Tuesday, 18 April 2017

INFERRING & CRITICAL READING: LESSON & RESOURCES

This resource contains everything you need to get going with teaching reading skills in your classroom. 

Lesson Objectives:
• Infer meaning from the text.
• Distinguish infer and imply.
• Read critically.
• Define criteria.

This Resource Includes:
1. Detailed Lesson Plan
2. Inferring VS Critical Reading
3. Assessment Rubrics
4. Reading Passages (4 Exercises)

Teachers can use this to enhance the reading skills of the learners, especially the strategies required to comprehend reading passages.


Monday, 17 April 2017

SKIMMING, SCANNING & READING: LESSON & RESOURCES

This resource contains everything you need to get going with teaching reading skills in your classroom. 

Lesson Objectives:
• Distinguish between skimming, scanning and close reading.
• Explore the art of skimming, scanning and close reading.
• Practice skimming, scanning, and close reading.

This Resource Includes:
1. Detailed Lesson Plan
2. Skim, Scan, and Read Chart
3. Reading Strategies
4. Assessment Rubrics
5. Reading Passages (4 Exercises)

Teachers can use this to enhance the reading skills of the learners, especially the strategies required to comprehend reading passages.


Sunday, 16 April 2017

PARTS OF SPEECH: HANDOUT

A handout that explains eight Parts of Speech with examples. It also includes further description of the categories of each Part of Speech. Teachers can use this cheat sheet as a ready reference material to remind the learners about the meaning and the usage of Parts of Speech, thereby supporting them to enhance their vocabulary when it comes to writing.


Saturday, 15 April 2017

SOUND POETIC DEVICES: HANDOUT

A handout that explains seven poetic devices with examples. 

It includes -
1. Alliteration
2. Assonance
3. Consonance
4. Sibilance
5. Onomatopoeia
6. Repetition
7. Rhyme

Teachers can use this cheat sheet as a ready reference material to remind the learners about the difference and the types, then the usage of sound poetic devices in their creative writing.


SENTENCE TYPES BASED ON STRUCTURE: LESSON & RESOURCES

This resource contains everything you need to get going with Sentence Types based on Structure in your classroom. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 
• Recognise the difference between the sentence types.
• Define a simple, compound, complex and compound-complex sentence. 
• Explore the structure of simple, compound, complex and compound-complex sentences. 
• Identify simple, compound, complex and compound-complex sentences.
• Create simple, compound, complex and compound-complex sentences on your own.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. ALL students will define, explore, identify and frame meaningful simple, compound, complex and compound-complex sentences. 
2. MOST students will define, explore, identify and frame meaningful simple, compound, complex and compound-complex sentences correctly.
3. SOME students will define, explore, identify and frame meaningful simple, compound, complex and compound-complex sentences accurately.

THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES: 
1. Detailed Lesson Plans
2. Sentence Rubrics
3. Sentence Types Display Poster
4. Task Cards - 4
5. Worksheets with Answer Keys (6 Exercises)

Teachers can use this to enhance the vocabulary and language skills of the learners, especially the technique required to structure and frame sentences while writing.


Friday, 14 April 2017

DIFFERENTIATION: WHAT, WHY & HOW

A Presentation that presents -
1. What is Differentiation?
2. Differentiating Curriculum
3. Students' Characteristics
4. Why should We Differentiate?
5. Steps to Differentiated Instruction
6. Using Choice Board to Differentiate
7. Benefits of Choice Board Strategy


Thursday, 13 April 2017

INFORMATION TEXT TYPES: BUNDLE

A bundle of 5 information text types:
1. Cause and Effect
2. Compare and Contrast
3. Description
4. Problem and Solution
5. Sequence