If you have students struggling to recognize and identify the letters of the alphabet then this resource will greatly improve their understanding and make them secure with the alphabet and their letter recognition. This thorough resource will support any science of reading or phonics-based program. It’s ideal for small group instruction, intervention groups, tier support, ELL and ESL students, and even literacy centers. It has proven success and has been used in thousands classrooms all over the world from the USA to international schools in Saudi Arabia. Click the PREVIEW button to see everything included! For each letter there are 5 different activity mats to help students practice recognizing and identifying letters with ease: Say It, Find It, Read It, Write it {plus a black and white master worksheet option and half-sheets assessment based off this mat} Letter Display Mat (for recognition, sorting, tracing) Letter ID through highlighting Letter Naming Fluency Letter Writing 199 PAGES IN TOTAL! Also included: Suggestion for organization Sample lesson plan Data tracking sheet Furthermore, this resource could be used to support the science of reading and your reading readiness instruction in KEY STAGE 1 or US kindergarten, for small group letter or alphabet work activities, for ESL/ELL students, or for remediation in first grade. Each activity provides students an opportunity to reinforce reading readiness skills. T Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet ♥︎Teachers will love how easy these activities are to incorporate into an intervention lesson and the results they see in their students. ♥︎Students will love the variety of activities used to help them learn to recognized and identify the letters of the alphabet so that they can move onto more complex phonics activities.

A free original reading passage for teaching and reviewing figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and allusion. If you like this free example then check out similar stories with their answers at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/8-fantastic-figurative-language-stories-close-reading-for-school-years-4-9-9-14-years-12655379 or https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Figurative-Language-8-STORIES-Close-Reading-for-Common-Core-Grades-4-8-7555039 These activities are perfect for weekly homework, daily/bell work, classwork, review, test prep, or assessment. Task A: Identify Figurative Language - Read the story and annotate (highlight or underline and label) figurative language; includes a checklist of what students should find. There are between 10+ instances of figurative language in each passage. Task B: Analyze Figurative Language - Students answer higher-order thinking questions based on the figurative language used in the story. Task C: Modify Figurative Language - Students choose 5 instances of figurative language from the story and modify them so that figurative language still keeps its basic original meaning. Task D: Revise Figurative Language - Students revise the paragraph based on the changes they made in Task C.

8 original reading passages for teaching and reviewing figurative language: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, and allusion. These activities are perfect for weekly homework, daily/bell work, classwork, review, test prep, or assessment. Each of the 8 short stories includes 4 activities. Please view the preview file for the first passage and tasks in their entirety. Task A: Identify Figurative Language - Read the story and annotate (highlight or underline and label) figurative language; includes a checklist of what students should find. There are 12+ instances of figurative language in each passage. Task B: Analyze Figurative Language - Students answer higher-order thinking questions based on the figurative language used in the story. Task C: Modify Figurative Language - Students choose 5 instances of figurative language from the story and modify them so that figurative language still keeps its basic original meaning. Task D: Revise Figurative Language - Students revise the paragraph based on the changes they made in Task C.

This is a 27 question worksheet that focuses on personification. Students are required to identify what is being personified and how that personification is happening. Students underline the idea, object, or animal being personified and then circle the human action that they’re doing that makes it an example of personification. There are two A4 sheets of examples and 2 answer pages. Previews are copy protected, file is free from blue lines. I hope that you and your children/students enjoy the challenge.

GCSE ENGLISH EXAMPLE OF WRITING TO DESCRIBE WITH A LIST OF ENGLISH WRITING DEVICES TO USE AND SPOT IN THE PIECE OF WRITING. THE EXAMPLE INCLUDES FIVE DETAILED PARAGRAPHS IN 45 MINUTES OF PLANNING/WRITING IN EXAM CONDITIONS. PREVIEW IS PARTIALLY COPY PROTECTED.