Read Write Tech

In this unit, we use an extended metaphor to grow leaves as writers. This unit slideshow can be broken down into different days, shared with students independently, or reviewed as a whole. The information in this slideshow will provide students the opportunity to learn about screenwriting so that they can become screenwriters. This unit is best delivered after the students are familiar with short story writing.

This can work for 7-12th grade ELA classes so that students can track and compare topics across multiple texts. I print a copy for each student each day that we read. They keep a folder filled with their notes for each chapter or scene that we read. If they have anassigned reading for homework that night, they can add their notes to the appropriate note page. It helps for keeping track of details across longer texts, or if you are using multiple smaller texts as supplemental reading.

Students can partner-read or read independently to practice understanding figurative language and the more complex language of Elizabethan English in ACT II, Scene ii of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. My students found this to be so fun, accessible, and really helped them break down the complex language of Shakespeare's iambic pentameter/Early Modern English. This is great for empowering learners to access the text in a manageable way and doubles as a great sub plan so that students do

In this task, students will complete research, use close-reading skills, and presentation skills in order to summarize their understanding of Ancient Greece, Odysseus, and his epic poem.

In this assignment, students will break down aspects of the text in order to deepen their understanding of the character, Polyphemus, and the narrator's unreliability.

A poster for your classroom at any age. My high school students still need the teachable moment when they see this poster. We are all human, and therefore, we must all be kind.

With this organizer, creative writers can take their characters from stereotypical, flat, or static to well-rounded, unique individuals that drive their stories.

An organizer to help your creative writers plan their stories, scripts, etc. before they begin writing.