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.

Students can partner read or read independently to practice identifying the author's characterization of a new character in ACT II, Scene iii of 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.

I use this lesson in small groups, as a whole group, or through individual work to introduce my reporters to the idea that there are SO many questions we should be asking about everything we experience. You can use any video clip for them to investigate but I enjoy using this one because it has a lot to inspect immediately.

An anchor chart to teach and remind novice journalists how to use a steno pad to take notes at a live event. This will remind them how to set up their notes and move quickly from person to person to gather all of the information in an organized manner.

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.

An opportunity to study the news and the way that news is presented. This is a great opportunity for students of journalism AND English Language Arts or History classes to begin to look at the way that information is presented. This can help students BEGIN the study of evidence, bias, voice, and how an author chooses to present information.