Identify theme and author's craft in a 30-minute intensive mission.
A cohesive lesson and drill series designed to help students master the connection between explicit literary devices and the central themes of literary texts.
A foundational set of four reading comprehension sheets, split between Grade 9-10 (focusing on core inference and vocabulary) and Grade 11-12 (emphasizing rhetorical analysis and synthesis).
Students compile their four-sentence creative stories into a comic strip layout, add simple illustrations, and celebrate their storytelling accomplishments.
Students resolve their story's problem, writing their fourth sentence using "Then, ..." and selecting a happy resolution symbol.
Students introduce a simple conflict or surprise for their character, writing a sentence with "Suddenly..." and problem-based action icons.
Students choose a creative setting (such as outer space or a magic forest) and write a sentence using "They are in..." with visual setting prompt cards.
Students invent a fictional character (such as a superhero or friendly animal) and write a sentence describing them using "This is..." and physical descriptors with visual symbols.
Students present their informational posters to peers using verbal or non-verbal communication supports, celebrating their factual discoveries.
Students assemble their key fact, evidence sentence, and concluding statement into a coherent, illustrated informational poster.
Students conclude their informational piece by writing a third sentence that summarizes their topic using a "Now you know about..." sentence starter and visual symbols.
Students locate visual evidence or supporting clues (such as food or habitat icons) to back up their first key fact, writing a second sentence using "It has..." or "It lives..." frames.
Students choose an informational topic (such as an animal or a local community job) and identify their first key fact using a visual matching organizer and "This is a..." sentence frame.
