International educator with over 15 years experience.
I love the nuts and bolts of language teaching, but I also like communicative activities and task based learning, including simulations.
I hold a Master of Education with specializations in reading and behavior management, as well as graduate degrees in writing and education.
International educator with over 15 years experience.
I love the nuts and bolts of language teaching, but I also like communicative activities and task based learning, including simulations.
I hold a Master of Education with specializations in reading and behavior management, as well as graduate degrees in writing and education.
- Suitable for grades 6 - 8
- Literal, inferential, real-world and personal connection, literary,
language, and creative questions
- Common core aligned
- Fun, playing card theme
- 4 categories: author’s purpose, style, & theme; plot & setting; character; writing & language
- 14 cards per category (56 questions in total)
- JOKER card for each topic offers a creative task
- Task-recording document included
- Card backs and divider cards included
A fun card game, similar to UNO, to help students develop fluency and familiarity with common fractions, percentages, decimals and money.
Math Matching Game
Instructions:
1. Print and cut out cards. Laminate them if possible.
2. Students may play in groups of 2 – 5.
3. Give students a copy of the equivalents (page 11) if you think they need it.
4. Shuffle cards and deal children five cards each.
5. Turn over one card.
6. Children take turns in laying cards on the pile.
7. Cards must match the latest card on the pile either by image, or value equivalent, e.g. 50% and ½.
8. Attack cards: skip, reverse, and +2 cards must follow suit. Wild cards and +4 cards may be used at any time.
9. The first player to get rid of his/her cards is the winner.
This 3 page worksheet directs students to research, discover, and record key information about global warming and alternative energy sources.
Exercises range from simple and literal fill in the blanks and matching definitions to writing short procedural and argumentative paragraphs explaining energy generation or arguing for and against investing in alternative energies.
20 *Non-Fiction* Close Reading Passages and Worksheets
- Diverse range of high-interest extracts from authentic texts
- Designed for close reading
- Each excerpt stands alone as a close reading text suitable for scrutiny, critique, reflection, and evaluation.
- Texts may be used as bell-ringers, as homework or vacation
assignments, one-to-one tutoring, no-prep substitute plans, or any
other use
- Includes 3 levels of questions: main ideas and detail, language and literary devices, author's purpose, and evaluation and personal-connection
- Vocabulary rich
- Includes questions on text structure, word-choice, and author's bias
- Common Core Aligned
- Answer key included
- Sample Difficulty Levels included
Topics Included:
Hieroglyphics
Foreign Languages
Weather and Climate
Biology and Medicine
Biography - Joan of Arc, Da Vinci, Ghandi
Zoology
Engineering
Botany
History and Culture
Music
A bundle of these great resources for Hatchet by Gary Paulsen:
Multi-choice Quiz
Chapter Questions + Answer Key
Chapter Vocab Lists
Vocab Quizzes & Worksheets
Simile & Metaphor Worksheet
Freebie
Essential, chapter-by-chapter vocabulary for the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Useful for students (particularly ESL students) to look up before reading, or for the teacher to base quizzes and worksheets from. Helps students to decode meaning and facilitate fluent reading. Word-count ranges from roughly 10 - 50 words per chapter, depending on chapter length.
Essential, chapter-by-chapter, vocabulary for the novel A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park. Useful for students to look up before reading, or for the teacher to base quizzes and worksheets from.
Pre-teaching vocabulary helps students decode meaning and increases fluency and engagement.
- 30 ~ 50 words per chapter
- includes author's notes
- words listed as parts of speech
Teachers’ Notes:
These fun and engaging simulations are designed to stimulate critical thinking and reasoning and develop argument and persuasion skills in students. Each scenario is open to interpretation, and students will love debating each other and putting their opinions forward.
N.B. Intellectually, these resources are appropriate for students in grade 6 and above. However, some scenarios touch on (mention) themes that could be considered offensive, controversial, or inappropriate. These themes include: crime and punishment (including drugs and murder), religion, obesity, gun ownership, terrorism, PTSD, and war. Please be aware of this if you teach a potentially sensitive or conservative cohort. ***Clicking on the preview and zooming in will allow you to see the content if you are concerned***
Simulation One: Journey to Mars
Simulation Two: Desert Island Game
Simulation Three: Clemency
Now with Google Drive Links
Close Reading Stories and Comprehension Worksheets + Vocabulary Work!
A modern, plain-language retelling of three of Geoffrey Chaucer’s classic stories!
High-interest extracts from authentic texts
Designed for close reading
Each excerpt stands alone as a close reading text suitable for scrutiny, critique, reflection, and evaluation.
Texts may be used as bell-ringers, as homework or vacation
assignments, one-to-one tutoring, no-prep substitute plans, or any
other use
Includes 3 levels of questions: main ideas and detail, language and literary devices, author’s purpose, and evaluation and personal-connection
Vocabulary rich
Includes questions on text structure, word-choice, and author’s bias
Common Core Aligned
Answer key included
Sample Difficulty Levels included
Stories Included:
The Wife of Bath’s Tale
The Pardoner’s Tale
The Clerk’s Tale
If you are interested in literature passages, please check out my best-selling and top-rated fiction passages by clicking here!
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What about some Science Close Reading Passages?
For reading comprehension passages for younger learners, please click here!
Brave New World Vocabulary Quizzes! Great for quizzes, homework, or self-directed study!
Words were carefully selected to remove obstacles to reading and improve comprehension.
- Chapter-by-chapter essential vocabulary
-14 - 15 words per chapter
- Word bank provided
- Vocabulary lists provided, but available as a separate download from my shop
- Answer key provided
20 *SCIENCE* Close Reading Passages and Worksheets
- Diverse range of high-interest extracts from authentic texts including fiction (short story)
- Designed for close reading
- Each excerpt stands alone as a close reading text suitable for scrutiny, critique, reflection, and evaluation.
- Texts may be used as bell-ringers, as homework or vacation
assignments, one-to-one tutoring, no-prep substitute plans, or any
other use
- Includes 3 levels of multi-modal questions: main ideas and detail, language and literary devices, author’s purpose, and evaluation and personal-connection
- Vocabulary rich
- Includes questions on text structure, word-choice, and author’s bias
- Common Core Aligned
- Answer key included
- Sample Difficulty Levels included
Topics Included:
♦Robotics
♦Camouflage
♦The Life Cycle
♦Hibernation
♦Biography - Charles Darwin, Galileo, Copernicus, Marie Curie, Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday
♦Adaptation
♦Eclipses
♦Geology
♦Alchemy and Chemistry - History of Science
♦ Number and Mathematics
Product Description
This resource is one of ten standalone products targeting Middle School Writing Skills.
Each lesson focuses on a particular genre and highlights a particular textual feature.
This product ***Compare and Contrast Writing*** focuses on:
• Transition words for comparing and contrasting
Every lesson contains:
★ Model Text
★ Structural Analysis
★ Transition Words or other useful textual feature focus
★ Planning Handouts/ Graphic Organizers
★ Writing Prompts
★ Grading Rubrics
★ Teacher's Notes
Other resources/ genres in this series include:
✓ Describing a Process (Procedural Texts)
✓ Narrative Writing
✓ Describing Data (Change)
✓ Describing Data (Making Comparisons)
✓ Expressing an Opinion
✓ Cause and Effect Writing
✓ Problem and Solution Writing
✓ Persuasive/ Argument Writing (An Argument with Evidence)
✓ Informational/ Expository Writing
✓ Compare and Contrast Writing
This resource is one of ten standalone products targeting Middle School Writing Skills.
Each lesson focuses on a particular genre and highlights a particular textual feature.
This product ***Procedural Writing*** focuses on:
• Sequence words
• Passive voice
Every lesson contains:
★ Model Text
★ Structural Analysis
★ Transition Words or other useful textual feature focus
★ Planning Handouts/ Graphic Organizers
★ Writing Prompts
★ Grading Rubrics
★ Teacher's Notes
Other resources/ genres in this series include:
✓ Describing a Process (Procedural Texts)
✓ Narrative Writing
✓ Describing Data (Change)
✓ Describing Data (Making Comparisons)
✓ Expressing an Opinion
✓ Cause and Effect Writing
✓ Problem and Solution Writing
✓ Persuasive/ Argument Writing (An Argument with Evidence)
✓ Informational/ Expository Writing
✓ Compare and Contrast Writing
This ten-page resource is designed to be used as a journal or diary for lower grades.To customise this resource, print as many of each page as you need. You may choose to bind the pages in a book, compile the pages in a binder, or cut and paste the pages into a notebook.
Pages Included:
1 - Cover page
2 - Journal writing resource - writing the date
3 - Journal writing resource - talking about weather and feelings
4 - Journal writing resource - holidays
5 - Daily Checklist - student self-assessment of daily performance & "Tomorrow I need to bring"
6 - My Spelling Words
7 - My Weekly Schedule
8 - My Picture Diary
9 - My Library Book
10 - My Day
EDIT: BRITISH ENGLISH VERSION ADDED SEPT. 29// PLEASE RE-DOWNLOAD IF NECESSARY. SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE
Product Description
This resource is one of ten standalone products targeting Middle School Writing Skills.
Each lesson focuses on a particular genre and highlights a particular textual feature.
This product ***Opinion Writing*** focuses on:
• Intensifying adverbs & graded adjectives
• Absolute adverbs and non-graded adjectives
Every lesson contains:
★ Model Text
★ Structural Analysis
★ Transition Words or other useful textual feature focus
★ Planning Handouts/ Graphic Organizers
★ Writing Prompts
★ Grading Rubrics
★ Teacher's Notes
Other resources/ genres in this series include:
✓ Describing a Process (Procedural Texts)
✓ Narrative Writing
✓ Describing Data (Change)
✓ Describing Data (Making Comparisons)
✓ Expressing an Opinion
✓ Cause and Effect Writing
✓ Problem and Solution Writing
✓ Persuasive/ Argument Writing (An Argument with Evidence)
✓ Informational/ Expository Writing
✓ Compare and Contrast Writing
Product Description
This resource is one of ten standalone products targeting Middle School Writing Skills.
Each lesson focuses on a particular genre and highlights a particular textual feature.
This product, argumentative/ persuasive writing, focuses on:
• Transition words for adding information
• Expressions for presenting evidence
Every lesson contains:
★ Model Text
★ Structural Analysis
★ Transition Words or other useful textual feature focus
★ Planning Handouts/ Graphic Organizers
★ Writing Prompts
★ Grading Rubrics
★ Teacher's Notes
Other resources/ genres in this series include:
✓ Describing a Process (Procedural Texts)
✓ Narrative Writing
✓ Describing Data (Change)
✓ Describing Data (Making Comparisons)
✓ Expressing an Opinion
✓ Cause and Effect Writing
✓ Problem and Solution Writing
✓ Persuasive/ Argument Writing (An Argument with Evidence)
✓ Informational/ Expository Writing
✓ Compare and Contrast Writing
Product Description
This resource is one of ten standalone products targeting Middle School Writing Skills.
Each lesson focuses on a particular genre and highlights a particular textual feature.
This product ***Informational Writing*** focuses on:
• Complex sentences with essential and non-essential subordinate clauses
Every lesson contains:
★ Model Text
★ Structural Analysis
★ Transition Words or other useful textual feature focus
★ Planning Handouts/ Graphic Organizers
★ Writing Prompts
★ Grading Rubrics
★ Teacher's Notes
Other resources/ genres in this series include:
✓ Describing a Process (Procedural Texts)
✓ Narrative Writing
✓ Describing Data (Change)
✓ Describing Data (Making Comparisons)
✓ Expressing an Opinion
✓ Cause and Effect Writing
✓ Problem and Solution Writing
✓ Persuasive/ Argument Writing (An Argument with Evidence)
✓ Informational/ Expository Writing
✓ Compare and Contrast Writing
These fun task cards help students identify the key components of great sentences, and, in turn, develop their own competency in writing strong, varied, fluent sentences.
Suitable for grades 6 – 8
High-interest, real-world topics
Common core aligned
Fun, playing card theme
4 categories covering the essential components of sentence writing: clauses, phrases, sentence types (simple, compound, and compound-complex), and varying sentence openings
Variety of activities: identifying, fill in the blanks, combining, prompts, and more
14 cards per category (56 tasks in total)
Task card recording document included
Teachers’ Answer Key Included
Card backs & divider cards included