The paired texts, ‘Cowboy Wilbur’ and ‘Ranching Today’ contrast a tall story about a cowboy with a factual report on modern ranching. They provide opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This quick reference chart ‘Figures of Speech’ shows students how figurative language can improve their writing. It is aimed at introducing students to the principles of imagery to help students make their writing more interesting and engaging and provides explanations and examples of similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole and alliteration.
This graphic organiser, ‘From Telling to Showing’ supports the teaching of writing by prompting students to add details to their writing.
This graphic organiser, ‘Shades of Meaning’ helps students to see patterns and relationships between an author’s word choice and themes in the book.
This graphic organiser, ‘Shades of Meaning for Living Up the Street’ will examine the different shades of meaning for a word and relate them to a theme from Living Up the Street by Gary Soto.
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