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NEED TO TEACH VOCABULARY IN YOUR MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM AND YOU'RE NOT SURE WHERE TO START?

You came to the right place! I have been teaching for 5+ years, I have my Master's in Education with a focus on Literacy and I didn't know where to start.

So, I went back to everything I learned in my graduate program and re-read everything I could find.

I wrote & designed a student-engaging template to help students in my classroom to deeply internalize a word. I gathered key word lists when I didn't have a word from our daily reading, and thought about how to teach vocabulary so my love of etymology and words could be shared with my 10th graders. I've included all that and a guide to help other teachers get started with implementing and teaching vocabulary in THEIR classrooms.

Is this book for me?

• You want to teach vocabulary explicitly
• You want flexibility to choose your words daily based on what you’re reading
• You need versatility to choose your own words from a given list
• You want your students to deeply internalize the vocabulary they learn
• You’re not sure where to start

Then this book is for you!

Adaptable to every classroom in every situation, this is more than a fill-in-the-blank activity. Your students will have a guide to build a vocabulary for a lifetime of learning.

WHY TEACH VOCABULARY EXPLICITLY?

Generating curiosity and delight in playing with words supports long-term memory, enhances the connection between orthography and meaning, and develops a disposition which stimulates word consciousness. It also builds vocabulary! All of these are a part of a vocabulary rich classroom environment.

Graphic Features of Text fits in perfectly with informational units. While teaching summarizing, author's purpose, and analyzation, teachers can present charts, and other elements of text structure to further increase student's learning.

What's Included:

• 27 slide lesson that covers the features of texts
• (2) Student Practice Activities with short informational texts attached to graphs for student practice during and after the lesson.
• Instructions for an engaging student project writing their own informational texts and making a chart to support their writing.
• Examples galore to help students understand graphic features of text, and how to complete the independent project.

All files come in Word, or Powerpoint with a PDF for easy printing. Questions presented focus on high level learning and challenging student thinking.

Sample Questions from Student Practice:

• What purpose does the graph serve to support the ideas presented in the text?
• What does the included graph help the reader understand about renewable energy?
• How might the time young people spend online relate to their mental health? Use the data in the charts or text evidence to support your answer.
• Choose one of the graphs for this question: how does the inclusion of this graph help to strengthen the author’s claim? Include the claim, graph title and text evidence in your response.

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What is the Community Helpers Pocket Chart Sentences?

This packet gives you a set of pocket chart sentences to incorporate into a community helpers unit. Featuring 19 community helpers along with the tools they use, simple sight word sentences can be constructed. The sight word sentences can be constructed in a pocket chart or used as a tabletop center.

How can this packet be used?

1. Literacy center
2. Writing center

What sentences can be made?

-I am a ….

-He/She is a ….

-I can be a ….

-Look at the ….

-I see a/an ….

-I see the ….

-This is a/an …

-This is the …

-Look at the …

-Look at my …

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Road Signs Traffic Signs Driving Safety Practice

Introduce your students to basic recognition of Road signs, Traffic signs and Driving safety. Just print and go, no prep!

What is included:

• Road Signs Cards
• Road Safety Worksheet
• Road Sign Reading Comprehension sheet

Studying The Catcher in the Rye? Looking to give students some context for the novel ? Then this product is for you! Introduction power point includes:

•About the Author

•About the Book

•Being a Banned Book

•Summary

•Point of View

•Characters

•Settings

•Symbols

•Conflicts

•Themes

•Critical Thinking Questions

Be sure to check out our other products for The Catcher in the Rye

Catcher in the Rye Interactive Flip book Study Guide

Catcher In the Rye Characterization Flip book

A Powerpoint which provides a brief overview of rhythm and rhyme scheme using poetry. I've used this as an introduction to poetry and pair this up with a poem in which students must find the rhyme scheme. It can be used with any poem.

Studying The Skin I'm In ? Looking to give students some context for the novel ? Then this product is for you! Introduction power point includes:

• About the Author
• Race and Education America
• Effects of Desegregation of Schools
• Story Overview
• Themes
• Symbols
• Essential Questions

Need more resources for The Skin I'm In ?

The Skin I'm In - Study Guide

The Skin I'm In - Characterization Flipbook

The Skin I'm In - Vocabulary lists, crossword puzzles, and quizzes

This bundle includes quizzes for The Tempest Acts 1-5. Each quiz has five multiple choice questions and at least two short answer questions. All these quizzes purchased individually would cost a total of $5.00. You save $1 buy purchasing all five in this bundle.

Be sure to check out my other products for The Tempest

The Tempest Interactive Flip book

The Tempest Escape Room

The Tempest Interactive Characterization Flip book

The Tempest Epilouge

Studying Much Ado About Nothing? Need help with soliloquy analysis? Look no further. This product contains two soliloquies for Benedick from Act 2, Scene 3. With five written answer questions for each soliloquy. In addition there is also a graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast the two speeches. A great way for students to understand the text and analyze character development. May be used with the play or as a stand alone lesson. This product comes complete with answer key.

If you're an English teacher looking for an effective and engaging way to help your students analyze and understand the complexities of the novel _A Wrinkle in Time,_look no further than our bundle of 5 graphic organizers and rubric.

This product includes 5 unique graphic organizers, each designed to help your students explore a different aspect of the novel. The organizers cover important literary elements such as vocabulary, plot structure, theme development, and more. The included rubric provides a clear and detailed grading system to help you assess your students' work and provide feedback on their understanding of the novel.

Our graphic organizers and rubric are easy to use and will save you time in creating your own review materials. Plus, they're designed with English teachers in mind, so you can be sure that your students are getting the most out of their reading experience.

With our bundle of 5 graphic organizers and rubric, your students will be able to dive deep into the novel and gain a comprehensive understanding of the important concepts and themes presented in A Wrinkle in Time. These materials are a valuable resource for any English teacher who wants to help their students succeed in analyzing complex literary works.

Don't wait! Add our bundle of 5 graphic organizers and rubric to your classroom materials today and watch your students engage with the novel in a whole new way! With this product, you'll be sure to create an unforgettable learning experience that will stay with your students long after they've finished reading A Wrinkle in Time.

An introductory power point to accompany the novel and give some background information. Includes information about the author, themes, setting, dialect, and foreshadowing.

Studying The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian? Are students having problems with some of the vocabulary words? Then this product is for you! Includes a vocabulary list and quiz for both Chapters 1-10, 11-18, and Chapters 19-30. Great to help students with vocabulary words as they read the text! Comes complete with answer key.

Studying The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian? Try these.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian Introduction Power Point

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Study Guide

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Characterization

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Graphic Organizers

Studying Restart? Are students having problems with some of the vocabulary words? Then this product is for you! Includes a vocabulary list and quiz for Chapters 1-4,Chapters 5-8, Chapters 9-14, Chapters15-21, and Chapters 22-30. Great to help students with vocabulary words as they read the text! Comes complete with answer key.

Studying Restart? Try these

Restart Introduction Power point

Restart Graphic Organizers

Restart Interactive Study Guide

Restart Characterization Flip book

Studying Ethan Frome ? Looking to give students some context for the novel ? Then this product is for you! Introduction power point includes:

• About the Author
• Settings
• The Progressive Era
• Starkfield
• Story Overview
• Themes
• Symbols
• Essential Questions

If you're an English teacher looking for an effective and engaging way to help your students analyze and understand the complexities of the novel _A Wrinkle in Time,_look no further than our bundle of 5 graphic organizers and rubric.

This product includes 5 unique graphic organizers, each designed to help your students explore a different aspect of the novel. The organizers cover important literary elements such as vocabulary, plot structure, theme development, and more. The included rubric provides a clear and detailed grading system to help you assess your students' work and provide feedback on their understanding of the novel.

Our graphic organizers and rubric are easy to use and will save you time in creating your own review materials. Plus, they're designed with English teachers in mind, so you can be sure that your students are getting the most out of their reading experience.

With our bundle of 5 graphic organizers and rubric, your students will be able to dive deep into the novel and gain a comprehensive understanding of the important concepts and themes presented in A Wrinkle in Time. These materials are a valuable resource for any English teacher who wants to help their students succeed in analyzing complex literary works.

Don't wait! Add our bundle of 5 graphic organizers and rubric to your classroom materials today and watch your students engage with the novel in a whole new way! With this product, you'll be sure to create an unforgettable learning experience that will stay with your students long after they've finished reading A Wrinkle in Time.

Contains poem, graphic organizer for analysis, graphic organizer for literary devices, and answer key.

This is a set of 6 graphic organizers which can be used with any novel. Great for differentiation. Rubric is included. Includes Vocabulary, Plot, Theme,Characters, Playlist, and Symbols.

This is a worksheet for evaluating a film adaptation of any novel. It requires students to compare and contrast different elements of both the film and the novel for an in depth learning experience. Don't just show the film, have students analyze it and realize how a director's choices may influence the way an audience interprets the film vs the text. A great inclusion to any novel study.

Review the entire play with your class! Jeopardy style! Students love this, it looks just like jeopardy with questions from each act of the play. A total of 31 slides with 30 clues for your students to answer. It's interactive and allows for students to have fun while reviewing the play. If you like this be sure to check out my other Romeo and Juliet products: R& J Vocabulary https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Romeo-and-Juliet-Vocabulary-words-and-quiz-2657140 R&J Bundle https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Romeo-and-Juliet-Bundle-2624360 Tragedies https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Shakespeare-Tragedies-All-Plays-2656553

A powerpoint providing background information for F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby. Great as an introductions to the novel.

•F. Scott Fitzgerald

•The Roaring 20’s

•The Novel

•The Characters

•Old Money vs New Money

•Settings in the Great Gatsby

•Symbols