Reading Resources
In this 29 page editable Google Slide lesson, students will learn the importance of identifying authors bias and what to look for when identifying author's bias. Students will learn about loaded language, stereotypes, generalizations, one sided arguments, and fact and opinions as a way to identify an author's bias. Students will have an opportunity to practice their learned skills on 5 task slides. Answer key is included!
In this 29 page editable Google Slide lesson, students will learn how to infer the Theme. Students will review what theme is, why it is important in a story, common themes, and how to infer the theme. Students will have an opportunity to practice their learned skills of inferring theme on 5 task slides. The clickable text boxes make it easy for students to identify the theme, identify what happened in the story that lead them to their inference, and find textual evidence to support the inferred theme. Answer key is included!
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Students will learn how to annotate a text. Students will learn what annotating a text means, how to annotate a text, and why annotating a text is an important strategy to use when trying to gain a better understanding of a text. Students will also have the opportunity to view a sample annotated poem.
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This Rock & Roll themed no prep lesson can be used anytime you want to have students practice identifying literary devices. In this lesson, students will learn about the different types of literary devices and then have an opportunity to practice identifying literary devices in popular rock songs by watching a short Youtube clip. All slides are editable. You can delete the songs I've provided to add your own favorites. This presentation can be posted directly into student's Google Classrooms. On the teacher directions slide, you will find a link to make a copy of the student worksheet. This worksheet can be shared with students digitally or printed as a pdf.
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In this lesson, students will learn how plot drives a story. Students will learn about the five stages of plot and visualizing plot using a plot mountain diagram. Then, students will have the opportunity to practice identifying the stages of plot with any fiction text of your choosing.
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In this 23 slide digital lesson, students will learn about what an antagonist and protagonist are in literature. They will review different characteristics of each and then they will review how the role of an antagonist and protagonist are crucial elements in what drives the plot of the story. At the end of the lesson, there are 4 different built in no prep activities where students can immediately practice what they learned. This lesson is a great way to introduce these two important terms in literature and can be paired with any story you are using in your classroom.
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In this 24 page editable Google Slide lesson, students will learn about the 6 different categories of conflict including person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. nature, person vs. supernatural, person vs. technology, and person vs. society. Students will also learn about the differences between internal and external conflict. Students will have an opportunity to practice their learned skills on 3 task slides. Answer key is included!
In this lesson, students will learn how plot drives a story. Students will learn about the five stages of plot and visualizing plot using a plot mountain diagram. Then, students will have the opportunity to practice identifying the stages of plot with any fiction text of your choosing.
In this 23 slide digital lesson, students will learn about what an antagonist and protagonist are in literature. They will review different characteristics of each and then they will review how the role of an antagonist and protagonist are crucial elements in what drives the plot of the story. At the end of the lesson, there are 4 different built in no prep activities where students can immediately practice what they learned. This lesson is a great way to introduce these two important terms in literature and can be paired with any story you are using in your classroom.