JOHN’S EDU MARKET stands out for its unique share of resources and information. Teachers can use these resources to support students as they include well-formulated lesson plans, carefully designed support material, and well-planned worksheets. This platform aims at bringing "Tomorrow's lessons to today's classroom, and today's lessons to a classroom now". The Teacher-Author of this platform is an English graduate, associated with Gems Education as a Subject Leader of English.
JOHN’S EDU MARKET stands out for its unique share of resources and information. Teachers can use these resources to support students as they include well-formulated lesson plans, carefully designed support material, and well-planned worksheets. This platform aims at bringing "Tomorrow's lessons to today's classroom, and today's lessons to a classroom now". The Teacher-Author of this platform is an English graduate, associated with Gems Education as a Subject Leader of English.
A ready to use lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on article writing.
After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:
Recall article writing techniques.
Apply authorial technique to write articles.
Analyse author’s use of language and the impact of it in writing an article.
Demonstrate command of the conventions of article in writing.
This download includes:
Vocabulary Overview - Articles, Features, News Story
Real Life Application and Cross-Curriculum Links
Flipped Lesson Part - Videos
Success Criteria - Article Writing Checklist
Lesson Starter: Matching the topics with the titles.
Discussion:
Article Writing Tips
Structure of a Feature Article
Features of a Feature Article
Collaborative Tasks:
Pair-Share: Analyzing a feature to spot the parts of an article.
Think-Write: Providing the paragraphs with suitable topic sentences.
Write-Share: Choosing a topic to write an article.
Mini-Plenary: 2 Online Quizzes
Assessment Rubrics
Differentiated Tasks: Demonstrating article writing skill.
Extensions: Writing prompts to write articles to health magazines.
Plenary: Answering multiple choice questions on article writing.
Home Learning:
Identifying the structural elements of a news story.
Thinking of creative titles for the given short articles.
Matching the given first paragraphs with the topic sentences.
Thinking of an appropriate conclusion to given paragraphs.
Common Core Standards: ELA-Literacy-Writing - 6-8.1a-e/4/7
Skills: Social and Cognitive
Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom:
To challenge early finishers
For effective tutoring
As ESL stations and sub tubs
As holiday work and homework
For small group collaborations
For an end of unit assessments
For reinforcement and enrichment
A unit lesson plan with 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of formal letter writing based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy.
After completing this unit students will be able to:
SESSION 1 - REMEMBERING: Recognise and retrieve the key elements of a formal letter.
SESSION 2 - UNDERSTANDING: Interpret and classify the authorial techniques in a formal letter.
SESSION 3 - APPLYING: Implement and execute formal letter writing techniques.
SESSION 4 - ANALYSING: Explore and demonstrate the knowledge of formal letters in writing.
SESSION 5 - EVALUATING: Check and critique a sample formal letter.
SESSION 6 - CREATING: Compose and produce the final formal letter.
This download includes:
FLIPPED LESSON: Video - Know the Rules of Formal Letter Writing
LESSON STARTER: List the differences between Formal and Informal Letters – use VENN DIAGRAM to spot the similarities as well.
SESSION 1: REMEMBERING - RECOGNISE-RETRIEVE
EXERCISE 1: Find, list and label the structure and features of a formal letter.
Scaffolding Notes 1: Structure and Features of Formal Letter
SESSION 2: UNDERSTANDING - INTERPRET-CLASSIFY
EXERCISE 2: Explain the use of the language, the vocabulary and the impact of it in a formal letter.
Scaffolding Notes 2: Impact of Language and Vocabulary in a Formal Letter
Scaffolding Notes 3: Author’s use of Language in a Formal Letter
SESSION 3: APPLYING - IMPLEMENT-EXECUTE
EXERCISE 3: Use a planning frame to arrange a sample formal letter.
Scaffolding Notes 4: Planning Frame of a Formal Letter
SESSION 4: ANALYSING - EXPLORE-DEMONSTRATE
EXERCISE 4: Use the template to organise a draft of a sample formal letter.
Scaffolding Notes 5: Formal Letter Template
SESSION 5: EVALUATING - CHECK-CRITIQUE
EXERCISE 5: Use the checklist and the rubric to evaluate each other’s work.
EXERCISE 6: Use the PQP and TAG technique to peer-review each other’s work with constructive feedback.
Scaffolding Notes 6: Formal Letter Checklist
Scaffolding Notes 7: PQP and TAG technique
SESSION 6: CREATING - COMPOSE-PRODUCE
EXERCISE 7: Integrate the feedback and write a formal letter.
Scaffolding Notes 8: Formal Letter Prompt
DIFFERENTIATION:
EXERCISE 8 - Write a letter to people unknown following the FORMAL LETTER FORMAT.
Scaffolding Notes 9: Formal Letter Rubrics
PLENARY:
EXERCISE 9 - Answer the given questions to demonstrate your knowledge of the formal letter on Kahoot.
HOME LEARNING:
EXERCISE 10: Use Letter Generator to write a letter to your Class Teacher telling him/her how you spent your holidays.
EXERCISE 11: Letters of Persuasion
EXERCISE 12: Letters of Request
EXERCISE 13: Letters of Complaints and Responses
EXERCISE 14: Letters of Social Business
A set of 15 task cards and exercises on poetry comprehension – Daffodils by William Wordsworth.
After working with these worksheets students will be able to:
Analyse the poem to make a critical appreciation.
Identify the poetic devices and explain how they are used in the poem.
Annotate the lines of the poem with reference to context.
This resource includes:
Completing summary for the poem (Exercise 1)
Identification of poetry elements (Exercise 2)
Critical appreciation of the poem (Exercise 3)
Planning to write poems (Exercise 4)
Selecting correct option to answer questions (Exercise 5)
Meanings of expressions and filling blanks (Exercise 6)
Identification of poetic devices (Exercise 7)
Explanation of the poetic devices as used in the poem (Exercise 8)
Creating poems (Exercise 9)
Answering questions with options (Exercise 10)
Summarizing the meaning (Exercise 11)
Identification of annotation elements (Exercise 12)
Annotating the lines of the poem (Exercise 13)
Analyzing poems (Exercise 14)
Answering comprehension questions (Exercise 15)
Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom:
To challenge early finishers
For effective tutoring
As ESL stations and sub tubs
As holiday work and homework
For small group collaborations
For an end of unit assessments
For reinforcement and enrichment
A compact review of play-script organized for quick referencing.
This Includes:
Vocabulary Overview
Play-script Features
Assessment Rubrics
Teachers can use these handouts as ready reference material to remind the learners about play-script writing procedures, thereby helping them to enhance their writing skills.
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Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom:
✿ Early Finishers
✿ Tutoring
✿ Sub Tubs
✿ ESL Stations/Centres
✿ Holiday Work
✿ Small Group Collaborations
✿ End of Unit Quick Assessments
✿ Homework
✿ Reinforcement
✿ Enrichment
A unit set of scaffolding notes with 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of writing a biography based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy.
This download includes:
Scaffolding Notes 1: Vocabulary Overview
Scaffolding Notes 2: Biography vs Autobiography Chart
Scaffolding Notes 3: Question Prompts for Biography
Scaffolding Notes 4: Writing a Biography Rubrics
Scaffolding Notes 5: Biography Graphic Organiser
Scaffolding Notes 6: Biography Structure
Scaffolding Notes 7: Biography Checklist
Scaffolding Notes 8: Biography Rubrics
Scaffolding Notes 9: Sample Biography – Helen Keller
Scaffolding Notes 10: Transitions – Connective Words
Scaffolding Notes 11: Adjective Types and Adverb Types
Scaffolding Notes 12: Active Verbs
Scaffolding Notes 13: Sentence Types
Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom:
To challenge early finishers
For effective tutoring
As ESL stations and sub tubs
As holiday work and homework
For small group collaborations
For an end of unit assessments
For reinforcement and enrichment
A package of 11 worksheets with answers on reading persuasive texts.
This resource includes exercises on:
Identifying persuasive text types.
Identifying characteristic language of persuasive texts.
Reading comprehension of persuasive texts.
Demonstrating knowledge of persuasive texts in writing.
Reading persuasive texts to find meaning.
Teachers can use these task cards to enhance the reading and writing skills of the learners.
Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom:
To challenge early finishers
For effective tutoring
As ESL stations and sub tubs
As holiday work and homework
For small group collaborations
For an end of unit assessments
For reinforcement and enrichment
These Worksheets with Answer Key are perfect for teaching Punctuation – Hyphens and Dashes. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these ready to use exercises that are well planned for student engagement.
This Download Includes:
EXERCISE 1: Match the terms (1-5) with their meanings (A-E).
EXERCISE 2: Consider the functions of hyphens and dashes to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in the text.
EXERCISE 3: Watch the video – Hyphens and Dashes – to complete the following table with required details for hyphens and dashes.
EXERCISE 4: Use Venn Diagram to compare and contrast hyphens and dashes to find their differences and the similarities.
EXERCISE 5: Use Venn Diagram to compare and contrast em dash and en dash to find the differences and the similarities.
EXERCISE 6: Select the correct option to identify the appropriate use of hyphens and dashes. Tick all the correct answers.
EXERCISE 7: Use hyphens to join two or more words to create new meaning; and to create compound words with prefixes and suffixes.
EXERCISE 8: Use hyphens to clarify meaning; to write fractions or numbers; and to indicate a missing element.
EXERCISE 9: Use dashes to introduce an explanation or clarification; to replace semicolons; and to enclose extra information.
EXERCISE 10: Use dashes to replace a pair of commas; to replace a pair of brackets; and to replace ellipsis.
EXERCISE 11: Use hyphens and dashes to aid cohesion in writing; to convey specific meanings; and to add variety to writing.
EXERCISE 12: Give an example each for the given dash rules.
EXERCISE 13: Give 14 examples for hyphenated compound words. Give 8 examples for suspended compound words.
EXERCISE 14: Identify the hyphen rules used in the following sentences.
EXERCISE 15: Identify the hyphen rules used in the following prefixes and suffixes.
EXERCISE 16: Supply dashes or hyphens wherever necessary. Replace other punctuation marks with either hyphens or dashes.
EXERCISE 17: Frame compound words using hyphens with the following prefixes and suffixes.
EXERCISE 18: Choose the sentences that contain a compound adjective, use hyphens to form those possible.
This bundle includes PowerPoint presentations about:
Informative Speech Writing
Evaluative Letter Writing
Language Analysis
Interview Writing
Journal Entry
Complaint Letter Writing
Reading Comprehension
Informative Letter Writing
Evaluative Speech Writing
Persuasive Speech Writing
Evaluative Magazine Article Writing
Informative Magazine Article Writing
Narrative Writing
Newspaper Report Writing
Descriptive Writing
Summary Writing
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A bundle of 4 resources on form filling.
This bundle includes:
Handouts: Vocabulary, Rules, Rubrics
Worksheets, Exercises, and Task Cards
Lesson Plan with Resources
Ready to use PowerPoint Presentation
Teachers can use these ready-made resources to enhance the vocabulary, language, comprehension, and writing skills of the learners.
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Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom:
✿ Early Finishers
✿ Tutoring
✿ Sub Tubs
✿ ESL Stations/Centres
✿ Holiday Work
✿ Small Group Collaborations
✿ End of Unit Quick Assessments
✿ Homework
✿ Reinforcement
✿ Enrichment
A set of 13 task cards and exercises on poetry comprehension – Dragon Dance by Max Fatchen.
After working with these worksheets students will be able to:
Analyse the poem to make a critical appreciation.
Identify the poetic devices and explain how they are used in the poem.
Annotate the lines of the poem with reference to context.
This resource includes:
Paraphrasing the poem to its literal meaning (Exercise 1)
Find the mood of the poem (Exercise 2)
Critical appreciation of the poem (Exercise 3)
Comprehending the poem (Exercise 4)
Answering poetry elements questions (Exercise 5)
Meanings of expressions used in the poem (Exercise 6)
Identifying and explaining the poetic devices used in the poem (Exercise 7)
Comprehending the poem (Exercise 8)
Answering poetic devices questions (Exercise 9)
Identification of annotation elements (Exercise 10)
Annotating the lines of the poem (Exercise 11)
Writing poems (Exercise 12)
Multiple choice questions (Exercise 13)
Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom:
To challenge early finishers
For effective tutoring
As ESL stations and sub tubs
As holiday work and homework
For small group collaborations
For an end of unit assessments
For reinforcement and enrichment
This resource covers the integral, surface and deep features of a detective story comprehension and story analysis. It contains full-on activities and assessments to cover the skills of literacy in an easy, structured, cover-your-bases system. It includes everything you need to get going with a detective story lesson in your classroom for a week (5 days).
This Resource Includes:
1. Lesson Plans & Rubrics on:
* Story Elements
* Story Setting
* Story Characters
* Story Plot
* Summary Writing
2. Guides & Formats:
* Story Analysis Guide
* Critical Appreciation Format
* Character Description Template
* Plot Diagram
* Summarizing Guide
3. Support Material:
* Story Genres
* Sample Character Sketch
* Sample Summary
4. Lesson Notes on Orange Pips
* Story Analysis
* Character Description
* Summary
5. Word Bank:
* Active Verbs
* Adjective Types
* Adverb Types
* Connectives
6. Worksheets
* Story Setting Exercises (4)
* Character Sketch Exercises (2)
* Summarizing Exercises (3)
Teachers can use this to enhance the comprehension skills of the learners, especially the technique required to make a plot summary, a critical appreciation, and a summary of a story.
A list of handouts and scaffolding notes on article writing.
This download includes:
Vocabulary Overview
Sample Newspaper Article
News Paper Article Format
Sample Feature Article
Features of a Feature Article
Structure of a Feature Article
Article Writing Tips
Assessment Rubrics
Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom:
To challenge early finishers
For effective tutoring
As ESL stations and sub tubs
As holiday work and homework
For small group collaborations
For an end of unit assessments
For reinforcement and enrichment
Interactive, self-grading and paperless boom cards on teaching and learning resources of compound-complex sentence structure based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy.
After attempting these boom cards students will be able to:
Identify the functions of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
Identify the features of compound-complex sentences.
Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions to link two clauses.
Implement the features of compound-complex sentences to discover their structure.
Assess and verify the correct use of compound-complex sentence patterns in writing.
Create compound-complex sentences with the given sentence structure and pattern.
These digital task cards:
Would be great on a Laptop, Desktop, Chromebook or Tablet;
Can be used on any other mobile device that can access the internet;
Can even be used on your Smart Board.
Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom:
To challenge early finishers
For effective tutoring
As ESL stations and sub tubs
As holiday work and homework
For small group collaborations
For an end of unit assessments
For reinforcement and enrichment
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These Worksheets with an Answer Key perfect for teaching Standard English Conventions – Sentence Structure, Usage Practices and Punctuation. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to:
Identify and solve the common errors made using double negatives and formal or informal structure.
Identify and solve common errors made using punctuation to clarify meaning; and analyse the given text to demonstrate the accurate usage of homophones, homographs, homonyms and relative pronouns.
Identify inappropriate shifts in verb tenses, verb moods, verb voices, grammatical cases, person, number and find solutions to rectify the errors.
Exercise error identification to ensure pronoun clarity; distinction between determiners, contractions and adverbs; subject-verb agreement; related noun agreement and logical comparison.
Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognising and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.
Revise sentence fragments, run-on sentences, parallel structure, coordination and subordination to create grammatically complete sentences.
This download includes activities on:
Double Negatives and Formal and Informal Structure
Homophones vs Homographs vs Homonyms
Frequently Confused Relative Pronouns
End Punctuation and Unnecessary Punctuation
Common Punctuation Errors
Shifts in Tense, Mood, Voice, Person, Number and Case
Distinction between determiners, contractions and adverbs.
Pronoun Clarity
Related Noun Agreement, Subject-verb Agreement and Logical Comparison
Misplaced Modifiers
Dangling Modifiers
Sentence Fragments
Run-on Sentences
Coordination vs Subordination
Grammatical Parallelism
Standard English Conventions Rubrics.
This Unit Plan is perfect for teaching Sensory Imagery – Auditory, Visual, Olfactory, Gustatory and Tactile. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these exercises that are carefully planned for student engagement.
After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based activities students will be able to:
Identify the correct definition of imagery types – visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile.
Examine word-pictures used as imagery in a given text.
Show examples of writing that allow readers to visualise, hear, touch, taste or smell in their imagination.
Interpret word-images sensory imagery creates in a text and explain the author’s purpose in using it.
Evaluate author’s use of imagery to create word images in a text.
Use sensory imagery to create vivid descriptions and word images in writing.
Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom:
To challenge early finishers
For effective tutoring
As ESL stations and sub tubs
As holiday work and homework
For small group collaborations
For an end of unit assessments
For reinforcement and enrichment
A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on diary writing.
After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:
Develop an understanding of diary entry.
Acquire imaginative skills and techniques required for diary entry.
Use sequences of sentences and paragraphs that are linked smoothly to demonstrate knowledge of diary entry.
This Resource Includes:
Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes
Vocabulary Overview - Diary, Chronicler, Journal
Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Diary Entry
Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Same Answer
Success Criteria - Diary Entry Checklist
Scaffolding Notes - Diary Writing Format
Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share
Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – 3 Online Quizzes
Assessment Criteria for Outcome Expectations - Rubrics
Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - Writing Task by Outcome
Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - 5 Online Exercises
Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - Diary Entry Features
Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Task Cards
Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.3abcde/4
Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive
Educational Tools and Resources - Adverbs, Verbs, Adjectives, Connectives
Teachers can use these resource to teach the students to make a diary entry, thereby helping them to enhance their writing skills.
Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom:
To challenge early finishers
For effective tutoring
As ESL stations and sub tubs
As holiday work and homework
For small group collaborations
For an end of unit assessments
For reinforcement and enrichment
A compact review of skim, scan, and close read organized for quick referencing.
This Includes:
Vocabulary Overview
Skim, Scan, Close Read Chart
Reading Strategies
Assessment Rubrics
Teachers can use these handouts as ready reference material to remind the learners about skimming, scanning, and close reading strategies, thereby helping them to enhance their comprehension skills.
Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom:
To challenge early finishers
For effective tutoring
As ESL stations and sub tubs
As holiday work and homework
For small group collaborations
For an end of unit assessments
For reinforcement and enrichment
A package of 11 worksheets with answers on poetic devices in poetry.
This resource includes:
Identifying sound devices used in poems.
Identifying comparison devices used in poems.
Identifying other poetic devices used in poems.
Explaining how poetic devices are used in poems.
Using poetic device prompts to explain use of poetic devices.
Answering poetic devices related questions.
Demonstrating the mastery of poetic devices in writing.
Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom:
To challenge early finishers
For effective tutoring
As ESL stations and sub tubs
As holiday work and homework
For small group collaborations
For an end of unit assessments
For reinforcement and enrichment
A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on PEE paragraph writing.
After completing this lesson, the students will be able to:
Understand the characteristic language of texts.
Acquire knowledge of PEE technique to analyse a text.
Comment on the purpose, context, style, audience, register, and tone of the given text.
This Resource Includes:
Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes
Vocabulary Overview - PEE, Point, Evidence, Explanation
Flipped Lesson Part - Video - How to Nail a PEE Paragraph
Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – PEE SNIKKERS
Success Criteria - PEE Checklist
Scaffolding Notes - PEE Method, PEE Template
Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share
Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – 2 Online Quizzes
Assessment Criteria for Outcome Expectations - Rubrics
Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - Writing Task by Outcome
Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - Worksheet
Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - PQP Technique
Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Worksheets with Answers
Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1/RI.8.8/SL.8.1a/L.8.4a/W.8.2b
Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive
Educational Tools and Resources - Adverbs, Verbs, Adjectives, Connectives
Teachers can use this resource to teach the students to use PEE method to analyze a text, thereby helping them to enhance their reading and writing skills.
Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom:
To challenge early finishers
For effective tutoring
As ESL stations and sub tubs
As holiday work and homework
For small group collaborations
For an end of unit assessments
For reinforcement and enrichment
These Worksheets with Answer Key are perfect for teaching Punctuation – Colons and Semicolons. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these ready to use exercises that are well planned for student engagement.
This Download Includes:
EXERCISE 1: Consider the functions of colons and semicolons to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in the text.
EXERCISE 2: Watch the video – How to Apply Colons and Semi-colons – to complete the following table with required details for colons and semicolons.
EXERCISE 3: Compare and contrast colons and semicolons to find similarities and differences between them.
EXERCISE 4: Select the correct option to identify the appropriate use of colons and semicolons.
EXERCISE 5: Use colons to introduce mail and email references; to separate numerical expressions; and to join a clause that explains.
EXERCISE 6: Use colons to introduce a series of items in a list and to introduce a quote.
EXERCISE 7: Use semicolons to separate items in a series containing internal punctuation.
EXERCISE 8: Use semicolons to join two independent clauses and to precede a transition in a sentence.
EXERCISE 9: Use colons and semicolons to aid cohesion in writing; to convey specific meanings; and to add variety to writing.
EXERCISE 10: Give an example each for the use of colons based on the rules given.
EXERCISE 11: Give an example each for the use of semicolons based on the rules given.
EXERCISE 12: Join each sentence pair using a semicolon.
EXERCISE 13: Fill in the missing colons in the following sentences.
EXERCISE 14: Re-write these sentences using a semi-colon to replace the connectives.
EXERCISE 15: Re-write these sentences using a connective to replace the semi-colon.