Nowitzki Notes

This project can be completed after reading Prisoner B-3087. This is considered a UDL/Novel Choice Board where the students get to pick their own route to earning their points. This can be used as the final test or a final project for the novel.

This project is typically used at the end of a descriptive or narrative writing unit. It will practice their skills and creativity. On the first day of writing, I had out seven post-it notes. They can jot down ideas to form their story on their desk. The top of the triangle will be the Exposition. The second row will contain two post-it notes for the Rising Action A and B. At the bottom of the triangle, they will put four post-it notes for the four different endings. Once they have formulated

This is step one of the descriptive narrative writing process. Have your students pick a place or memory. Then, have them complete this senses chart to help add description and details to their writing.

This activity is used to practice or assess parts of speech. They are given a magazine to find each of the topics. They will cut out a picture of the part of speech, and the word that they put next to the part of speech must be a correct usage. Example: Picture of a person - Noun - human Picture of a person running - Verb - running

Use this document to check for understanding while reading the novel Touching Spirit Bear.

I keep these in a binder. If a student receives a warning, yet they don't correct their behavior, they are quietly handed one of these sheets to fill out and put into the behavior binder. This is good for parent conferences or a great paper-trail for the administration. Easy to modify

This UDL/Novel Choice Board can be used after reading Night, by Elie Wiesel. You can have them pick one project or complete a tic tac toe.

These questions correspond with the book Touching Spirit Bear. There are 150 comprehension questions that include literary analysis at the end of the story.

This Comprehension Check can be used for any novel excerpt. I use this in a UDL unit that allows my students to pick from eight different novel excerpts. It is a quick assessment to see if they are understanding the material.

This can be used for a specified novel or a choice novel. The objective is to check for completion and understanding.

This can be used for a specified novel or a choice novel. The objective is to check for completion and understanding.

This UDL/Novel Choice Board can be used after reading To Kill A Mockingbird. They will select one project to complete for their final assignment.

This four page document is a great way to check literary and poetic understanding of the poem, The Highwayman, by Alfred Noyes . Easy to modify for your classroom needs

This is a group writing project. Ideally, four people will constitute a group to complete the entire story, but if they only have three, they can switch back to the original person to allow them to finish their own story. The directions are listed on the document. A timer is required for this activity.

This choice board is a follow-up activity for the choose your own adventure essay. Once they finish writing their own essay, they can use this choice board to create a project that goes along with their story. This is great to use the last week of school as a quick-grade project.

Of Mice and Men uses a tremendous amount of foreshadowing throughout the novel and play. Use these topics to discuss foreshadowing.

Use this to help students create imagery in their writing.

This can be used for a specified novel or a choice novel. The objective is to check for completion and understanding of the terminology.

This rubric goes along with the choose your own adventure narrative essay.

Print and use to plan and plot a story. They can draw or write in each square.