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Get your students started on writing their horror stories with 10 great scaffolding sentences. This activity has very specific instructions for students on how to write figuratively and with tension. It also provides sample introductions for teachers to use in teaching personification, first person narrative and foreshadowing specific to the genre of horror.

This bundle pack contains 5 comprehension activities from Gary Paulsen's young-adult wilderness survival novel , ' Hatchet'. Each activity is based on an excerpt from the text and has six comprehension questions with model responses for students. The excerpts and questions are a great way to guide students to understand what they are reading. There is an activity based on each part of the story. Each question builds in complexity as it climbs the comprehension taxonomy. Questions 1 & 2 build s

This bundle pack contains 5 comprehension activities from Patrick Ness's young adult fantasy story of loss and coming of age, ' A Monster Calls'. Each activity is based on an excerpt from the text and has six comprehension questions with model responses for students. The excerpts and questions are a great way to guide students to understand what they are reading. There is an activity based on each part of the story. Each question builds in complexity as it climbs the comprehension taxonomy. Ques

This activity contains six comprehension questions with model responses for students on Oodgeroo Noonuccal's poem about cultural identity, indigenous beliefs and familial dynamics, Ballad of the Totems. Each question builds in complexity as it climbs the comprehension taxonomy. Questions 1 & 2 build student skills in recall. Questions 3 & 4 build student skills in inference. Question 5 & 6 give students the opportunity to make critical judgements on the situation in the text and compose c

This bundle pack contains contains 5 activities on Jules Verne's captivating adventure novel, ' Around the World in Eighty Days'. Each activity contains an excerpt from the novel and contains six comprehension questions with model responses for students. Each question builds in complexity as it climbs the comprehension taxonomy. Questions 1 & 2 build student skills in recall. Questions 3 & 4 build student skills in inference. Question 5 & 6 give students the opportunity to make critical j

In a world filled with noise and distractions, finding moments of stillness and reflection becomes increasingly important. "Echoes of Hope: Christian Sonnets for Young People" is a collection of ten sonnets on key Christian concepts designed to guide school students on a spiritual journey of self-discovery and connection with their faith. Within this e-book, educators and students will encounter a symphony of carefully crafted sonnets, exploring timeless themes such as forgiveness, redemption, a

Ever wondered what would happen if Mars, Diana or Neptune showed up to a modern day job interview? Give your students this activity and have them work through the steps to research and write a job interview script for a Roman god or goddess. This is a fun and creative way to look at the mythology stories surrounding the Roman gods of the ancient world. Have your students justify why Mercury would make a great uber driver or Neptune a swimming pool salesman!

This activity contains six comprehension questions with model responses for students on Gary Paulsen's young-adult wilderness survival novel , ' Hatchet'. This activity is based on chapter eighteen towards the end of the novel. Have students read from the line in their novel: Brian worked around the tail of the plane two more times, pulling himself along on the stabilizer and the elevator, but there simply wasn't a way in and stop at the line: As soon as he felt himself slowing a bit he starte

This activity contains six comprehension questions with model responses for students on Gary Paulsen's young-adult wilderness survival novel , ' Hatchet'. This activity is based on chapter thirteen of the novel. Have students read from the line in their novel: Brian stood at the end of the long part of the L of the lake and watched the water, smelled the water, listened to the water, was the water. and stop at the line: He had let the fire go out, had forgotten to eat even an egg, had let his

This activity contains six comprehension questions with model responses for students on Gary Paulsen's young-adult wilderness survival novel , ' Hatchet'. This activity is based on chapter eight of the novel. Have students read from the line in their novel: At first he thought it was a growl. In the still darkness of the shelter in the middle of the night his eyes came open and he was awake and he thought there was a growl.and stop at the line: When he had pulled four of them he stopped for a m

This activity contains six comprehension questions with model responses for students on Gary Paulsen's young-adult wilderness survival novel , ' Hatchet'. This activity is based on the second chapter of the novel. Have students read from the line in their novel: Those were his choices. He could wait for the plane to run out of gas and fall or he could push the throttle in and make it happen sooner.and stop at the line: There was sudden silence, cut only by the sound of the windmilling propellor

This activity contains six comprehension questions with model responses for students on Gary Paulsen's young-adult wilderness survival novel , ' Hatchet'. This activity is based on the first chapter of the novel. Have students read from the line in their novel: His mother had driven him from the city to meet the plane at Hampton where it came to pick up the drilling equipment. A drive in silence, a long drive in silence.and stop at the line: And then knew. Brian knew. The pilot's mouth went rig

This activity contains an excerpt from Jules Verne's captivating adventure novel , ' Around the World in Eighty Days' and six comprehension questions with model responses for students. This activity is based on the chapter when Phileas Fogg and his companions board the steamer "General Grant" from Yokohama to San Francisco, and his growing romance with Aouda. Each question builds in complexity as it climbs the comprehension taxonomy. Questions 1 & 2 build student skills in recall. Questions 3

This activity contains an excerpt from Jules Verne's captivating adventure novel , ' Around the World in Eighty Days' and six comprehension questions with model responses for students. This activity is based on the chapter when Phileas Fogg and his companions are unexpectedly forced to hire an elephant when they find the railway line from their train is incomplete. Each question builds in complexity as it climbs the comprehension taxonomy. Questions 1 & 2 build student skills in recall. Quest

This activity contains an excerpt from Jules Verne's captivating adventure novel , ' Around the World in Eighty Days' and six comprehension questions with model responses for students. This activity is based on the chapter when Detective Fix follows Fogg in Bombay and Passepartout gets involved in a fight in one of the temples. Each question builds in complexity as it climbs the comprehension taxonomy. Questions 1 & 2 build student skills in recall. Questions 3 & 4 build student skills in in

This activity contains a copy of Henry Lawson's poem that depicts the daily life of a swagman in the Australian outback: ' The Drovers' and six comprehension questions with model responses for students. Each question builds in complexity as it climbs the comprehension taxonomy. Questions 1 & 2 build student skills in recall. Questions 3 & 4 build student skills in inference. Question 5 & 6 give students the opportunity to make critical judgements on the situation in the text and compose c

This activity contains six comprehension questions with model responses for students on Patrick Ness's young adult fantasy story of loss and coming of age, ' A Monster Calls'. This activity is based on one of the final chapters of the novel called No Tale. Have students read from the line in their novel: “Can you heal her?” Conor asked.and stop at the line: The world changed to grey and emptiness, and Conor knew exactly where he was, exactly what the world had changed into. He was inside the n

This activity contains six comprehension questions with model responses for students on Patrick Ness's young adult fantasy story of loss and coming of age, ' A Monster Calls'. This activity is based on a middle chapter of the novel called The Second Tale. Have students read from the line in their novel: Many a day the Apothecary went walking to collect the herbs and leaves of the surrounding green. But as the years passed, his walks became longer and longer as the factories and roads sprawled

This activity contains six comprehension questions with model responses for students on Patrick Ness's young adult fantasy story of loss and coming of age, ' A Monster Calls'. This activity is based on the middle chapter of the novel called Life Writing. Have students read from the line in their novel: “Hey!” she said, catching up with him and planting herself right in his way so he had to stop or run into her. She was out of breath, but her face was still furious. “Why did you do that today?”

This activity contains six comprehension questions with model responses for students on Patrick Ness's young adult fantasy story of loss and coming of age, ' A Monster Calls'. This activity is based on the end of the first chapter of the novel when Conor meets the monster. Have students read from the line in their novel: A cloud moved in front of the moon, covering the whole landscape in darkness, and a whoosh of wind rushed down the hill and into his room, billowing the curtains.and stop at th