I have been teaching a long time. I enjoy creating theme based units of work that include activities relating to several subject areas. I like creating language arts and research units. I also have a passion for poetry, teaching and writing.
I have been teaching a long time. I enjoy creating theme based units of work that include activities relating to several subject areas. I like creating language arts and research units. I also have a passion for poetry, teaching and writing.
Narrative poetry
Poetry and Creative Writing about Winter – UPDATED – 15 new lessons.
This is a 31 page unit written around the theme of winter. The unit consists of creative writing and poetry, I have written two poems, one that I have used as a comprehension and the other is a type poem consisting of 4 stanzas of 4 lines and 8 words. The purpose is for the students to discuss the pattern and emulate it. I have tried to varied the activities to give students learning opportunities for students to express themselves.
I have also added new original poetry that require the students to look carefully at the meaning and answer questions. Another poem I have written asks the students to rewrite as a story.
The unit has four pictures/photos, one requires the students to make assumptions about what is evident in the picture. The other three photos, I have used to stimulate their imaginations and encourage the students to come up with a story to explain what they see and write about it.
I also introduce the students to Catalogue and Sestina Poetry writing.
This is one of a series of units consisting of worksheets and activities written for the development of the Common Core, English Language Arts Standards, specifically:
.Other similiar units that I have written are:
Grade 1 – Adverbs - Singular & Plural – Nouns –
Grade 1 - Verbs - Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future
Grade 1 – Adjectives - Use frequently occurring adjectives.
Grade 1 – Common, Proper & Possessive Nouns
Grade 1 – Sentences – Commands, Questions & exclamations
Grade 1 - Simple Sentences
Christmas writing activities to stimulate the imagine. All of the cards are based around the Christmas theme, a topic that is familiar to students and a prospect that excites them.
The natural progression, hopefully, is that the students will want to write.
Christmas Symbols
Christmas Themed Task Cards
Christmas Unit
Christmas Story Starters
A Christmas Unit
This is a collection of research about the customs and traditions around the Christmas season. The students will get to learn and compare the differences celebrated by people at this time. There are also some fun activities, wonderword, costumes and puzzles.
32 pages of activities and answers.
Figurative Language
This is a 20 page collection of language features, a requirement of every English curriculum. Each page is a different feature; there is a definition, examples and exercises for the students to complete.
Related terms:
language features and their effects
structural features
sentence forms
emotive language
figurative language types
These pages can be used in a number of ways, homework, class activities, interest groups, formal lessons, booklet style, as an introduction to writing and poetry instruction etc
This is a poetry unit around the theme of Easter. I have worksheets for your students to complete to help them appreciate poetry writing. The exercises are easy and fun for the students but there are rules for writing that they need to appreciate and use. There is also an Easter card to make, coloring, short story writing, teacher tips and a look at Easter bonnets.
My Poetry Sheet
Acrostic Poetry
Beginning Cinquain Poetry
Haiku Poetry & Teacher Tips
Simile Poetry
Painted Easter Eggs
Shape Poetry
Easter Card
Egg Coloring
Clowns & Eggs
Short Story & Teacher Tips
Short Story Writing
Diamantes
Catalogue Poems
Spring by MOAG
Spring Drawing
Spring appreciation questions
Easter Bonnets
Easter card
Story writing
The Bilby – Environmental activity
This is a 30 page poetry unit based on the theme of Christmas. I am surprised at myself. I find that I have this urge, later in life, to write poetry. I do not mean “stuffy” (as the kids would say) but, hopefully, fun poetry. I am enjoying this new side of me, as I am also finding that story ideas are coming to me out of “nowhere”.
I digress, I have written all of the poems in this unit. All of the poems require the students to think about the words and answer questions or write poetry themselves. Each of the poetry activities are different and require different skills from your students.
I have written a poem titled “Prepare for the Day.” And the students need to think about what happens on Christmas Day, students will write a poetry storyboard, illustrate, answer questions about the poems, they will write their own poetry,
Bookmarks to be had and the opportunity to write poetry using a Christmas picture.
I do hope that you students enjoy completing this unit as much as I enjoyed writing it.
This is a 6 page collection of activities to assist students to develop an awareness of specific social and environmental causes important to protecting our world and its inhabitants. All the peoples of the Earth deserve to have good health, as this year’s WHD theme suggests. Activities/worksheets include information, vocabulary, creating WHD stamps, food pyramid and a poster to elaborate on the 2019 theme.
Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere
This is a unit of work consisting of 100 geography themed task cards that would be suitable for grades 5 to 8. The cards take the students through a journey of activities that will encourage them to become familiar with single maps of a country, state county or city, the various maps contained in an atlas and the use of a globe.
The cards are suitable for small group work or for individual extension or as homework activities.
Answers are included.
This is 20 pages of worksheets and activities around the theme of Christmas. The activities are distinctive and varied, from a poem written by myself, with questions, grammar exercises, creative writing prompts to colouring.
These activities can be used in a number of ways, as whole class learning, homework, extension work, interesting activities for students who have completed their work, substitute teacher lessons or as you require.
This is 16 pages of updated Grammar Activities that can be used in a variety of ways, as homework, group or individual activities or as an introduction a new concept to the students. There is answer sheets included at the end of the activity pages.
Activities Include:
Jumbled Words
Analogies
Tautology
Punctuation
Spelling & Proofreading
Homonyms
Spelling
Antonyms
Dictionary Work
Abbreviations
Similes
Apostrophes
Alphabetical Order
Answers
his is 15 pages of Halloween themed poetry writing. The poetry writing examples used in the unit are original verse. The students get so involved in Halloween each year and are so motivated by the numerous "scary themes" they are more susceptible to the writing process.
This is a unit of work designed to instruct primary students in the correct usage of conjunctions.
The unit consists of 31 pages of grammar activities, including 2 tests and 11 Conjunction Posters.
Included in the package are exercises to instruct in the correct usage of coordinating, subordinating and correlative conjunctions.
This is 37 pages of eclectic activities based on the symbols of Christmas. Our students (all of us) are so excited and interested in the Christmas seasons for a variety of reasons, good times with family members, catching up with relatives, presents, food, holidays, snow etc.
We do not take the time to think about our traditions. We put up the tree and decorate it (but why?), we hang stockings (but why?), and wreaths go on front doors (but why?). Do we know the origins of Santa and that we are celebrating Jesus’ birthday?
This is a unit that will allow the students to research some of these questions…and partake in some fun activities as well. It will depend on you, as the teacher, whether you want the students to simply complete the unit as is or expand it to suit your class. This unit is suitable for many different age levels.
This unit could be used as the basis for decorating your classroom with Christmas craft ideas of the Christmas symbols.
Christmas Candles
Angels
Christmas Decorations
Shepherds
Fables
Wreaths
The Nativity
Christmas Carols
Xmas
Gifts
Holly
Christmas tree
Mistletoe
Yule log
St Nicholas
Christmas cake
Christmas stocking
Christmas crackers
Christmas cards
Christmas cookies
Tinsel
Poinsettia
Gingerbread
Christmas bells
Christmas wonderwords
Idioms
Three wise Men
Christmas Comprehension
Christmas Writing
This is a 67-pages of Language Art, and Research Activities and Worksheets based around the subject of flight. The unit can be used in a variety of ways depending on the students in your class, their interests and abilities. Types of activities included:
History of flight research
Flight development
Airlines and their symbols
Major international airports of the world research
Flight industry and careers
Flight quiz
Jet lag research
Create your own airline
Design uniforms for pilots and flight attendants
Seat design and décor
Design tickets and boarding passes
Original poem introducing personification
Poetry writing
Writing a business plan
Mapping your air routes
Ticket pricing
Airline meals menus
Flight idioms
Advertising your airline, newspapers, posters, magazines
Kite making & research
Icarus
The Hindenburg research
Flight experiments
Painting
Mime
Air Traffic Control and radar
Aviation vocabulary
Bird proverbs
Debating topics
Flow charts
Imaginative drawing activity
Hot air balloons
Make a hot air balloon
Parts of a bird
Bird research
Flightless birds
How to write a short story
Visual literacy comprehension
Comprehension exercise
Boomerangs
Flight songs
Black Box Recorder
This a Fairy Tale (& 1 Nursery Rhyme) themed unit. Like other units that I have written, I try to give a large variety of activities to ensure the interest of the students and also to present them with a broad cross section of knowledge. Unlike other units that I have written, this is more a unit for girls, hopefully, I have added enough “macho” activities to keep the boys engaged.
Table of Contents.
List of Fairy Tales
Vocabulary List
Linguistic Activities
Fairy Tale Research
Fairy Tales and Countries of Origin
Research Experts
Newspaper Article
Advertising Poster
Big Bad Wolf Business Card
Business Cards
Rhyming Verse (original poem)
Fairy Tale Statistics
Fairy Tale Writing
Storyboard
Nursery Rhymes
Wanted Poster
Fairy Tale Arts
Draw the Meanie
Venn Diagrams
Dioramas
Rating Characters from Fairy Tales
Baddy Advertising
Problem Solving
Twenty Ways to Say…
Research The Little Mermaid
Artistic Drawing
Acrostic Poetry
Mail a Friend…
Fairy Tale Cartoon
Story Writing
Carnival of Venice
Mind Map
Verbs and Imagination
Interesting Ways to “Say”!
Story Starters
Cinquain Poetry
These are task cards and do not fit into any category.
These cards are designed as extension for those students who often complete their work at a faster rate.
The cards could also be fun for the whole class. The activities on the cards are creative and imaginative and require the students, in some cases, to use problem solving skills.
Students are required to draw, list, invent, design and adapt to a number of different situations.
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This is a 14 page mini unit with activities for visual interpretation (literacy). The students are required to study various illustrations and interpret what is happening. There are several different types of activities that the students will complete. A Christmas colouring, poetry and Christmas tree decoration activities.
This is a Language and research unit of work written for students around medieval themes. The unit has numerous activities that will appeal to various age groups, as individual tasks, group activities, extension, as a book of work to be completed etc. I have tried to arrange the activities around a short story that I have written, A Knight’s Tale! I have tried to balance language and research activities in this unit.
This is a standalone unit on medieval times, it is also a part of a larger unit I have written called Dragon and Medieval Themed Unit.
Contents:
A Knight’s Tale!
Change the Ending
Idioms
Design the Castle
Damsel in Distress
Synonyms
Coat of Arms
Shields
Medieval Research – Weapons
Medieval Research – Siege Weaponry
Technology and Military Developments
A Day in the Life of a Medieval Knight
Medieval Clothing
Medieval – War Games
Castles
Inside the Castle
The Black Death
Medieval Food
Limericks
Medieval Wonderword
Tapestries
This is a Valentine’s Day mini unit. I have designed this unit to highlight that Valentine’s Day does not exclusively mean the love between male and female. It is a “Love” celebration and there are numerous types of love.
I have tried to include a variety of activities that will engage the students. I have “gone over the top” using colour and decoration, could be classified as gaudy.
The students are asked to source information on the history of the holiday; St Valentine’s Day customs celebrated in various countries; great love stories from history; write Valentine’s Day Card poetry; construct a simple origami Valentine Holder and use the templates to make their own cards.