Using novel quotes to introduce paired text units and/or short stories and poems. Here are a few from seventeenth-century writer John Milton. It offers thought processing and making connections with similar inner themes within texts. “For what can war but endless war still breed?” This quote is great for a text like “Lord of theContinue reading “Introduce a Text with a quote from other texts”
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End of the year test prep for language and grammar, part 2
End of the year test prep can be overwhelming. Let’s make it easier for the teacher and the student. Who vs. Whom- A noun or pronoun can be a subject or an object in a sentence. Most of the time, the subject is doing the action and the object is receiving the action. The easiestContinue reading “End of the year test prep for language and grammar, part 2”
Motivational Test Prep Tip
Choose the easier DOK 2 questions for an around the room gallery walk test prep. Then, the next day, do DOK 3 questions that are more challenging and take more thought. Maybe even less questions. Add the time limit on answering them as well to show they take more time to think about. As theContinue reading “Motivational Test Prep Tip”
Teaching Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing is an easy skill to teach but taking it to the level needed for standards-based teaching is something that needs to be checked periodically. Just simply looking for the clues doesn’t make the deeper understanding of the character’s motives or actions comprehended. When asking students question stems, take the question higher than, “What doesContinue reading “Teaching Foreshadowing”
Distance Learning FREE Fables/Poetry Two Week lesson plan for online teaching with higher DOK questions for upper elementary/middle school classes
Teaching online can be time consuming if you make it so…or make it meaningful content to a DOK 2 or higher level with a paired text unit of short texts. Here is a poetry/fable unit to help you get started making online ELA two-week long units at a time. Theme: Stay the course without lettingContinue reading “Distance Learning FREE Fables/Poetry Two Week lesson plan for online teaching with higher DOK questions for upper elementary/middle school classes”
Every text you teach should be organized and revisiting objectives
Too many times I see teachers teaching whole group single objectives 5 days straight in a week. Yes, focus on a single objective. Yes, teach it fully for understanding. Yes, practice it throughout the week. But no, don’t continue to beat a dead horse. Present the information, on Monday if that is your routine. But practice itContinue reading “Every text you teach should be organized and revisiting objectives”
ELA On The Move 