Genre Decoder Teacher Guide

A highly scaffolded 2-page student worksheet. Features drawing boxes with clean white backgrounds, multiple-choice options for pirate behaviors, and structured paragraph templates to help low-literacy students narrate an event and describe connections.

A printable board game set in Treasure Island. Features a 20-space visual winding path on Page 1, and 8 scaffolded game cards with low-literacy sentence stems and pirate challenges on Page 2.

Visual, student-friendly word wall cards for six core vocabulary words from Treasure Island. Features simple definitions, pirate-themed icons, and custom sentence frames tailored for low-literacy 4th graders.

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.

An updated 4-page student-facing workbook for Week 4. Page 1 is a final Portfolio Cover Page. Page 2 is a side-by-side Simile and Metaphor builder. Page 3 introduces the Ode, a complex figurative tribute poem celebrating an everyday object. Page 4 is a Gallery Walk peer review sheet.

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.

An updated 4-page student workbook for Week 3. Page 1 is a concrete shape canvas. Page 2 is a sensory feeling map. Page 3 is a structured free verse drafting sheet with visual prompt blocks. Page 4 introduces the Diamante, a challenging 7-line diamond poem comparing opposites.

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.

An updated 4-page student workbook for Week 2. Page 1 is an acrostic builder. Page 2 is a couplet rhyming workshop. Page 3 is a visual beat-counting grid. Page 4 is a Limerick Laboratory scaffolding the advanced AABBA bouncing meter.

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.

An updated 4-page student workbook for Week 1. Page 1 is a sensory collector. Page 2 is a Haiku builder. Page 3 introduces the Cinquain, a structured 5-line format with parts-of-speech rules. Page 4 features a sensory color poem with a metaphor constraint.

A comprehensive teacher guide and answer key for the Literary Devices Theme Packet. Includes daily learning objectives, exemplary student responses, guidance on common student misconceptions, and high-impact discussion prompts.

An expanded 5-day printable student packet designed to build mastery in identifying themes and analyzing how authors use explicit literary devices. Features significantly longer, more descriptive stories for Days 2 to 5 to provide deeper narrative context for student analysis.

A second 5-day printable student packet designed to build theme-analysis mastery. This set focuses on five active figurative and literary devices: Metaphor, Imagery, Personification, Satire, and Allusion. Each day has a short, engaging story with student writing lines.

A 5-day printable student packet designed to build mastery in identifying themes and analyzing how authors use explicit literary devices—such as character foils, irony, symbolism, and juxtaposition—to develop those themes. Each day features an altered, engaging story and analysis questions.

A single-page, student-facing reference sheet. It includes detailed character profiles for the Athenian mechanicals, a curated 'Quote Vault' containing direct Shakespearean lines with Act and Scene citations supporting both sides of the hiring debate, and a quick plot summary of their play-within-a-play.

An interactive, 6-slide presentation deck designed to guide instruction. It sets up the royal context of Theseus's wedding, introduces the comedic cast of characters, models evidence selection (both pro and con), and details the paragraph structure with sentence starters.

A two-page teacher facilitation resource. Page 1 provides the CKLA lesson plan, detailed pacing guide, targeted discussion questions, and common student misconceptions. Page 2 provides two high-scoring student paragraph exemplars (Oberon and Helena) and a complete analytic grading rubric.

A 6-slide presentation deck to guide instruction for the character motivation analysis writing lesson. Features an elegant Athenian forest theme with clean typography and step-by-step scaffolds for modeling text evidence and drafting paragraphs.

A two-page student-facing graphic organizer and drafting worksheet. Page 1 provides a background briefing on the Athenian Workmen and guides students in selecting a claim and gathering textual evidence of their acting skills. Page 2 scaffolds their persuasive draft with custom sentence starters, a lined writing area, and a proofreading checklist.

A professional 2-page teacher-facing lesson plan and answer key. Outlines pacing, slide-by-slide facilitation guides, classroom setup instructions, and answer keys with clear evidence justifications.

A student-facing 3-page print-ready worksheet to reinforce genre identification. Students match definitions, analyze case files with text evidence, and draft their own genre mystery.

An interactive slide deck introducing 5th-grade students to major genres: fiction/nonfiction basics and a modern mix of fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, and adventure. Includes Turn-and-Talk prompts and practice passages.

A comprehensive, step-by-step diagnostic and placement HyperDoc for Grades 3 & 4 educators using Amplify CKLA. It guides teachers through the chronological assessment workflow, provides a detailed visual placement flowchart, includes student intervention grouping templates, and offers sample lesson routines from the CKLA Assessment and Remediation Guide (ARG).

A high-rigor extension worksheet for advanced 4th graders. Features a complex informational passage on hydrothermal vents, higher-order analysis questions about text evidence, and a critical thinking 'Red Herring' analysis.

A printable set of 8 detective-themed genre task cards designed for 5th graders. Features dotted cut lines, engaging mini-passages covering four fiction subgenres and four mixed literature formats, and high-contrast, reader-friendly layouts.