The Book of Hopes | National Literacy Trust Edited by Katherine Rundell, with contributions from more than 100 children’s writers and illustrators This extraordinary collection of short stories, poems, essays and pictures has contributions from more than 110 children’s writers and illustrators, including Lauren Child, Anthony Horowitz, Greg James and Chris Smith, Michael Morpurgo, Liz Pichon, Axel Scheffler, Francesca Simon and Jacqueline Wilson. The collection, published by Bloomsbury, is dedicated to the doctors, nurses, carers, porters, cleaners and everyone working in hospitals. The Book of Hopes is available as a beautiful hardback gift edition, with 23 never-seen-before stories, poems and illustrations. Read the book Bloomsbury have very kindly allowed us to share The Book of Hopes for free during this new lockdown. Find out more about The Book of Hopes in this news article.
Free Reading Worksheets Ereading Worksheets has the best reading worksheets on the internet, and they’re all free. These worksheets are skill focused and aligned to Common Core State Standards. You are free to save, edit, and print these worksheets for personal or classroom use. Many of these assignments can now be completed online. You’re going to like this. Fictional Passages Jacob the Great Comprehension Test – Students read a short story about a kid cycling through hobbies and then answer comprehension, inferential, and literary element questions. Nonfiction Passages Nutrition Facts Comprehension Worksheet – Students read and compare the nutritional information from four “healthy” snacks and answer fifteen questions testing their ability to comprehend these functional texts.Nutrition Facts Comprehension Worksheet RTFNutrition Facts Comprehension Worksheet PDFPreview Nutrition Facts Comprehension Worksheet in Your Web Browser These activities will help students become successful readers. The Worst Game Ever?
57 Literary Devices That’ll Elevate Your Writing (+ Examples) Where were you when your fourth-grade teacher first introduced you to literary devices? (Did you learn about the mighty metaphor? Or maybe its simpering cousin, the simile?) Perhaps you were daydreaming about cheese pizza and wondering what your mom packed you for lunch. Years later, you’re starting to realize that maybe you should’ve taken better notes back then. Because you’re a writer now, or trying to be, and it’s kind of embarrassing when your friends (or worse, your kids) come to you and ask: “What’s an onomatopoeia?” And all you have to say is: “An onomatopoeia? Never again. Not with this handy-dandy list of 57 (count ‘em!) But let’s back up. Starting with… What are Literary Devices? Literary devices are strategies writers use to strengthen ideas, add personality to prose, and ultimately communicate more effectively. So who should care about literary devices? You, of course. How are Literary Devices Different From Rhetorical Devices? So what’s the difference? Alright, enough questions. 1.
Designing a Syllabus Painlessly - Spark Creativity When school begins, there is always SO MUCH to do. So much of it I love, but a few of the necessary activities just seem to drag on my time. I think we can all agree that watching the video on blood borne pathogens for the thousandth time is not an exciting launch to the year. But creating an inspiring classroom space and rolling out dynamic fall units is a blast. I like to focus my attention on the things that inspire and motivate me, and always find myself slow in getting around to typing up my syllabus. Though I love creating courses, I have never been the best at summarizing them in a neat little package for my students on the syllabus. So I condense and condense, and pass it out on the first day. So what to do about the syllabus? So what should you put in this dynamic little document? Elements like these: I've taken the liberty of designing some editable syllabus templates for you, to speed up the process.
An Active Reading Strategy for Any Learning Landscape – Dr. Catlin Tucker I’ve experienced the phenomenon of reading a text, but when I get to the end of a page or the bottom of the article, I have no idea what the text was about. I could not answer a single question about the content of what I read. Yes, my eyes technically scanned the words, but I wasn’t thinking about what I was reading. My mind was a million miles away. When this happens, I understand the cause. I was not actively engaging with the text. In their new book, Teaching for Deeper Learning: Tools to Engage Students in Meaning Making, my friend, Jay McTighe, and his co-author, Harvey Silver, write about an active reading strategy that encourages students to engage with texts before, during, and after reading. I was immediately struck by the simplicity and power of this strategy. This strategy activates thinking throughout a reading task. Whole Group Rotation Model Let’s explore what the active reading strategy above looks like in a whole group rotation. When this happens, I understand the cause.
Short Story Examples Online in English: Narrative Database, Directory, and Lists STAAR Reading Test Passages Grade 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 STAAR Reading Test Passages | Free Printable STAAR Reading Passages PDF Grade 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 STAAR Critical Thinking READING TEST Passages | Inference, Main Idea, Authors Purpose, Sequencing, Summary, Character Traits, Fiction and Non-Fiction (nonfiction) | STAAR ONE PAGE Printable CRITICAL THINKING Reading PASSAGES ALIGNED TO the TEXAS STAAR Assessments and the COMMON CORE ELA Standards from Depaul University More Resources 2nd-3rd Grade Reading Leveled Vocabulary Tier 1, 2, and 3 The Reading Passages are aligned to CCSS and TEKS reading standards because they share the same goal of college and career readiness! Side by side studies showCCSS and TEKS share 70-90% of the same performance goals and reading objectives. CCSS and TEKS reading assessments use and share exactly the same Tier 1, 2, and 3 Academic Reading Vocabulary. 2015 Grades 3–8 STAAR Assessments GRADE 3 STAAR READING PASSAGESThe Ants and the Grasshopper
English for Uni | University of Adelaide Welcome to the English for Uni website! This free website is for teachers and learners of English as an additional language, from intermediate levels upwards (i.e. approximately IELTS 6 and above). The site aims to make difficult grammar and academic writing concepts easier to understand. Please use this site as often as you like. You can also download all the explanations and exercises in pdf format. On this site you can learn more about: There is also information for speakers and learners of Japanese, Chinese, French and Indonesian. All the sections of this website have video stories, explanations and exercises. All the videos have captions that you can view on YouTube. You may also like to view the glossary of grammar terms and other useful websites for help.
How To Write Long Range Plans - 2 Peas and a Dog Long Range Plans sometimes called Scope and Sequence are important for digging deeper into the curriculum (standards), and to ensure you cover all the required material before the end of the year. Here is my process for creating long range plans for the subjects I teach: 1. Print off a paper copy or use a digital monthly calendar for your school year. 2. Write in any dates that you currently know about such as field trips, holidays, testing, and special events. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Although writing long range plans may seem like a daunting task, it is a valuable experience.