Readers Theater: Drama Elements
A PowerPoint lesson presentation teaching the basic elements of drama (plays) and Readers Theatre, aligned to standard 3.RL.2.5.
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A PowerPoint lesson presentation teaching the basic elements of drama (plays) and Readers Theatre, aligned to standard 3.RL.2.5.
A 61-page read-aloud book companion of 44 activities for the novel 'Benno and the Night of Broken Glass' by Meg Wiviott (a Kristallnacht-era historical fiction picture book), covering comprehension, character analysis, and response-to-literature skills.
A comprehensive Bible unit on the Early Church (Acts of the Apostles), covering Stephen's martyrdom, Peter's miracles and imprisonment, Philip and the Ethiopian, Saul's conversion to Paul, and Paul's letters, with vocabulary and memory-verse work.
Digital graphic-organizer slides giving students practice writing comparisons across six topics (drinks, pets, sun and moon, treats, seasons, fruits and vegetables).
Guides students through independent biographical research on Cesar Chavez and the writing of a 5-paragraph research essay, using a graphic-organizer worksheet, a peer/self writing-tips checklist, and a scored essay rubric.
A 5-day NO PREP arctic (polar) animal unit study of the arctic fox. This comprehensive resource includes a lesson plan, videos, daily worksheets and activities, interactive notebook pieces, and more.
A multi-step informative-writing unit that walks students through researching sharks and drafting an informative paragraph or essay using structured graphic organizers, opener/conclusion choice cards, and a rubric.
Guide and planning organizer to teach graphic novel story elements (characters, setting, plot, panel/bubble conventions) and help students plan their own graphic novel story.
Help students develop a poem that tells a story by planning its characters, setting, problem and resolution. Reference posters and mentor poems introduce the form before a graphic organizer breaks the story into beginning, middle and end. The writing template provides space for the finished poem and illustration; choose and discuss mentor excerpts suited to the group before independent planning.
Interactive multi-lesson unit study introducing and expanding students' knowledge of giraffes, for elementary teachers and homeschooling/co-op families.
Book C of a 4-book reading-comprehension series pairing short reading selections (from past issues of Highlights for Children) with a matched graphic organizer and a 3-part worksheet (comprehension questions, Analyze and Write, Think and Write) to teach systematic thinking and reading strategies for grades 4-5.
A set of blank, story-agnostic graphic-organizer printables that teachers pair with any story of their choosing to build comprehension skills.
A Document-Based Question (DBQ) packet on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, giving students primary-source documents to analyze and a prompt to answer in an essay.
A 5-day unit study introducing elementary students to California's state symbols (capital, bird, flower, flag, animal) through videos, readings, worksheets, and interactive-notebook activities.
Support the brainstorming and writing process for an informative animal report using a TIDE (Topic, idea, idea, idea, detail, detail, detail, Ending) graphic-organizer format that can be applied to any animal topic.
Guide high school students step by step through writing an original dystopian short story, covering short-story structure and craft, world-building, character development, and plot outlining, culminating in a full draft with peer and teacher review tools.
This resource is a set of learning posters and graphic organizers for quatrain poetry writing. There are a variety of posters that teach about quatrain poetry. Students will explore features, how to write a quatrain poem and so much more. They will use the graphic organizers to brainstorm ideas and then write a quatrain poem. This pairs…
Provide a comprehensive multi-resource unit for teaching about volcanoes using close reading, vocabulary work, graphic organizers, and writing tasks.
A short early-reading passage paired with a main-idea-and-details graphic organizer, used to practice identifying the main idea and supporting details of a story.
A blank, reusable graphic-organizer template (interactive doodle notes) for students to record math notes, formulas, step-by-step procedures, practice problems, and a topic index, in a visually engaging note-taking format.
A nonfiction rap-song passage and question set comparing claims made in Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Hamilton' musical to the historical record about Alexander Hamilton and the American Revolution.
A large multi-resource ecology unit combining CLOSE-reading nonfiction passages, vocabulary practice, writing tasks, and graphic organizers to teach ecology concepts and support literacy skills.
A no-prep reading comprehension, writing, and social-emotional reflection companion packet for the picture book 'Jabari Jumps' by Gaia Cornwall.
A packet that introduces students to Renaissance poetry themes (pastoral, carpe diem) and Shakespearean sonnet structure as preparation for reading Shakespeare's Macbeth, using close reading and graphic organizers.