This activity uses input from your students as the basis for an English language arts literary device study of symbolism. It's time to collaborate and get your students moving! Teachers love using literature circles for small groups, book clubs, and collaborative learning. Your students will love their collaborative poster for their novel or short story's symbols. This digital download includes the teacher procedure, suggestions, step by step set up, literary device study for symbols collaborative poster printable, student reflection questions, and literature circle rubric. This classroom activity allows students to engage with others. Students will work together in small groups to share ideas and respond to tasks and their text. Students who have a hard time sitting quietly will find this activity helpful. Teachers are always looking for new ways to differentiate their lessons and include more collaborative projects for their students. As an English teacher, I have found that using Literature Circles work wonderfully. If you are limited in your book choice, this also works well with whole-class novels, where the novel is being read in small groups. Assessment Teachers use the student reflection and literature circles rubric LITERATURE CIRCLES, SYMBOLS, SYMBOLISM, FOR ANY NOVEL OR SHORT STORY: ★Small group poster- comes with 4 pieces for your students to collaborate. Groups of 2-6 can work together successfully and harmoniously. -You just need to print one collaborative poster for each group. ★Perfect for a literature circle, book club, student-centered review, whole class novel study in small groups. ★Lit Circle Rubric ★Lit Circle Reflection Questions ★Group signs and display signs ★Completed poster sample ★Teacher instructions for literature circles, collaboration poster, gallery walks, philosophy, background on sketchnotes ★One-pager for a notebook or binder. Perfect for guided notes. This type of collaborative activity is perfect for any of time of the year. For teachers especially! It is a student-centered approach and modern teaching strategy. You get to walk around, sit with different groups, and observe! Literature circles are meant to be a monitored activity. Small Group Collaborative Posters This Symbolism collaborative poster is triple the fun with the combination of coloring, creativity, and text or concept analysis poster group work! Watch students and staff stop and look at the completed works...very eye-catching! The poster is 4 pieces. Completed it is - 20 X 16 IN. You'll love watching your students collaborate. The activity is designed for students to communicate and work together. Recommended supplies needed: crayons, colored pencils, scissors, tape or stapler Please provide me with really appreciated feedback! Share your classroom masterpiece with me! Study All Knight Blog Study All Knight Facebook Danielle Knight (Study All Knight) on Pinterest Study All Knight on Twitter Study All Knight on Instagram Created by Danielle Knight, © Study All Knight, 2018.

We need the bigger, better deal Every English teacher I know is looking for the bigger, better deal when it comes to assessing novels. We’ve moved WAY beyond the simple book report (I hope), and into the realm of critical thinking, analysis, and synthesis. In recent years I’ve tried the mandala (which you can read… Continue reading The Character Study One Pager- An Assessment for Any Novel

Ready to write that novel but don’t know how to organize your thoughts? Are you a planner/plotter? Do you need meticulous outlines before you start drafting? Are you working with multiple timelines that you need to keep track of? This simple, minimalist four-page Novel Planning Template will help you organize your plot, alongside the timeline and POV for each chapter/section of your novel. You can instantly download the digital print files after your purchase. Both .png and .pdf files will be provided. These files can be printed on A4, regular size printer paper (8.5" x 11" paper). If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a message.

How do you assess? Do you go by how much time it takes to grade? Do you make your students write an essay because you need a writing sample for data? Do you give them a project you can glance at, use a rubric, and assign a grade? Full Disclosure Full disclosure- in my 19… Continue reading It Only Takes One Page- Assessing English Students with a One Pager

This novel study for Sideways Stories from Wayside School, by Louis Sachar, contains 101 pages of resources, including comprehension questions, vocabulary, activities, tests, and more! Excellent for Grades 3-6. Focus standards include theme, character analysis, plot, cause and effect, and more! No-prep, predictable, and extremely user-friendly, this book study is perfect for whole class, small group, or independent study. *IMPORTANT NOTE: This product is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. You will NOT receive a physical booklet in the mail.* ♥You're free to use the printable OR Google version; BOTH are included with your purchase! ♥Excellent for school OR homeschool. No-prep and so easy for teachers, parents, and students to follow! ♥Eye-catching Google version contains full-color, interactive adaptations of all resources. ♥Perfect for digital learning. Students can access the Google version from any computer or tablet! Teachers and students can easily send this back and forth using Google Drive or Google Classroom! (The minimum that's needed is a free Google account. However, you may also contact me for help using this product on many other digital learning platforms!) ** NEW ** An additional version of the assessments only is now included as Google Forms, which are self-grading. Students can complete these easily on their computers and laptops, and you get instant data! Easy instructions included. (Note: You will need to manually grade the written response questions only.) This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used alongside this product. THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES: 1) Student Chapter Work •Every section covers 5 chapters and contains the following six parts. →Quickwrite: Warms up student brains before reading. →1 set of True/False, Sequencing, and/or Multiple Choice questions. →Standards Focus: an activity focused on Reading Literature standards. →Comprehension and Analysis: 4 short answer questions. →Vocabulary: Practice with 4 new words for each section of reading. →Beyond: Creative activity that might include art, brainstorming, or writing. 2) 17 Common Core-aligned Reading Response Activities •Questions and Answers •Sideways Stories from Wayside School: Themes •Lessons Learned •Comic Strip •Main Events •Causes and Effects •Character Cards •You vs. Character •Character Traits •Dear Diary •My Book Cover •Reading Strategy: Predictions •My Book Review: Sideways Stories from Wayside School •Solve the Riddle •Learning Logs: Versions 1, 2, and 3 •Freewriting Journal •Would You Rather? 3) Vocabulary Focus •Two Vocabulary Reviews to use throughout the book •Practice with definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and context clues •Vocabulary Lists that come with and without definitions •Four challenge words chosen for you from every section of reading •Vocabulary Word Wall cards in full color •Vocabulary Flashcards in b/w 4) Culminating Project Options •9 creative project choices for students to complete after they finish the book 5) Two Assessments •Test comprehension and vocabulary after each half of the book •Variety of question types, including matching, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, and written response •Test #1-Chapters 1 to 15 •Test #2-Chapters 16 to 30 •Assessments provided in 3 versions: printables, Google Slides, OR Google Forms! 6) Student Bookmarks •Serve as reference tools •Highlight plot, setting, characters •Attractive art 7) Easy planning and Low Prep •Unit Map lays it all out for you •Table of Contents for easy navigation •Common Core Codes included for all activities •Student Packet Covers •All Answer Keys 8) Instructions for digital Google Slides Version 9) Instructions for digital Google Forms Tests **IMPORTANT NOTE** Along with the PRINTABLE version, you'll receive links for DIGITAL Google versions too! To use the digital versions, you will need Internet access and a free Google account, OR Google Classroom. They will work on computers or iPads. Upon purchasing, you will download documents containing links to the digital files, along with explicit, easy-to-follow instructions that will get you started in minutes! Students will be highly engaged and freshly invigorated as they type, draw, and diagram directly into the files on their computers or tablets. These versions are easily shared digitally between you and your students, without the hassle of paper, pencil, and copies. Additionally, the Google Forms assessments allow for self-grading and instant data! © Nothing but Class Resources, LLC This item is a digital download from my Nothing but Class store. As such, it is for use in one classroom only. 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Using theme, this art project challenges students to create a piece of artwork that symbolizes a theme present in their reading. Students must also choose a quote that is tied to this theme and is the driving force behind their art. Students must present their creation to the class and participate i...

We need the bigger, better deal Every English teacher I know is looking for the bigger, better deal when it comes to assessing novels. We’ve moved WAY beyond the simple book report (I hope), and into the realm of critical thinking, analysis, and synthesis. In recent years I’ve tried the mandala (which you can read… Continue reading The Character Study One Pager- An Assessment for Any Novel

I started sharing assessment pieces that can be used for any literature piece with my friends on a secondary ELA board in our area. I thought it would be better to write about my experience with each one here, then link it to that page. This gives me an opportunity to include examples and such… Continue reading Mandala Assessment Fun- Use with Any Novel

It's time to collaborate and get your students moving! Teachers love using literature circles for small groups, book clubs, and collaborative learning. Your students will love their collaborative poster for their novel or short story's plot diagram. This digital download includes the teacher procedure, suggestions, step by step set up, story map collaborative poster printable, student reflection questions, literature circle rubric, and Freytag pyramid poster rubric. This classroom activity allows students to engage with others. Students will work together in small groups to share ideas and respond to tasks and their text. Students who have a hard time sitting quietly will find this activity helpful. Teachers are always looking for new ways to differentiate their lessons and include more collaborative projects for their students. As an English teacher, I have found that using Literature Circles work wonderfully. If you are limited in your book choice, this also works well with whole-class novels, where the novel is being read in small groups. Assessment Teachers use the student reflection, literature circles rubric, and plot diagram poster rubric for assessment. LITERATURE CIRCLES, PLOT STRUCTURE POSTER FOR ANY NOVEL OR SHORT STORY: ★Small group poster- comes with 4 pieces for your students to collaborate. Groups of 2-6 can work together successfully and harmoniously. -You just need to print one collaborative poster for each group. ★Perfect for a literature circle, book club, student-centered review, whole class novel study in small groups. ★Poster Rubric Checklist and Lit Circle Rubric ★Lit Circle Reflection Questions ★Group signs and display signs ★Teacher instructions for literature circles, collaboration poster, gallery walks, philosophy, background on sketchnotes ★One-pager for a notebook or binder. Perfect for guided notes. This type of collaborative activity is perfect for any of time of the year. For teachers especially! It is a student-centered approach and modern teaching strategy. You get to walk around, sit with different groups, and observe! Literature circles are meant to be a monitored activity. Small Group Collaborative Posters This Plot Diagram collaborative poster is triple the fun with the combination of coloring, creativity, and text or concept analysis poster group work! Watch students and staff stop and look at the completed works...very eye-catching! The poster is 4 pieces. Completed it is - 20 X 16 IN. You'll love watching your students collaborate. The activity is designed for students to communicate and work together. Recommended supplies needed: crayons, colored pencils, scissors, tape or stapler Please provide me with really appreciated feedback! Share your classroom masterpiece with me! Study All Knight Blog Study All Knight Facebook Danielle Knight (Study All Knight) on Pinterest Study All Knight on Twitter Study All Knight on Instagram Created by Danielle Knight, © Study All Knight, 2018.

This is an engaging lesson that encourages complex literary analysis. The activity will generate those powerful conversations about symbolism that we, as English teachers, crave. They will discuss how a symbol is used in the text to identify it's strength compared to other symbols. Theme and chara...

These literary learning checks are very versatile and can be used with any novel or short story. Use them as bell-ringers, exit slips, or quick checks to assess student understanding of literary elements.

Introduce your students to literary analysis with these digital one-pager templates for any novel or short story. These graphic organizers make fabulous assessments for class novels, summer reading, or independent reading assignments! Use them for Digital Reader Response Journals in place of a reading log. Great for digital book reports! ********* Completely REVISED and expanded in June 2020 for use on a variety of digital devices! ********* Product Overview Digital Graphic Organizers Character & Setting Plot & Theme Plot, Theme, Motifs, Symbols, & Conflict Character Analysis: Heroic Qualities of the Main Character Character Analysis: Heroic Qualities of Other Characters Character Analysis: Does the Main Character Change? Book Review: Analysis of Setting, Characters, Plot, Language How to Write a Plot Summary Write a Plot Summary Completed Samples help you model expectations. ⭐Character & Setting ⭐Plot & Theme ⭐Plot, Theme, Motifs, Symbols, & Conflict Product Also includes Six Blank Templates you customize for ANY assignment! Focus on any literary element and tailor the instructions to fit your students' needs. The previous edition of this product is also included. The previous version is 8.5 X 11 for printing. The preview is comprehensive so you can see what you are buying. Please feel free to reach out with questions! Lesson Plan Ideas: Independent Reading I use these templates for Independent Reading Assignments. I assign one or two for each independent novel. Students complete and use them as springboards for small group discussions. Class Novel I also use these slides for review and discussion after completing a class novel. I project the slide, and we complete it together in class. Students have a copy and take notes as we discuss. I also use them as assignments after reading a specific chapter. For example, I use the Heroic Qualities Character Analysis slide when reading Lord of the Flies to to prepare students to write literary analysis essays. ************************************** Directions for Distributing Slides to Students via Google Classroom: 1. On Google Drive, open the slideshow and go to File/Make a Copy/Selected Slides 2. Retitle the copy to fit the selected slides. 4. Upload to Google Classroom and assign the new slideshow to your students. **************************************** You might also be interested in the following related products: ⭐ Literary Elements Slideshow & Graphic Organizers for Any Novel Distance Learning (Similar to this product but includes more background information) ⭐ Literary Essay Interactive Slideshow & Digital Graphic Organizers (How to Write a Literary Analysis Essay) ⭐ Tips for Teaching Annotating: Includes Annotation Guides for Any Novel (PDF) ***************************************** Please click here to follow my store to learn about new products and special offers! I offer new products at a discount! Feel free to reach out with questions! Best wishes always, Linda Ricci M.A. Education M.A. Journalism B.A. English More than 12 years teaching experience—nine years in a 1-1 laptop environment

With this one-pager reading comprehension project, your students will share their understanding of any novel by imaginatively blending their written ideas with colorful images. The one pager is a great idea for any novel study as an after reading assignment or as a creative assessment. Students' artwork also make great bulletin boards! Included in this purchase is: Student directions for the one pager project (PDF Ready to Print) Holistic Rubric for the one pager project (PDF Ready to Print) 1 Example one pager (based on the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson) 10 Blank templates (printable & optional) EDITABLE Word Document in case you would like to modify the directions or rubric Students are encouraged to include several of these literary elements into their final projects: theme, main idea, point of view, foreshadowing, symbolism, conflict, mood, tone, irony, characterization, and imagery. You May Also Like! 25 One Pager Printable Templates One Pager Project Growth Mindset

This is a compilation of novel assessments, generic enough they can be adapted to any fictional novel. This eBook is a great tool for differentiation - each student can choose their own assessment! Assessments focus on: Elements of a Story, Summarizing, Inferencing, Plot, Tone/Mood, Cause and Effect, Author's Purpose, Literary Devices, and Characterization. The assessment formats also vary and include: Foldables, Graphic Organizers, and Student Generated Assessments. TEN assessments/activities total (several that can be used throughout the course of a novel - not just at the end!)

Have you been wondering, what the heck is a one-pager? Are you ready to discover the OODLES of ways you can use it in your classes? Click through to find many engaging ways to use a one-pager with your secondary ELA students today.

Get 10 quick assessment ideas for literature that work great when teaching stories, novels, or dramas in middle school. TeachingELAwithJoy.com

I recently assigned a one pager final project to my sophomores for their culminating Night project. I wanted to combine as many rigorous ELA content ideas as possible, while also designing a fun project for students that provided them with a bit of choice. This Night one pager project was the perfect way to finish the memoir!

This includes the directions and templates needed to make a summative literature ball (looks like a soccer ball) after reading a fiction or non-fiction story. Students can use this template and directions to answer questions with common literary terms about a fiction or non-fiction story they have r...

A total of 20 activities!Bloom ball, character analysis, theme analysis, moral of the story, and comprehension activities that can be used for any novel study.These would be supplemental to a novel study, and most could be used as a creative assessment!Each activity would take 30 minutes - 2 hours.

Graphic novels are wonderful for reading, but when students use this form for their own writing, incredible stories can emerge.

This is a collection of my best-selling resources in a big bundle: listening, reading/viewing comprehension, writing, short story study guide, ESL assessment grids, award certificates, mini project booklets, and final assessment ideas for any novel. ✋Please check out the preview file and description of each individual resource to make sure every item is appropriate for your learners. ⭐This bundle contains 18 resources. To be taken to the product description of each resource, click on the titles below: 1. Taking Risks Competency-based & Differentiated Thematic Unit Distance Learning (with answer key) 2. Raising Awareness of Cultural Diversity ESL/ELL Lesson {Back to School} 3. THE TELL-TALE HEART by E. A. Poe Short Story Unit/Study Guide (with answer key) 4. Differentiated Opinion Text/Persuasive Writing (with answer key) 5. Social Issues in Teens' Lives - Reflective Journals for Teens Pack 1 6. TV Show Guide for Any Episode/Media Analysis/Listening Skills Distance Learning 7. How Does Music Influence Teens' Lives? - Music and Teens Mini Research Booklet 8. 100 Bell-Ringer Journals and Task Cards (Paragraph Writing) 9. Differentiated Career Research Project Booklet ESL/ELA 10. CONVERSATION TASK CARDS: CHOOSING YOUR CAREER PATH Speaking/Writing 11. ESL Assessment Grids and Scoring Rubrics (Speaking, Reading, Writing) 12. Annotating and Close Reading Strategies Handout, Bookmarks, Reference Cards 13. Reading Response Journal & Final Assessment Ideas for Novels Distance Learning 14. Award Certificates for Secondary Learners 15. Biography/Autobiography Research Project Booklet for Teens 16. ALL ABOUT ME Student Information Form/Survey for Back to School (Editable) 17. Student Performance Reflection Sheets/Self-assessment Forms Print and Paperless 18. Graphic Organizers for Choice Novels (Independent Reading) These activities are ideal for grade 9-11 ESL learners; however, they may be appropriate for ESL/EFL/ELA learners below or above these grade levels. If you teach in Quebec (Canada), these resources are perfect for your Grade 9-11 ESL and EESL students (Secondary 3, 4 and 5). Disclaimer: ✸This bundle is not a "growing" bundle. ⭐FUTURE UPDATES: Please, check for updates regularly. You simply need to go to your Purchase list and search for the Educators' Choice ESL/ELL Bundle to verify if a new update is available. ⭐FILE DETAILS: Paper size: 8.5" x 11" (Standard US Letter). Documents are not editable unless otherwise stated. Resources are available either in a PDF or PPT file. ❤️SATISFACTION: Before downloading a product, read the product description and check out the preview document to determine if the resource is appropriate for your students. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. ✨TERMS OF USE: ©️ Versatile Teacher Toolkit - ESL and ELA Resources. All rights reserved. For personal or educational use. You may make copies for your personal or classroom use. Sharing, posting, redistributing, or selling this resource or any part of it on the Internet is prohibited. You can read my full TOU here: Terms of Use ☀ Follow me on TpT ☀ Don't forget to leave feedback to earn TpT credits.

Teaching character analysis as a writing exercise? Engage your students with the no-prep Character Analysis Writing Activity packet. This 7-page product includes a prompt that can be used with any short story or novel, a pre-writing graphic organizer based on S.T.E.A.L. (speech, thoughts, effect o...

English teachers, rejoice! You have landed on the most universal, applicable activity for your literature-based units. Novel unit? ✔ Short story? ✔ Poetry? ✔ Engage even the most reluctant learners with this choice-based activity. Even better? You'll be able to fully assess their understanding of whatever you have read, long or short, in creative ways. This choice board activity is totally customizable but you don't need to change a thing if you don't want. Students are presented with 11 options, all designed to rigorously but creatively tap into their knowledge of any text. Those options include: Setting Characters Dialogue Theme Point of view Rhetoric Compare/contrast Modern applications Jackpot! Plus, you can crank out this activity in a pinch if you need a quick assessment or give your students more time and up the ante as a more formal assessment. The sky's the limit with this product -- you don't want to miss out!

Essays for high stakes test assessment create fear in both students and teachers. Narrative writing can help alleviate that fear! One of my favorite teaching units, writing about scars, involves a personal experience that every child has had - an accident that left a mark somewhere on the body. Students enjoy writing their first draft, revising, and then having the opportunity to read the story to the class during Author's Chair. We begin with class discussion about the Survivor Television Show. What possible scars might participants bring away from the show? Henry Fleming, the "hero" from The Red Badge of Courage is a topic which can be speculated about whether or not students are doing a novel study about the book. What is courage? How do people display it? Does every person have courage? Might you find courage you did not think you had in the right circumstance where what you did could make a life-death difference in lives around you? Students practice comparing and contrasting two poems about scars. They also listen to song lyrics on youtube for two songs relating to the theme of courage. After the pre-writing activities, students write a personal survivor story based on a scar or "red badge of courage" that each student possess. A copy of a human skeleton will allow students to indicate where they have scars or have had broken bones, accidents, or surgeries. Each student will decide on one scar to focus writing about from the personal diagram. (Emotional scars such as a broken heart due to a divorce, death, or personal relationship will be acceptable.) Students work in small groups of four with a narrative writing rubric and will provide each other with constructive peer editing on their first drafts. A form for peer editing is provided. Students will share the final draft in groups of four and will have the option to share the story with the class during Author's Chair or to display it on the class writing wall. This lesson was used in a National Writing Project Winter Retreat Workshop and has been successful in my English 10 classroom.

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This huge Reading Worksheet Printable Pack features 100 different printables for bookwork activities. There are both fiction and non-fiction printables that are able to be used with ANY TEXT which means that this pack can be reused all year round. There are SO many different activities which allow students to practice and develop many reading-related skills. They are great for developing comprehension which is one of the most important reading skills. Many of the activities also call for higher-order thinking. The printables cover: ♥ Story Elements – Setting, Plot, Characters, Problem, Solution, Sequence of Events. There are a number of diverse and creative activities. ♥ Reading Strategies – Inferring, predicting, summarizing, synthesizing, questioning, visualizing. ♥ Text Connections – Text-to-Self, Text-to-Text, Text-to-World ♥ Author Study – Author’s purpose, lesson, point-of-view, questions. ♥ Non-Fiction Texts - Main idea, Summarizing, Text Features, Diagrams, graphic organizers, learning reflection. ♥ Vocabulary Work – Finding word meanings, replacing “boring” words, finding interesting words. ♥ Nouns, Adjectives & Verbs – Generating adjectives for setting/character, finding these parts of speech within the text. Please see the preview for full view of printables!!! Includes both a US and an AUS/UK Version ♥♥♥ Follow me to be the first to hear about FREEBIES and updates ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥ Earn TPT Credits when you leave feedback ♥♥♥ I welcome and appreciate any feedback, comments or suggestions. You may also contact me on [email protected]

This can be used as a quiz or a test on the book Stone Fox.

Writing Worksheet – Writing a Synopsis (PDF) Writing a synopsis can be a great way to get really clear about the story you’re telling. In the One Page Novel Course, I suggest it as the next step after brainstorming, but these worksheets can help even if you’ve already finished your book and are getting ready…

The prologue appears at the very beginning of a novel as a section before the first chapter of the book. A good prologue will feel essential to the novel and not just a bonus chapter or a stalling tactic on the part of the writer. To write...

A multiple choice quiz after reading is a quick and easy way to check student comprehension, but it doesn't allow you to assess deeper understanding and it certainly isn't fun or creative. If you are looking for more meaningful and engaging activities to use with students during literature circles or a novel unit, here's twelve ideas that are favorites in my classroom and the Common Core standards they align with.

Frindle Final Projects - Choose ONE task for presentation. Due October 30/2007 The following assignments were selected after a thorough examination of all the students’ learning styles. For our classroom's Frindle Final Project, I chose projects that were voted the most popular amongst the students. The students' main interests were with projects that contained an artistic or 3-D/ involving assembly) component. Our next novel, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh will provide a more in-depth, student-directed final project. BACKGROUND Here are the assignments for the students’ Frindle Novel Study Project: All projects are due on October 30 2007. Please have your child do most of the work. I know some eager and creative parents are dying to offer some advice... And YES, your child is more than welcome to accept your ideas - parents generally come up with great ideas and/or creative solutions. However, when marking, I am keenly aware of students who received EXTRA PARENTAL HELP (A good thing) as opposed to students who received NO EXTRA HELP from their family. Students who received NO assistance will be graded using a separate set of criteria. Not all of us are blessed with amazing parents who offer great ideas and assistance. (For example, I know a teacher who gets home around 6:30 - 7:00 p.m. each evening, briefly acknowledges her darling son (whose mouth is forming some words about needing 'help with his math homework') only to receive a blank stare from his mom, which translates to: “What? Huh? Who? Me?!" This poor boy does all of his assignments on his own as his Mom - who is also a teacher - named Mrs. A. - Whoops! Now how did my son's homework predicament get in here? ASSIGNMENTS OFFERED 1. A photo album summary You will submit a photo album with photographs detailing the events that occurred in Frindle. You may have to ask other friends to assist you with your scene set ups. • Photo 1 may have Nick and Janet outside discovering a pen (with the caption - “Nick thinks of the word Frindle” mod podged onto the picture.) • Your could have a picture of the outside of a store with some children lined up getting ready to ask for a ‘frindle’ Make sure to add some context. 2. Story Quilt: Using 22 cm by 22 cm (9" X 9" or 10" X 10") square pieces of paper - illustrate, paint, or draw 9 important events from the book, Frindle. Later, the squares will be mounted on a piece of construction paper to look like a quilt. Be sure to design and colour each piece differently. 3. Create a diorama Take a shoe box and create a miniature scene of Nick’s adventures with his ‘frindle’. Ideas could be: • diorama of Nick sitting n Granger's classroom (with her dictionary) signing the note • Nick on the Conan O'Brien Set showing his frindle and the dictionary it has been published in • Show Nick and friends lined up in the store to purchase a frindle. • If you can think of another time (that centers around the pen - then feel free to create the scene.) 4. Draw a poster Your full sized poster must give a summary about the story without giving the ending away! It must make the reader want to go and buy the book because they read your poster. • Throw in some rave book reviews from other newspapers ie: Two thumbs up from the New York Times Have the poster brightly drawn with a couple of scenes from the book illustrated (Flet Pens stand out). Above all, Make the pictures relevant to Frindle. 5. Design a boardgame that is relevant to the book. • Your game pieces should be mini pens, books, glasses, etc. and you need to provide dice and cards (if needed) • The boards should not be too big (try not to exceed a half metre in length (if rectangular). • Boards should have rewards for Nick winning the word war, ie: Move forward three spaces) • Or go back two spaces for whenever Granger makes a good counterpoint. Have a great, imaginative name for your Game Board. 6. Comic Series Design a cartoon detailing nine important events from the book. • You may exceed 9 but not 12 squares for each cartoon event. • Each square will be approximately 7cm X12 cm.

The Paragraph package is an easy to use document that will help students learn how to write effectively using the proper form. The document includes a detailed description of the different types of paragraphs as well as how to effectively write the paragraph (with sentence by sentence instructions). You may also be interested in the following products: ❒Creating a Board Game Assessment Tool ❒English Grammar Cheat Sheet ❒Opinion Letter with the Novel Holes ❒Sentences Grammar Circles For Easy & Effective Grammar ❒Short Story Bundle ❒Spelling Flip Book It’s teaching made easy! Click here to follow me and receive information about upcoming deals and freebies. Connect with me on Teaching Made Easy123’s Pinterest page. Don’t forget to comment on your purchase to earn credits towards your next purchase. Hand image credit: Adobe Stock

This is a complete novel study to be used with Betty G. Birney's novel Humphrey's Really Wheely Racing Day. This resource contains the following: Two pre-reading activities Characters page (major vs minor characters) Reading comprehension & vocabulary pages for each chapter Point of View Setting Plot: Someone – Wanted – But – So – Then Story Arc Author’s Purpose Onomatopoeia Summative Assessment (test or two quizzes) Note: The summative assessment is formatted both as a test (including both comprehension and vocabulary) and as two quizzes (one for comprehension and one for vocabulary). Answer keys are included.

Middle school novel study favorites - top novel study picks for grade 5-9 to engage and encourage young readers.

How do you assess? Do you go by how much time it takes to grade? Do you make your students write an essay because you need a writing sample for data? Do you give them a project you can glance at, use a rubric, and assign a grade? Full Disclosure Full disclosure- in my 19… Continue reading It Only Takes One Page- Assessing English Students with a One Pager

Get 10 quick assessment ideas for literature that work great when teaching stories, novels, or dramas in middle school. TeachingELAwithJoy.com