The Renaissance | Reading Comprehension Deck | Interactive Lesson
An interactive PowerPoint micro-learning deck teaching the concept of humanism and an overview of the Renaissance through a reading passage, vocabulary, and comprehension activities.
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An interactive PowerPoint micro-learning deck teaching the concept of humanism and an overview of the Renaissance through a reading passage, vocabulary, and comprehension activities.
A multi-activity vocabulary and literacy unit teaching sports vocabulary (swimming, basketball, soccer, karate, tennis, skipping rope, ice skating, skiing, running) through picture-word matching, reading, writing, and comic-creation activities.
Substitute/emergency lesson plan using a narrative reading passage about lemurs to teach reading comprehension plus cross-curricular math, geography, and vocabulary content.
Emergency substitute-teacher lesson plan built around a narrative reading passage about a family dog, paired with comprehension, vocabulary, math word-problem, and word-search activities.
Read a short fiction story, answer a Mixed Questions section (multiple-choice, short-answer, and a predict-what-happens-next question), complete either a vocabulary-matching-plus-sentence-writing activity or a spelling multiple-choice activity (varies by lesson), and respond to a reflection/writing prompt.
Students complete a variety of print-and-go activities across the two days: solve multiplication problems to decode a secret message, do a close reading of a nonfiction passage ('Sony's New Smart Watch') with a graphic organizer and vocabulary work, write a persuasive design pitch for a new smart watch, participate in a math task-card…
Read an informational passage about landfills and recycling, mark true/false comprehension statements, write about two ways to recycle in their town, identify and split compound words from the story, solve simple word-problem math questions based on the passage, unscramble vocabulary words, and find hidden recycling terms in a word…
A single-lesson PowerPoint sample (a free/sample slice of a larger Fiction Set 1 series) built around a short story, 'Basketball,' about a girl who surprises her classmates with her basketball skill, with comprehension questions, a vocabulary matching and sentence-writing exercise, a writing prompt, and an answer key.
An independent-work literacy booklet that builds vocabulary and literacy skills (reading, writing, and comprehension) around the topic of Arctic habitat, for use at home or school.
Complete CLOZE (fill-in-the-blank) vocabulary worksheets, annotate CLOSE-reading nonfiction passages on ecology topics using an annotation system (circle/underline/exclamation/question marks), define and use vocabulary word cards, answer text-dependent questions, complete graphic organizers (KWL chart, tree map, Venn…
Complete each themed maze (navigate through it), draw target vocabulary words listed for that theme into the scene, and optionally color the page.
Over 5 days, students watch assigned videos, read two chapters per day (independently or aloud), complete a before-reading prediction sheet and a KWL chart, answer chapter-by-chapter quiz questions (5-6 short-answer questions per chapter), study vocabulary words drawn from each chapter (recording a definition and drawing a picture for…
Students engage with a lesson plan and essential-terms vocabulary instruction, complete a note-taking chart on the origins of the Constitution, complete K.I.M. vocabulary activities for essential terms, work through a study guide, and take a test; answer keys are provided for the note-taking chart, vocabulary…
An interactive digital 'micro-learning' PowerPoint deck teaching the figurative-language idiom 'wild goose chase' through a reading passage, vocabulary fill-in, true/false check, and summary writing.
Following a daily pacing guide, students read assigned chapters, learn and are quizzed on weekly vocabulary, answer chapter comprehension questions, complete literary-skill worksheets (setting, backstory, foreshadowing, character traits/analysis, predictions, timeline, point of view, conflict types, plot structure, cause and effect,…
Read a daily personal-finance passage, learn day-specific vocabulary, answer comprehension questions with textual support, and respond to a real-life application writing prompt (e.g. describe using money as a medium of exchange this week).
A reading comprehension and discussion lesson built around a biographical article on poet Amanda Gorman, paired with a teacher lesson plan.
Digital slide deck ('Micro-Learning Deck') teaching ostrich facts through an informational reading passage, vocabulary, and interactive review activities.
A short-story analysis worksheet packet and two-lesson teaching plan for D.H. Lawrence's 'The Rocking-Horse Winner,' building reading comprehension, vocabulary, and symbolism analysis skills for high school/AP Literature and ESL/ELL students.
Following a daily pacing guide, students read assigned chapters, learn and are quizzed on weekly vocabulary, answer chapter comprehension questions, complete literary-skill/response worksheets (prophecy writing, using prior knowledge, stop-and-jot, rereading, timeline, character analysis, character emotions, comparing characters,…
Watch a video lesson, read a passage with audio support, complete a close-reading fill-in-the-blank vocabulary activity, do a quick write/draw about before/during/after events, complete an exit ticket, and create a 'learn and share' poster about a chosen lizard.
An ESL/English reading comprehension worksheet and accompanying teacher lesson plan that introduces the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas through a biographical passage, comprehension questions, vocabulary work, and creative speaking/writing activities.
Students work through a slide-deck sequence: notice-and-wonder engager, activate prior knowledge ('What Do We Know'), watch a video, read a passage with key vocabulary (breeders, crop milk, crustaceans, pigments, plumage), do a close-reading/'Play on Words' and 'What's Missing' activity, complete a quick write/draw…
Read a daily passage, learn day-specific vocabulary, answer comprehension questions with textual support, and analyze a personal decision using economic concepts (trade-off, opportunity cost, incentive) in a writing prompt.