65 ESSENTIAL LITERARY DEVICES QUESTION POSTERS AND TASK CARDS

65 ESSENTIAL LITERARY DEVICES QUESTION POSTERS AND TASK CARDS
(Aligned to Common Core, Webb’s Depth of Knowledge, and Backward Design)

A link to hundreds of “free to use” stories from the historic McGuffey Eclectic Readers is included.

This product covers five categories of Literary Devices:
Story Structure
Point of View and Theme
Tone and Mood
Literary Techniques
Unique Genres: Poetry and Drama

Here is a resource to connect kids daily to in-depth thinking and writing about reading. The rigorous questions are kid-friendly. The teacher can use a question to model thinking and get a lively collaborative discussion going in minutes. These 65 questions are not only for teacher modeling and collaborative discussion but also for paired interaction, and for independent journal writing. They correlate with “I Do,” “We Do,” “You Do” and can be adapted as essential questions or “Ticket Out” tasks.

Post them anywhere in your room, or print the task cards for students to use in groups, in centers, or for independent writing. Several posters can be placed together on a board so that you can refer to them throughout the week. The matching task cards will help kids focus on key concepts you are emphasizing in class. Spiral notebooks work well for students’ written responses to these types of questions. They are able to refer to pieces they have written to review concepts and to monitor their progress in writing about reading.

Teacher read-alouds are important again in the reading classroom. They give the teacher the opportunity to model thinking aloud as the story is read. These reading posters will provide a print-rich environment for your students. Kids will make connections between their thinking and the questions. They will get better at responding about reading.

Literary devices cover literary elements, such as theme, plot, point of view, tone, mood, and characterization. Literary devices also cover literary techniques, such as imagery, word choices, rhythm, rhyme, inferred meaning, and figurative language. These posters will help keep momentum high as students think about reading connections.

Included are reading reward coupons. The rewards are intended for expanded thinking and reasoning and for demonstrating improved depth of knowledge each week.

Other products related to writing about reading are: Story Elements Posters and Task Cards, Comprehension Strategies Posters and Task Cards, Informational Text Posters and Task Cards, and Literary Nonfiction Posters and Task Cards.

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