Connections Across Texts
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Literary Judgements (evaluating texts)
Teach your senior English Literature students to make sound judgements with this one-page matrix and acronym. Always a 'thing of mystery' the skill of evaluating texts really needn't be. This matrix helps both teachers and students and comes as a one-pager that can be glued into students' folders as a handy reference. Alternatively, expand to poster size.
Texts for High School English
Two sources of texts recommendations. Texts recommended BY high school English teachers FOR High School English teachers. These are texts that lend themselves to fantastic analysis, discussion and assessment success. Links available from the Drive Resources website.
Unit Standard 25073
For this task students read texts about the New Zealand environment to recognize the differing points of view of each writer. Print, or use as a digital workbook. Get a good look at this complete resource in the video flipbook of this resource in the product description.
Lesson Starters & Task Cards
Worried about forgetting the essentials? Wanting a little pizzazz for your lessons? Glitter and Glue provides necessary skills plus points of worldly interest. All in one resource - present on your big screen as a lesson starter, print off the hard copy task cards for relief/sub lesson or for early finishers, or share with students to complete digitally. Whoop whoop! Differentiated for 3 levels, 10 lessons in each set. Students get notes, activities, answers. Grab them all here!
Analyse Texts With Psychology
Students learn about psychological theories and are then encouraged to apply these to texts they are studying. These ten mini lessons can also be used as lesson starters. A PowerPoint presentation providing notes, differentiated activities and answers, is also available as digital activities for homework or classwork. It can also be printed out as task cards. Aimed at grades 8-12.
Character Analysis
Students learn about psychological theories and are then encouraged to apply these to texts they are studying. These ten mini lessons can also be used as lesson starters. A PowerPoint presentation providing notes, differentiated activities and answers, is also available as digital activities for homework or classwork. It can also be printed out as task cards.
Mini-lessons / lesson starters
Students learn about psychological theories and are then encouraged to apply these to texts they are studying. These ten mini lessons can also be used as lesson starters. A PowerPoint presentation providing notes, differentiated activities and answers, is also available as digital activities for homework or classwork. It can also be printed out as task cards.
Mini lessons to compliment your program
Parts of speech, reading strategies, psychology for character analysis, figurative language... these mini lessons are a fun way to cover all the 'glue' - the vital things students need to understand in English. The 'glitter' is a dabble in something uplifting about our planet! A PowerPoint presentation providing notes, differentiated activities and answers, is also available as digital activities for homework or classwork. It can also be printed out as task cards. Students LOVE them!
Teaching text purpose, idea, audience
Here's a great little grid to nail identifying and considering reactions of different audiences. Appearing in Set 11 of Glitter and Glue, these are great mini-lessons, lesson starters, task cards, digital activities, homework activities, activities for early finishers, sub activities...
Teaching Text Analysis at High School!
A gem for teachers of any subject, this provides 8 steps to choose from BEFORE you start your students reading, and 14 steps you could take AFTER reading. Within each step specific strategies are listed for you to choose from. Ties in with another Literacy Strategies Guide that you can download free from the internet. Includes the step-by-step guide plus teacher planning templates. Purchase includes Microsoft Word format so it's editable for your convenience. Stop stressing about…
Literacy Lifesaver! For High School Teachers!
Not just for English teachers, this resource guides you through steps you could take before, during and after reading a text. In Microsoft Word, it contains a guide with 8 'before reading' steps, 14 'during or after reading' steps, plus planning pages for you. Plenty of easy reading strategies are included. Ties in to another resource downloadable for free. Set your mind at rest about reading texts with your students.