A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on diary writing. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Develop an understanding of diary entry. Acquire imaginative skills and techniques required for diary entry. Use sequences of sentences and paragraphs that are linked smoothly to demonstrate knowledge of diary entry. This Resource Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes Vocabulary Overview - Diary, Chronicler, Journal Flipped Lesson Part - Video - Diary Entry Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – Same Answer Success Criteria - Diary Entry Checklist Scaffolding Notes - Diary Writing Format Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – 3 Online Quizzes Assessment Criteria for Outcome Expectations - Rubrics Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - Writing Task by Outcome Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - 5 Online Exercises Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - Diary Entry Features Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Task Cards Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.3abcde/4 Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive Educational Tools and Resources - Adverbs, Verbs, Adjectives, Connectives Teachers can use these resource to teach the students to make a diary entry, thereby helping them to enhance their writing skills. Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A ready to use lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on article writing. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Recall article writing techniques. Apply authorial technique to write articles. Analyse author’s use of language and the impact of it in writing an article. Demonstrate command of the conventions of article in writing. This download includes: Vocabulary Overview - Articles, Features, News Story Real Life Application and Cross-Curriculum Links Flipped Lesson Part - Videos Success Criteria - Article Writing Checklist Lesson Starter: Matching the topics with the titles. Discussion: Article Writing Tips Structure of a Feature Article Features of a Feature Article Collaborative Tasks: Pair-Share: Analyzing a feature to spot the parts of an article. Think-Write: Providing the paragraphs with suitable topic sentences. Write-Share: Choosing a topic to write an article. Mini-Plenary: 2 Online Quizzes Assessment Rubrics Differentiated Tasks: Demonstrating article writing skill. Extensions: Writing prompts to write articles to health magazines. Plenary: Answering multiple choice questions on article writing. Home Learning: Identifying the structural elements of a news story. Thinking of creative titles for the given short articles. Matching the given first paragraphs with the topic sentences. Thinking of an appropriate conclusion to given paragraphs. Common Core Standards: ELA-Literacy-Writing - 6-8.1a-e/4/7 Skills: Social and Cognitive Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A unit lesson plan with 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of formal letter writing based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this unit students will be able to: SESSION 1 - REMEMBERING: Recognise and retrieve the key elements of a formal letter. SESSION 2 - UNDERSTANDING: Interpret and classify the authorial techniques in a formal letter. SESSION 3 - APPLYING: Implement and execute formal letter writing techniques. SESSION 4 - ANALYSING: Explore and demonstrate the knowledge of formal letters in writing. SESSION 5 - EVALUATING: Check and critique a sample formal letter. SESSION 6 - CREATING: Compose and produce the final formal letter. This download includes: FLIPPED LESSON: Video - Know the Rules of Formal Letter Writing LESSON STARTER: List the differences between Formal and Informal Letters – use VENN DIAGRAM to spot the similarities as well. SESSION 1: REMEMBERING - RECOGNISE-RETRIEVE EXERCISE 1: Find, list and label the structure and features of a formal letter. Scaffolding Notes 1: Structure and Features of Formal Letter SESSION 2: UNDERSTANDING - INTERPRET-CLASSIFY EXERCISE 2: Explain the use of the language, the vocabulary and the impact of it in a formal letter. Scaffolding Notes 2: Impact of Language and Vocabulary in a Formal Letter Scaffolding Notes 3: Author’s use of Language in a Formal Letter SESSION 3: APPLYING - IMPLEMENT-EXECUTE EXERCISE 3: Use a planning frame to arrange a sample formal letter. Scaffolding Notes 4: Planning Frame of a Formal Letter SESSION 4: ANALYSING - EXPLORE-DEMONSTRATE EXERCISE 4: Use the template to organise a draft of a sample formal letter. Scaffolding Notes 5: Formal Letter Template SESSION 5: EVALUATING - CHECK-CRITIQUE EXERCISE 5: Use the checklist and the rubric to evaluate each other’s work. EXERCISE 6: Use the PQP and TAG technique to peer-review each other’s work with constructive feedback. Scaffolding Notes 6: Formal Letter Checklist Scaffolding Notes 7: PQP and TAG technique SESSION 6: CREATING - COMPOSE-PRODUCE EXERCISE 7: Integrate the feedback and write a formal letter. Scaffolding Notes 8: Formal Letter Prompt DIFFERENTIATION: EXERCISE 8 - Write a letter to people unknown following the FORMAL LETTER FORMAT. Scaffolding Notes 9: Formal Letter Rubrics PLENARY: EXERCISE 9 - Answer the given questions to demonstrate your knowledge of the formal letter on Kahoot. HOME LEARNING: EXERCISE 10: Use Letter Generator to write a letter to your Class Teacher telling him/her how you spent your holidays. EXERCISE 11: Letters of Persuasion EXERCISE 12: Letters of Request EXERCISE 13: Letters of Complaints and Responses EXERCISE 14: Letters of Social Business

A set of 9 scaffolding notes of 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of informal letter writing based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this unit students will be able to: SESSION 1 - REMEMBERING: Recognise and retrieve the key elements of an informal letter. SESSION 2 - UNDERSTANDING: Interpret and classify the authorial techniques in an informal letter. SESSION 3 - APPLYING: Implement and execute informal letter writing techniques. SESSION 4 - ANALYSING: Explore and demonstrate the knowledge of informal letters in writing. SESSION 5 - EVALUATING: Check and critique a sample informal letter. SESSION 6 - CREATING: Compose and produce the final informal letter. This download includes: Scaffolding Notes 1: Structure and Features of Informal Letter Scaffolding Notes 2: Impact of Language and Vocabulary in an Informal Letter Scaffolding Notes 3: Use of Language in an Informal Letter Scaffolding Notes 4: Planning Frame of an Informal Letter Scaffolding Notes 5: Informal Letter Writing Organiser Scaffolding Notes 6: Informal Letter Checklist Scaffolding Notes 7: PQP and TAG Techniques Scaffolding Notes 8: Informal Letter Prompt Scaffolding Notes 9: Informal Letter Rubrics Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A unit lesson plan with 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of synonyms and antonyms based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this unit students will be able to: Use the relationship between synonyms and antonyms to understand each words. Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their opposites: antonym types. Interpret and verbalise pictures of synonyms and antonyms. Find and present similarities and differences between synonyms and antonyms. Test and decide the appropriate use of synonyms and antonyms. Create new sentences using synonyms and antonyms. This download includes: EXERCISE 1: Match the terms (1-5) with their meanings (A-E). EXERCISE 2: Watch the video (Antonyms and Synonyms) and find antonyms and synonyms for the following words. EXERCISE 3: Think of a synonym and antonym for the words in the middle column. EXERCISE 4: Think of graded, complementary and relational antonyms for each of the word in the list. EXERCISE 5: Interpret and verbalise pictures of synonyms. EXERCISE 6: Interpret and verbalise pictures of antonyms. EXERCISE 7: Find and present similarities and differences between synonyms and antonyms (Part 1). EXERCISE 8: Find and present similarities and differences between synonyms and antonyms (Part 2). EXERCISE 9: Find and present similarities and differences between synonyms and antonyms (Part 3). EXERCISE 10: Test and decide the appropriate use of synonyms and antonyms (Part 1). EXERCISE 11: Test and decide the appropriate use of synonyms and antonyms (Part 2). EXERCISE 12: Create new sentences using synonyms and antonyms. Follow the rubrics. EXERCISE 13: Match the given words with their synonyms from the box. EXERCISE 14: Match the following words with their antonyms from the box. EXERCISE 15: Tell whether each pair of words are synonyms or antonyms. EXERCISE 16: Select the word that best completes the sentence. EXERCISE 17: Use Synonyms and Antonyms to answer questions as denoted by the BINGO lines.

A lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on PEE paragraph writing. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Understand the characteristic language of texts. Acquire knowledge of PEE technique to analyse a text. Comment on the purpose, context, style, audience, register, and tone of the given text. This Resource Includes: Well Formulated, Measurable, SMART Objectives and Outcomes Vocabulary Overview - PEE, Point, Evidence, Explanation Flipped Lesson Part - Video - How to Nail a PEE Paragraph Engaging and Creative Lesson Starter – PEE SNIKKERS Success Criteria - PEE Checklist Scaffolding Notes - PEE Method, PEE Template Collaborative Group Tasks – Pair-Share, Think-Write, Write-Share Mini-Plenary with Critical Thinking Questions – 2 Online Quizzes Assessment Criteria for Outcome Expectations - Rubrics Differentiated Activities for Level Learners - Writing Task by Outcome Extensions to Challenge the High Achievers - Worksheet Plenary to Assess Learning Outcomes - PQP Technique Home Learning for Reinforcement – 4 Worksheets with Answers Common Core Standards - ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1/RI.8.8/SL.8.1a/L.8.4a/W.8.2b Skills to be addressed during the Lesson - Social and Cognitive Educational Tools and Resources - Adverbs, Verbs, Adjectives, Connectives Teachers can use this resource to teach the students to use PEE method to analyze a text, thereby helping them to enhance their reading and writing skills. Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A ready to use lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on dialogue writing. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Define dialogue and dialogue tags. List rules to use when punctuating dialogue. Apply dialogue technique to present events and characters to engage the interest of an audience. Demonstrate the use of dynamic dialogues in writing. This Resource includes: Vocabulary Overview - Dialogue, Dialogue Tags Real Life Application and Cross-Curriculum Links Flipped Lesson Part - Video Success Criteria - Dialogue Checklist Lesson Starter: Creating conversations to tell a story to match the picture. Discussion: Dialogue Rules Collaborative Tasks: Pair-Share: Filling out the speech in the bubbles to make a story. Think-Write: Using dialogue tags to convert given conversation into a story. Write-Share: Rewriting the given story in a dialogue form. Mini-Plenary: 4 Online Quizzes Assessment Rubrics Differentiated Tasks: Writing dialogues for situations given. Extensions: Online Exercises Plenary: Answering multiple choice questions on dialogue writing. Home Learning: Using dialogue tags to reconstruct stories. Presenting stories in a dialogue form. Unscrambling the dialogues to reconstruct the story. Using reporting verbs to create dialogue tags. Common Core Standards: ELA-Literacy-Writing - 6-8.3ab/4 Skills: Social and Cognitive Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A ready to use lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources on poem writing. After completing this lesson, the students will be able to: Acquire knowledge of poetry structures, elements, and forms. Develop students’ abilities to understand a poetic response to the world they inhabit, both from the point of view of a poet and from their own experience. Demonstrate command of the conventions of poetry in writing. This download includes: Vocabulary Overview - Poetry, Poem Real Life Application and Cross-Curriculum Links - Science, Math, Social Studies Flipped Lesson Part - Videos Success Criteria - Poem Writing Checklist Lesson Starter: Matching the poem types with their meanings. Discussion: Poetry Structures Poetry Elements Poetry Forms Tips to Write a Poem Collaborative Tasks: Pair-Share: Identifying the poem types. Think-Write: Writing Ode and Tanka poems. Write-Share: Writing a 7-line, diamond-shaped poem (Diamante) poem. Mini-Plenary: 2 Online Exercises Assessment Rubrics Differentiated Tasks: Demonstrating the skill of poetry in writing. Extensions: Write a HAIKU poem evoking images of the natural world. Plenary: Answering multiple choice questions on poem writing. Home Learning: Writing poems as suggested. Writing poems as directed. Writing poems based on situations. Writing poems based on prompts. Common Core Standards: ELA-Literacy-Writing - 6-8.2b/3d Skills: Social and Cognitive Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A handout that explains rules related to dialogue writing. This download includes: Vocabulary Overview Dialogue Writing Rules Assessment Rubrics Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A set of 10 worksheets with answers on summary writing. This Resource includes: Summarizing the nursery rhymes. Evaluating the summaries. Identifying the summary elements of a text. Identifying the summary elements of a story. Summarizing the given topic. Selecting a phrase that best summarizes the given extract. Preparing questions based on main idea and details of a summary. Summarizing by describing details 1, 2, and 3. Underlining key ideas, and summarizing in 25 words. Converting summaries into detailed stories. Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A set of 11 worksheets with answers on play script writing. This Resource includes: Writing dialogues to go with the story in the given visuals. Turning flat dialogues into an exciting story. Adding scene description and stage directions. Adding dialogues and reporting verbs. Preparing play-scripts for dialogues. Selecting best option to answer play-script questions. Turning given story into a play script. Rewriting the narrative poem as a play script. Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

The Persuasive Speech Writing Toolkit offers a scaffolded approach, guiding students through the intricacies of crafting compelling speeches covering Cambridge IGCSE curriculum requirements. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Writing, this resource encompasses a wide range of objectives and success criteria across multiple cognitive domains. It addresses Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analysing, Evaluating, and Creating, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience. This toolkit is designed to help students: Recall key elements of persuasive speech writing. Demonstrate comprehension of explicit and implicit meanings in persuasive texts. Apply knowledge by creating introductory and concluding paragraphs. Analyse persuasive speeches, evaluating their effectiveness. Evaluate speeches based on specified criteria. Create persuasive speeches that effectively articulate thoughts. Scaffolders: Providing essential support, the toolkit includes writing prompts and sentence frames, offering a scaffolded approach to guide students at each stage of persuasive speech writing.

Venture into a guided journey of sensory imagery comprehension with this scaffolded approach. This resource is designed to assist students in understanding and utilising sensory imagery across visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile domains. Aligned with Bloom’s Taxonomy and Common Core Standards for Reading Literature, it spans various objectives and success criteria across cognitive domains, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience. Objectives: This resource covers a spectrum of objectives aimed at enhancing students’ engagement with sensory imagery. From identifying sensory elements in texts to creating original descriptive passages, students will deepen their understanding of how sensory imagery influences meaning and tone. The objectives also include analysing, evaluating and critiquing the use of sensory imagery in different texts, fostering a holistic approach to literary exploration.

A set of 15 task cards and exercises on poetry comprehension – If- by Rudyard Kipling. After working with these worksheets students will be able to: Analyse the poem to make a critical appreciation. Identify the poetic devices and explain how they are used in the poem. Annotate the lines of the poem with reference to context. This download includes worksheets on: Inferring the meaning of the words from the context of the poem (Exercise 1) Writing lines that refer to given meanings (Exercise 2) Making a critical appreciation of the poem (Exercise 3) Answering think a bit questions (Exercise 4) Answering poetry elements questions (Exercise 5) Identifying the meaning of expressions used in the poem (Exercise 6) Identifying and explaining the poetic devices used in the poem (Exercise 7) Comparing and contrasting “you” with “others” (Exercise 8) Thinking a bit and answering (Exercise 9) Answering poetic devices questions (Exercise 10) Summarizing the stanzas of the poem (Exercise 11) Identifying annotation elements (Exercise 12) Annotating the lines of the poem (Exercise 13) Answering comprehension questions (Exercise 14) Answering multiple choice questions (Exercise 15) Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A ready to use unit lesson plan that presents teaching and learning resources of a grammar lesson on subject-verb agreement based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this unit students will be able to: Identify the parts of a sentence (subject and verb). List and explain the basic rules of subject-verb agreement. Examine and discover the agreement of subject and verb in a sentence. Explain the organisation of subject and verb in a sentence pattern. Verify and correct the mistaken subject and deceptive agreement. Create and compose new sentence patterns with subject-verb concordance. This download includes: SESSION 1: REMEMBERING EXERCISE 1: Match the terms (1-10) with their meanings (A-J). EXERCISE 2: Identify subjects and verbs as used in the given sentences. SESSION 2: UNDERSTANDING EXERCISE 3: Watch the video - Subject-VerbAgreement - to fill in the correct form of the verbs in the brackets. EXERCISE 4: List and explain the basic rules of subject-verb agreement with examples. SESSION 3: APPLYING EXERCISE 5: Supply an appropriate linking verb that agrees with the subject in each of the sentences and the visuals. EXERCISE 6: Examine and discover the agreement of subject and verb in a sentence – Part 1. EXERCISE 7: Examine and discover the agreement of subject and verb in a sentence – Part 2. SESSION 4: ANALYSING EXERCISE 8: Explain the organisation of subject and verb in a sentence pattern. SESSION 5: EVALUATING EXERCISE 9: Verify and correct the mistaken subject and deceptive agreement – Part 1. EXERCISE 10: Verify and correct the mistaken subject and deceptive agreement – Part 2. SESSION 6: CREATING EXERCISE 11: Create and compose new sentence patterns with subject-verb concordance. DIFFERENTIATION: EXERCISE 12: Demonstrate the mastery of the use of subject-verb agreement in writing. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: Subject-Verb Agreement Rubrics HOME LEARNING: EXERCISE 13: Correct the errors in subject-verb agreement in the following paragraph. EXERCISE 14: Circle the correct verb in each of the sentences. Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A compact review of brochure writing organized for quick referencing. This Includes: Vocabulary Overview Panel Details Brochure Criteria Brochure Template Assessment Rubrics Teachers can use these handouts as ready reference material to remind the learners about brochure writing, thereby helping them to enhance their skills and writing capabilities. Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A unit lesson plan with 6 sessions on teaching and learning resources of newspaper report writing based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. After completing this unit students will be able to: SESSION 1: Recognise, retrieve and name the key elements of a report. SESSION 2: Interpret and classify the authorial techniques in a report. SESSION 3: Implement and execute report writing techniques. SESSION 4: Demonstrate the knowledge of reporting in writing. SESSION 5: Check and critique a given report. SESSION 6: Compose and produce the final report. Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

A unit plan on poetry comprehension with 6 sessions on teaching and learning of the poem, “The Titanic” by Gillian Clarke based on New Bloom’s Taxonomy. This download includes: POEM: The Titanic by Gillian Clarke EXERCISE 1: Match the meanings (A-M) with the expressions (1-13) they refer to. EXERCISE 2: Find the meaning of certain expressions: words and phrases in the poem. EXERCISE 3: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the poem. EXERCISE 4: Analyse the development of vocabulary over the course of the text. EXERCISE 5: Read the poem and briefly summarise the meaning of each stanza. EXERCISE 6: Determine the central idea of the poem and analyse its development. EXERCISE 7: Identify what the poem says both explicitly and implicitly. EXERCISE 8: Determine what can be inferred when the text says what it says. SCAFFOLDING NOTES 1: Common Comprehension Types EXERCISE 9: Prepare your own comprehension question types with answers from the text. EXERCISE 10: Use textual clues to answer the comprehension questions. SCAFFOLDING NOTES 2: Poetry Elements Criteria EXERCISE 11: Use the specified criteria to find poetry elements of the poem. EXERCISE 12: Analyse the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone. EXERCISE 13: Answer the questions to check your understanding of poetry elements. SCAFFOLDING NOTES 3: PEE (Point-Evidence-Explain) Model EXERCISE 14: Use PEE (Point-Evidence-Explain) model to analyse the poet’s use of figurative language in the poem. EXERCISE 15: Answer the questions to check your understanding of the figures of speech used in the poem. EXERCISE 16: Answer the questions to check your understanding of the use of figurative language in the poem. EXERCISE 17: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative meanings. EXERCISE 18: Use PEE (Point-Evidence-Explain) model to analyse the poet’s use of sound poetic devices. EXERCISE 19: Answer the questions to check your understanding of the figures of speech used in the poem. EXERCISE 20: Determine the connotative meanings of the words and phrases in the poem. EXERCISE 21: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including connotative meanings. SCAFFOLDING NOTES 4: PEEL (Point-Evidence-Explain-Link) Technique EXERCISE 22: Write PEEL (Point-Evidence-Explain-Link) paragraphs about the use of figurative language in the poem. EXERCISE 23: Write PEEL (Point-Evidence-Explain-Link) paragraphs about the use of sound poetic devices in the poem.

This Unit Lesson Plan is perfect for teaching Vocabulary - Connectives and Transitions. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these ready to use exercises that are well planned for student engagement. After completing this New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based lesson students will be able to: Recognise the meaning of connectives and transitions based on their usage. Classify the connectives and transitions based on their functions. Use connectives and transitions to join clauses or sentence elements. Use connectives and transitions to bring structure and clarity to writing. Use error identification strategy to find the correct use of connectives and transitions. Create sentences with connectives and transitions to convey specific meanings and add variety to writing. Here are some other possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment

These Google Slides are perfect for teaching Vocabulary – Connectives and Transitions. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these ready to use exercises that are well planned for student engagement. After attempting these New Bloom’s Taxonomy-based Google Slides students will be able to: Recognise the meaning of connectives and transitions based on their usage. Classify the connectives and transitions based on their functions. Use connectives and transitions to join clauses or sentence elements. Use connectives and transitions to bring structure and clarity to writing. Use error identification strategy to find the correct use of connectives and transitions. Create sentences with connectives and transitions to convey specific meanings and add variety to writing. Here are some possible uses for these in your classroom: To challenge early finishers For effective tutoring As ESL stations and sub tubs As holiday work and homework For small group collaborations For an end of unit assessments For reinforcement and enrichment