then use the same passages to complete either a matching or a multiple choice test. Product includes: -Directions for students -10 theme passages -Theme statements -Matching test or multiple choice test -Answer key Follow me: FacebookInstagramBlog

This year my students seem to be having the most trouble understanding text structures. They can't explain them, identify them, or give examples of them. It was an issue I needed to rectify immediately! In this product students will explore 6 different text structures. Those six are: Chronological Process/Sequential Compare/Contrast Problem/Solution Cause/Effect Descriptive For each, students are given a definition, signal words, and are tasked with creating their own example based on given c

“Bank Account Saga” is a story that is told entirely through bank statement. It makes for an excellent lesson in inference! Students not only need to infer what is being purchased with these bank statements but they also need to infer what story is being told JUST through the checks! I used to have all my students complete my "Ordeal By Cheque" activity, but my lower level kids had a hard time with it. I decided to write my own modern version for my lower level kids to differentiate! Students ca

In this product students will complete 7 different drag and drop/insert appositive comma activities: Exercise A: Identifying Appositives Exercise B: Punctuating Appositives Exercise C: Combining Sentences Using Appositives Exercise D: Writing Sentences Using Appositives Exercise E: Writing a Paragraph Using Appositives Exercise F: Finding Appositives in Paragraphs Exercise G: Writing a Paragraph Using Appositives Answer Key included!

In this product students will be conducting research on common symbols found in literature. On the first slide of each section, they will determine what the items symbolize. On the second slide of each section, they will write a symbolic sentence with the symbolic word within the sentence. On the last slide they will match objects to what they symbolize!It's a fun way to introduce students to common symbols in literature!

Google Drive product! This product asks students to determine the tone of five popular songs. Students are asked to highlight words in the songs that would elicit emotions. Looking only at those highlighted words, students are asked to create either an abstract or literal drawing. Finally, students are given a set of tones and are asked to circle the correct tone. Happy Tone Teaching! Follow me: FacebookInstagramBlog

Functional Text seems to be the new catch phrase in the educational world these days. However, this is one fad that I can actually get on board with! Functional text is used for everyday information. It is called functional because it helps you function in your day-to-day life. I think a lot of our students could benefit from learning how to read functional texts such as: recipes, classifieds, bus routes, menus, etc... I am starting to create assignments that can be used with any specific piec

Functional Text seems to be the new catch phrase in the educational world these days. However, this is one fad that I can actually get on board with! Functional text is used for everyday information. It is called functional because it helps you function in your day-to-day life. I think a lot of our students could benefit from learning how to read functional texts such as: recipes, classifieds, bus routes, menus, etc... I am starting to create worksheets that can be used with any specific piece

Functional Text seems to be the new catch phrase in the educational world these days. However, this is one fad that I can actually get on board with! Functional text is used for everyday information. It is called functional because it helps you function in your day-to-day life. I think a lot of our students could benefit from learning how to read functional texts such as: recipes, classifieds, bus routes, menus, etc... I like to create activities that can be used with any specific piece of funct

This is a great back to school activity to have on students desks when they enter your classroom so they immediately have something to do! Students need to use inference clues in riddles guess what school supply is being described. 17 riddles in all with answer key! Students will complete on Google Drive!