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ELA Literature Study Unit – Use with ANY Work of Literature

Product Description

ELA Literature Study Unit – Use with ANY Work of Literature

This bundle has everything needed to teach any work of literature, to start literature circles, or as an alternative to independent book reports. It also teaches literacy skills which are essential for students to add meaning to content.

Now comes with a fill in the blank PDF for students who prefer using the computer

There are 24 pages in the unit guide that include:

❒ Anticipation guide

❒ Prediction chart

❒ Plot Chart

❒ Plot chart (graphic organizer)

❒ List of character traits and a STEAL chart for characterization

❒ Characterization graphic organizer

❒ STEAL characterization graphic organizer

❒ Character traits graphic organizer

❒ Conflict activity

❒ Personal word wall

❒ Important passages (quotes) activity sheet

❒ Questions for Comprehension (generic- before, during, and after reading)

❒ Event map

❒ Chapter summary pages

❒ Making inferences activity sheet

❒ Activity on author’s purpose

❒ Themes and how to develop them

❒ How to develop themes in paragraph form (using PEEL)

❒ Paragraph graphic organizer (using PEEL)

❒ How to answer a test question in paragraph form (using PEEL)

Included are 2 evaluations with rubrics:

1) Writing a journal as one of the characters in the story (focus on characterization)

2) Writing a newspaper article on an event from the story (focus on plot and cause and event)

Characterization poster for the classroom is also included in two different formats (legal size paper required).


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Creative Writing Bundle

Inference Cheat Sheet

Poetry Lesson: Analyzing Poetry

Poster: Developing Themes in Literature

Opinion Letter with the Novel Holes

Opinion Piece Bundle

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages
31 pages
Answer Key
Included with rubric
Teaching Duration
N/A


FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Phonics Spinner Games – Short Vowels”

by Ms Joanne

Kindergarten – 1st Grade

This files contains 5 Spinners Games to help kindergarten and 1st grade students learn their sounds. Each spinner combines a short vowel with different consonant including double ending ones such as “ll” and “ss”.

Also included are arrows for constructing the spinner and 3 suggested games and handouts for the games. Teacher must buy butterfly pins to construct the spinners.

Other Phonics Resource you may be interested in

Spinner Games For Blends and Long Vowels

includes the spinners in this file, plus ones for Blends and Long Vowels

Complete Phonics Word Wall Contains over 1200 words organized by word families and spelling patterns.

Short Vowels Mega Bundle A range of activities to teach Short Vowel Word Families.

Short Vowel Phonics Practice 80 worksheets (9 different styles) to practice short vowels (included in the Shorts Vowel Mega Bundle resource).

Grade 1 Phonics Based Spelling Program

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phonics-Spinner-Games-Short-Vowels-138831

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