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Author's Style Writing Activities (Middle Grades)
By Beth Hammett
For Middle Grade Students, all writers have it, but do you know what style is and how to recognize it? This 15 page presentation for will help students understand and analyze their own writing styles, as well as other authors' styles. Easy to follow format will have students analyzing style in no time! Includes: Checklist for Authors Handout Definitions for Author's Style . Examples of Classic Literature and Fairy Tale to Analyze How to Find Author's Style in Writing Extra Style Analysis Activities Author's Style Workshopping Handout How and Why to Improve Student's author's style Terminologies and definitions include: Audience—listeners, readers, viewers of work Author’s voice—sets writing apart from others; uniqueness of writing Genre—category/organization pattern of writing Purpose—intent of writing Mood—reader’s emotion to the writing Tone—author’s attitude about subject matter Sentence fluency—cadence, flow, transitions used Sentence variety—lengths/mixture of sentences Word choices—descriptions, figurative language, repetitions, synonyms… Excellent for introducing style, writing concepts, standardized testing reviews, class assessments, college readiness, CCSS, literacy centers, and grammar/editing revisions, Students will be able to identify their authors' styles after working through this presentation.
CLUBS DE LECTURE : ACTIVITÉS ET CARTES DE DISCUSSION
By French Made Fun!
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Tikki Tikki Tembo Literature Circle Response Packet | Graphic | Book Club!
By Veronica Reyes
This packet is a literature response to Tikki Tikki Tembo. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue.
This book is at a Level N.
Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-
- Predicting
- Visualizing
- Short Answer Response
- Questioning
- Character Analysis
- Grammar
- Opinion
For 12 more literature response packets from levels N-R --> click here...
Author's Style and Types of Sentences (Middle Grades)
By Beth Hammett
This 31 page middle grade lesson plan comes ready to implement with easy to follow, color coded examples and activities for teaching, learning, and mastering author's style and types of sentences. Includes: History of Writing and Changes in Styles (1400s and 1700s to current) Models for writing great author's style and types of sentences Practice activities for sentence lengths and varieties Types of sentences (basic, compound, complex, compound-complex) Colorcoded examples of sentences Tips for writing Peer workshopping activities Excellent for homeschool, flipped classes, Gifted & Talented/Pre-Ap/AP, literacy centers, project based classrooms, and test prep. Meets CCSS and state guidelines for ELA. Requires critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Tikki Tikki Tembo Literature Circle Response Packet | Graphic | Book Club!
By Veronica Reyes
This packet is a literature response to Tikki Tikki Tembo. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue.
This book is at a Level N.
Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-
- Predicting
- Visualizing
- Short Answer Response
- Questioning
- Character Analysis
- Grammar
- Opinion
For 12 more literature response packets from levels N-R --> click here...
Jumanji Literature Circle Response Packet, Book Club + Graphic Organizers!
By Veronica Reyes
This packet is a literature response to Those Shoes. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue. These are graphic organizers with reading comprehension questions to promote a deeper understanding.
This book is at a Level P.
Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-
- Predicting
- Visualizing
- Short Answer Response
- Questioning
- Story Mapping
- Opinion
*** VOCABULARY BOOKMARKS INCLUDED!
For literature response packets for 12 titles leveled N-R, click here <--
Jumanji Literature Circle Response Packet, Book Club + Graphic Organizers!
By Veronica Reyes
This packet is a literature response to Those Shoes. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue. These are graphic organizers with reading comprehension questions to promote a deeper understanding.
This book is at a Level P.
Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-
- Predicting
- Visualizing
- Short Answer Response
- Questioning
- Story Mapping
- Opinion
*** VOCABULARY BOOKMARKS INCLUDED!
For literature response packets for 12 titles leveled N-R, click here <--
Jumanji Literature Circle Response Packet, Book Club + Graphic Organizers!
By Veronica Reyes
This packet is a literature response to Those Shoes. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue. These are graphic organizers with reading comprehension questions to promote a deeper understanding.
This book is at a Level P.
Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-
- Predicting
- Visualizing
- Short Answer Response
- Questioning
- Story Mapping
- Opinion
*** VOCABULARY BOOKMARKS INCLUDED!
For literature response packets for 12 titles leveled N-R, click here <--
Owl Moon | Literature Circle Response Packet | Book Club | Graphic Organizers
By Veronica Reyes
This packet is a literature response to Owl Moon. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue.
This book is at a Level O.
Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-
- Predicting
- Visualizing
- Short Answer Response
- Questioning
- Character Analysis
- Text Connections
- Opinion
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Literature Circle Response Packet- Book Club!
By Veronica Reyes
This packet is a literature response to The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue.
This book is at a Level N.
Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-
- Predicting
- Visualizing
- Short Answer Response
- Questioning
- Character Analysis
- Quotes
- Text Connections
- Opinion
*** BOOKMARKS WITH VOCABULARY INCLUDED!!!
Fantastic Mr. Fox Literature Circle Response Packet- Book Club- Graphic Organize
By Veronica Reyes
This packet is a literature response to Fantastic Mr. Fox. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue. These are graphic organizers with reading comprehension questions to promote a deeper understanding.
This book is at a Level P.
Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-
- Predicting
- Visualizing
- Short Answer Response
- Questioning
- Grammar
- Character Analysis
- Text Connections
- Opinion
For literature response packets for 12 titles leveled N-R, click here <--
Those Shoes | Literature Circle Response Packet | Book Club | Graphic Organizers
By Veronica Reyes
This packet is a literature response to Those Shoes. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue.
This book is at a Level L.
Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-
- Predicting
- Visualizing
- Short Answer Response
- Questioning
- Character Analysis
- Quotes
- Text Connections
- Opinion
For literature response packets for Levels J-M --> click here <--
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Literature Circle Response Packet- Book Club!
By Veronica Reyes
This packet is a literature response to The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue.
This book is at a Level N.
Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-
- Predicting
- Visualizing
- Short Answer Response
- Questioning
- Character Analysis
- Quotes
- Text Connections
- Opinion
*** BOOKMARKS WITH VOCABULARY INCLUDED!!!
Owl Moon | Literature Circle Response Packet | Book Club | Graphic Organizers
By Veronica Reyes
This packet is a literature response to Owl Moon. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue.
This book is at a Level O.
Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-
- Predicting
- Visualizing
- Short Answer Response
- Questioning
- Character Analysis
- Text Connections
- Opinion
Owl Moon | Literature Circle Response Packet | Book Club | Graphic Organizers
By Veronica Reyes
This packet is a literature response to Owl Moon. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue.
This book is at a Level O.
Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-
- Predicting
- Visualizing
- Short Answer Response
- Questioning
- Character Analysis
- Text Connections
- Opinion
Tikki Tikki Tembo Literature Circle Response Packet | Graphic | Book Club!
By Veronica Reyes
This packet is a literature response to Tikki Tikki Tembo. It can be used as a literature response for a book club or as a whole class reading comprehension packet. There are prompts on when to answer each response page in the upper right corner in blue.
This book is at a Level N.
Reading Comprehension Strategies Addressed-
- Predicting
- Visualizing
- Short Answer Response
- Questioning
- Character Analysis
- Grammar
- Opinion
For 12 more literature response packets from levels N-R --> click here...