Analogies

Understanding Analogies

Cause and Effect

Text Structure

Conflict

Identifying Conflict Lesson Plan

Identifying Conflict Power Point

Context Clues

Using Context Clues to determine word meaning

English GPS Lesson

Students read about GPS and then participated in a geocaching activity!

Figurative Language

Identifying and Creating Examples of Figurative Language

Figurative Language- Identify simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole

Following Directions

Following Directions Lesson and Activity

Homophones

Editing for Differentiation Homophones

Internet Research

Internet Research Lesson on African/Asian Elephants

Paul Revere

Paul Revere's Ride

Rubric

Study Skills Lesson with VSPP and Notepad App

Grade Level 7 and 8
Please click here for the supporting document: Verbatim Split Page Procedure

Test Taking Strategies

Test Taking Strategies

Prove It Strategy Lesson Plan

The Gum Caper and QAR (Question Answer Relationship Handout

Question Answer Relationships Lesson Plan

QAR Student Handout

Question Stems for QAR

Question Answer Relationships Power Point
          

Text Structure

Text Structure for Non-fiction and Signal Words

Usage and Mechanics

Usage and Mechanics - with Independent Correction Sheet

Grammar Exercises using Diana Hacker

Using Comparatives and Superlatives with Adjectives

Grammar Exercises -with Independent Correction Sheet

Subject and Verb Agreement

Editing for Correct Usage of Quotation Marks