Teaching from Scratch

This graphic organizer makes characterization a lot less abstract for your struggling students. It requires students to return to the text for evidence. This graphic organizer is totally adaptable to any short story, novel, or even some nonfiction selections you teach. Also, this is great for your sub folder!

My 6th grade Social Studies students kept confusing the three kinds of Human-Environmental Interaction so I made this practice sheet to help clarify the difference. The top of the page has notes which explain the differences among the three. Then students have ten sentence-long scenarios that they have to read and determine if each is an example of modify, adapt, or depend. A key is included on the second page of the document. This really helped to clarify this topic for my students!

This is a set of two differentiated versions of one vocabulary practice page. They contain the same content but the modified version has the content chunked into sections. Each version has its own key. This vocabulary practice will have your students using context clues to fill in the blanks of sentences with the following words from "The Sand Castle" by Alma Luz Villanueva: listlessly, hostile, cumbersome, forlorn, ultraviolet. Definitions are included at the top of the page for easy reference

This is a bundle of vocabulary activities which teaches 10 words pulled from "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros. It includes: *notes (pronunciation, parts of speech, other forms of the word, definition & information, and sentences from the story using the words *context clues activities *using the words within the context of the short story, as well as in new contexts *completing sentence stems using the words *test with two versions of the front page (one is more "chunked" into sections) *a Notes f

There are several versions of this assignment included. Simple Version: five idioms from the novel are listed with page numbers (for contextual support) and students must explain what the idioms mean. Advanced Version: Students have to read the pages listed to locate and copy the idioms. Then, they explain them. An answer key is included, as well as some Notes to the Teacher.

These ten questions are for T. Ernesto Bethancourt's science fiction story "User-Friendly." Five of the questions specifically require evidence from the story to support the students' responses. A detailed key is included.

This is a bundle of vocabulary activities which teaches 10 words pulled from "The Scholarship Jacket" by Sandra Cisneros. It includes: notes (pronunciation, parts of speech, other forms of the word, definition & information, and sentences from the story using the wordspractice using words while reviewing the short storygenerating examples and non-examples context clues analogiesconnotationstest with two versions of the front page (one is more "chunked" into sections)a Notes for Teacher pagea gra

This chart will help you guide your students through a better understanding of similes and metaphors. With these three charts, your students will: *distinguish whether the quote is a simile or a metaphor *identify key words within the quote which make it a simile *determine which two items are being compared *read around the quote for context *explain the common characteristic between the two items (inference sometimes needed) 3 charts + 3 keys + 1 page of Notes to the Teacher More Lemoncello p

This two page chart contains a list of sentences from the novel that contain onomatopoeia. Students must circle the onomatopoeia words. Then they will use context clues from that page in the novel to determine to which object's sound the onomatopoeia was referring. Key included, plus teacher tips for this activity.

There are two versions of this product so that you're able to differentiate it for your students' needs. The simpler version provides eight examples of personification from the novel Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan. Students must identify what is being personified and also what human quality it is given. Page numbers are listed for contextual support. Then they will rewrite the sentence without using personification to explore why the author chose to use personification. The advanced version

The first page is the poem itself. I added three footnotes so that it could be read independently by my students. The second page has eight questions and space for students to answer them. The poem is rather straightforward so there aren't a lot of poetry/literary terms that are necessary for you to have taught before you use this. The only technical poetry vocabulary I used: line, stanza. The third page is a key for the second page.

This bundle of vocabulary activities has everything you need: *Notes (including parts of speech, other forms of the word, pronunciation, definition and relevant information, and the sentence from the short story that use the word. *Review of the short story with questions using the vocabulary words *Using the vocabulary words in a new context (different than the story) *Context clue practice that generates the answer to a joke *Additional context clue practice *Connotation activity *Vocabulary t

The chart contains 9 examples of imagery from the novel Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein. Students have to determine which of their senses each sentence is targeting. Answer key included!

I've pulled all of the similes from the novel Pippi Longstocking. The challenge to your students is to identify which two items (or people) are being compared. Then they must specify what common characteristic they share. There are three pages of charts, plus their keys.