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Story Elements

Story Elements/Points of View

Author's Purpose

Lesson Plan

Author's Purpose Powerpoint

Worksheet

Blogging Annotations

You may set up a blog at Blogger.com

Blogging Annotating Response

Blogging Lesson Plan

Suggested Reader Responses

Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect Worksheet

Flag Day

The Crash

The Crash Questions (also may be created in Smart Response)

SMART Notebook Lesson on Cause and Effect

Characters and Conflict

You may copy the chart to Smart Notebook 10.
Lesson

SMART Notebook Lesson on Conflict

Story Hat Smart Lesson

Descriptive Writing

Holt Elements of Literature:
Descriptive Essay Pgs. 606-611


Descriptive Writing Paper Directions

Descriptive Writing Paper

Drama Lesson

6th Grade Drama Lesson Rubric
This lesson has been successfully used with the following plays: The Magic Touch; The Ketchup Bottle; and 12 Angry Pigs, Spoof of 12 Angry Men

Drawing Conclusions

Eleven Chart

Expository Writing

Holt Elements of Literature:
Comparison-Contrast Essay pgs. 404-409

Expository Writing pgs. 518-523


Author's Purpose Expository Writing Lesson Plan

Author's Purpose Worksheet

SMART Notebook Lesson on Expository Writing How

SMART Notebook Lesson on Expository Writing Why

Fact and Opinion

Newspaper Activity

Newspaper Treasure Hunt

I Was Not Alone

SMART Notebook Lesson on Fact and Opinion

Figurative Language

Figurative Language Sort

Figurative Language Sort Worksheet

Smartboard Lessons (Please download files below)

Figurative Language Lesson 1

Figurative Language Lesson 2

Powerpoint Game

Graphic Organizer

Idioms

"The Moon" Lesson Plan

For the Rap Project, you may want to use Flipcams to record the raps.
Rap Project

Sort

Don't Take It Literally!

Don't Take It Literally worksheet

"The Crow"

"The Crow" clicker quiz

Katy Perry lyrics

Musical Figurative Language using Katy Perry song

Graphic Organizers

Stray Multi-Flow Chart

A Remarkable Happening

Graphic Organizer Figurative Language and Poetic Devices

Identify Questions to be Answered

Clicker Training

Clicker Training Questions

French Fries

French Fries Questions 1

French Fries Questions 2

Imagery

Idioms

The Crow

The Crow Smart Response quiz

Don't Take It Literally!

Don't Take It Literally questions

Moon Lesson

Internal/External Conflict

Conflict

Drama, Drama, Drama

Story Hat Smartboard Lesson

iWeb Biography Lesson Plan

Project Timeline

Biography Rough Draft

iWeb Biography ABC Organizer

iWeb Biography Fact Sort

Making Inferences

The Crow

Smart Response Download for "The Crow"
Eleven Chart

Making Inferences SMART Notebook lesson

Making Predictions

A Remarkable Happening

Predictions and Inferences Smartboard Lesson

Narrative Writing

Holt Elements of Literature:
Narrative Writing pgs. 108-113

Personal Narrative Writing pgs. 292-297

Nonfiction Literature Circle

Comparison Sheet

The Gold Cadillac and I Was Not Alone Compare/Contrast
Ratings

Journal Blog Responses

Poster Project

Poster Rubric

Reading Plans

More Reading Plans

Book Reflection

You may also want to use a Google Lit trip to implement your lesson.

Patterns of Text/Text Features

Newspaper Treasure Hunt

Persuasive Writing 

Holt Elements of Literature:
Problem Solving Essay pgs. 206-211

Supporting a Position pgs. 762-767

Create the writing prompt on google docs and have students respond.
Persuasive Writing and Google Docs Template

Persuasive Writing

Persuasive Essay Rubric

Persuasive Writing Lesson Plan

Rubric Score Record

Poetic Devices

Onomatopoeia worksheet 1

Onomatopoeia worksheet 2

Poetic Devices Lesson Plan

Poetic Devices Powerpoint

Poetry Plan

Poetry Stations

Two Sunflowers, Hey Diddle Diddle

Two Sunflowers, Hey Diddle Diddle storyboard

The Sneeches - can also be turned into a Smart Response quiz

Moon

The Crow

The Crow Clicker Quiz

Poetry Smart Notebook Lesson

Plot, Setting, Conflict/Resolution, Theme

Dragon, Dragon Story Chart

Conflict

Drama, Drama, Drama

A Remarkable Happening

Types of Conflict SMART Notebook Lesson

Reading Strategies

Newspaper Activity

Clicker Training

Clicker Training Questions

French Fries

French Fries Questions set 1

French Fries Questions set 2

I Was Not Alone

Reference Materials

How to Use a Glossary

Knowing Your Dictionary

Knowing Your Thesaurus

Using a Thesaurus SMART Notebook Lesson

Research Project

Biography Research Rubric

Biography Research Rubric Advanced

Powerpoint Template

Powerpoint Template Advanced

Biography Research Ideas

Biography Research Sheet Template

Works Cited Template

Lesson Plan

Student Handout

Roots/Affixes

Prefixes and Root Words

Root Words SMART Notebook Lesson

Suggested Resources, Activities, and Assessments

Think - Pair - Share

Summarizing

Writing a Summary

How to Summarize SMART Notebook Lesson

Synonyms, Antonyms, and Homophones

Four Cups

Use the following with the Four Cups lesson:
Word Pair Strips 1

Word Pair Strips 2

Grid

Synonyms and Antonyms Smart Response Questions

Homophones and Homographs SMART Notebook Lesson

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