Welcome to Julie's Teaching Wiki!
Beginning of the Year
Written Book Report Outline: I have not used this form, but I really like it.
Getting Started in the Writing Notebook: Heart Map Writing
Behavior Management and Reflections
Behavior Action Plan
Miscellaneous Resources and Lessons
Sponge Activities: Perfect for Do Now/Motivation prompts, or Trivia Tests
Dictionary Activities
Thesaurus Activities
Reference Worksheet
Media Study Unit Plan: Roughly three weeks; Involves students creating products and different types of ads. I also used this in class to tie in with the literature circles: the students made different types of group ads (and eventually acted out commercials) about their lit circle book.
Grammar
Grammar Benchmark Quiz
Comma Rules
Comma Practice Sentences
Comma Lessons, Quizzes, and Answers: You can put these in page protectors and give students dry erase markers to make reusable handouts or informal quizzes.
Parts of Speech Test: I found this online; there's no answer key. Hope you know your stuff! :)
Noun Table: I found this helpful to help the kids learn how to classify nouns.
Spelling and Vocabulary
Spelling: FIN
Homophone Worksheet
Double Consonants Lesson
Persuasive Writing
Story Writing
Writing from a Picture: From ReadWriteThink.org.
Narrative Accounts Unit Plan
Intro/Lead Types and Examples
Leads Lesson: Reading and Writing Workshop, 2 Days
Setting Lesson: Reading and Writing Workshop, 1 Day
Plot Lessons: Three Days
Plot Activity Extension: This is a really fun activity that involves elements of plot, creativity, and acting!
Fiction Prompts
Developing Descriptive/Figurative Language
Poems Using Similes and Metaphors
Simile and Metaphor Quiz
Personification in Poetry
Hyperbole Examples
Poetry
Patterns in Poetry: Using "Friendship" by Walter Dean Myers
Limericks
Personification in Poetry
Poems Using Similes and Metaphors
Reading
All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury: Complete story and assessment questions/activities
Eleven by Sandra Cisneros: Complete story, themes, and discussion questions.
Echo and Narcissus: Use this for story-telling, and for vocabulary (especially "shun" and "narcissist").
Tests, Worksheets, and Handouts
Final Exam, 2006
Workshops and Conferences
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