Academic Connectors Workbook

A 2-page visual aid packet. Page 1 is a colorful, high-contrast anchor chart poster defining similes and metaphors. Page 2 includes 6 visual vocabulary cards for easy classroom printing and cut-outs.

A 3-page student-facing workbook for metaphorical poetry. Includes a final Portfolio Cover Page, a side-by-side Simile and Metaphor graphic frame builder, and a Gallery Walk peer celebration review rubric.

A 2-page visual aid packet. Page 1 is a colorful, high-contrast anchor chart poster defining concrete and free verse poetry. Page 2 includes 6 visual vocabulary cards for easy classroom printing and cut-outs.

A 3-page student-facing workbook for concrete and free verse poetry. Includes a shape-scaffolded writing canvas, a sensory feeling map, and a structured free verse drafting sheet with visual prompt blocks.

A 2-page visual aid packet. Page 1 is a colorful, high-contrast anchor chart poster defining acrostic and couplet poetry. Page 2 includes 6 visual vocabulary cards for easy classroom printing and cut-outs.

A 3-page student-facing workbook for acrostic and rhyming couplet poetry. Includes a letter-scaffolded Acrostic template, a rhyming word family organizer, and a visual beat counting couplet grid.

A 2-page visual aid packet. Page 1 is a colorful, high-contrast anchor chart poster defining sensory poetry, haiku, and color poems. Page 2 includes 6 visual vocabulary cards for easy classroom printing and cut-outs.

A 3-page student-facing workbook for sensory and color poetry. Includes a 5-senses word organizer with icons, a structured Haiku writing page with interactive syllable counter grids, and a step-by-step color poem template with sentence scaffolds.

A combined, high-octane 8-slide presentation for compacted Lessons 13 and 14 (Balancing Dialogue With Narration & Shape of a Story). This presentation teaches students how to balance speech with scenic action, compares narrative stakes in Knuffle Bunny vs. Brave Irene, and outlines drafting constraints.

A comprehensive, two-page (double-sided) student-facing worksheet for Lesson 12. Page 1 features standard typographical dialogue rules and a diagnostic "Dialogue Surgery" write-in section, and Page 2 features a spacious full-page drafting card with a checklist for writing their family dialogue scene.

A high-octane 8-slide presentation for Lesson 12 (Punctuating and Formatting Dialogue). This slide deck introduces the core typographical and paragraphing rules of standard dialogue, guides students through a diagnostic formatting surgery, and outlines drafting prompt parameters.