Description
All 7 lessons are complete — notice the words that connect ideas across sentences in a complex text, name a text's form and genre, name the pattern that organizes a text, name a visual element in a text, name an element of style in a text, name a narrator's point of view, and learning what Indigenous Storywork means.
Every lesson comes with a full teaching set: a lesson plan, a worksheet, homework, and a handout. The unit also includes 7 exit cards, 2 quizzes, a project, and an assignment.
Grade 8 · ready for Monday
What's in this unit
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Plan
7 lesson plans, each one 40-minute period, with what to say and what to watch for.
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Slides
The lesson on the board, one step at a time, with each answer on the next slide.
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Printouts
A worksheet, a handout and homework for every lesson.
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Assessment
7 exit cards, 2 quizzes, a project, an assignment.
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Answer keys
At the back of every worksheet, homework and assessment.
The 7 lessons
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Tracking the Threadnotice the words that connect ideas across sentences in a complex text, combine grammar clues, word knowledge, and background knowledge to work out a difficult sentence, and pinpoint exactly where a text loses us, instead of just feeling generally confused - 2Form Follows Functionname a text's form and genre, compare how different forms shape the same content, and explain, using evidence, why a form suits its purpose
- 3Built to Guide the Readername the pattern that organizes a text, name a text feature and its job, and judge how well a pattern or feature actually helps understanding
- 4What the Picture Is Doingname a visual element in a text, explain how a visual element shapes meaning, and judge whether a visual choice actually supports or works against a text's message
- 5How Writers Soundname an element of style in a text, describe a writer's voice, and explain how a style choice helps create meaning
- 6Whose Story Is It?name a narrator's point of view, explain how a text signals its point of view, and suggest a believable alternative point of view, with reasons
- 7Storywork: Reading With Carelearning what Indigenous Storywork means, name the form and creator of a text, and connect a text to the community it comes from
- Read-Me-First — open it before anything else; one page that says what each file is for
- One numbered zip per lesson: lesson plan, worksheet, homework, handout and a one-page lesson read-me
- A zip for the 7 exit cards; a zip for the assessments: 2 quizzes, a project, and an assignment
- Every file as a print-ready PDF and an editable Word document; the lesson plan also as a PowerPoint deck to project
In every lesson
- Lesson plan
- Worksheet
- Homework
- Handout
For the whole unit
- 7 exit cards
- 2 quizzes
- A project
- An assignment
- Every format included — PDF, DOCX & PPTX
- Tracking the Thread
- Form Follows Function
- Built to Guide the Reader
- What the Picture Is Doing
- How Writers Sound
- Whose Story Is It?
- Storywork: Reading With Care
- Each lesson fits one 40-minute period; the plan is written for a substitute to teach cold
- Prints cleanly in black and white; nothing depends on colour
- Answer keys on the teacher pages at the end of every worksheet, homework and assessment
- In My files right away, and by email.
- Zips open on any computer; on a phone, save them to Files or Drive first
- Licensed to one teacher for one classroom — not for sharing with colleagues or your school. Full licence terms
- Digital files are final sale; if something is wrong with a file we'll fix it
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