Plot

• ReadWriteThink:Plot Diagram

• Glencoe Literature Plot Diagram

• ReadWriteThink:Circle Plot Diagram

• Vermilion Parish Plot Diagram Interactive

Interpreting Figurative Language, Analogies, Similes, Metaphors
 

• Idioms- Animals 

• Idioms- Colours\Colors

• Mixed Idioms Quiz

• Quia - Face Idioms

• Funbrain.com's Paint By Idioms Game

• Figurative Language

• Similes, Metaphors, Personification & Idioms

• Analogy Puzzles

• Awesome Analogies Game

• Awesome Analogies Game #2

• ESL Quiz Center

• Scholastic Help

• English Study Quiz – Analogies 

• Quia – Awesome Analogies 

• Quia  

• FactMonster/Analogy  Fact Monster

• Similes 1 

• Simile 2

• Poetry Teachers Similes 

• BBC Schools Similes 

• Writing Similes 
  Simile and Metaphor 
  Quia Quiz 

• Similes and Metaphors

• Metaphor Battleship Quiz - [this link opens on a new page] Quia quiz using the Battleship game format

• Metaphor Quiz  2

• Mataphor Quiz 3

• Metaphor Quiz 3

• Mataphor Quiz 4

• Chasing Metaphors

• Cause and Effect

• Cause and Effect

• Match Game

• Cause and Effect Transitions

• Cause and Effect sample passages

• Cause and Effect Connectors

• Cause and Effect  Hints

• Practice with Cause & Effect

• Cause and Effect Matching Game

• Cause and Effect Pre-Quiz

Author's Purpose

• Author's Purpose and Point of View - pre test ; answers on next webpage

• Author's Purpose and Point of View - post test; answers on next webpage

• Play "Summer of the Swans" Reading Skills Rocket (Point of View)  Password is : ROSER

• Play "My Side of the Mountain" (Point of View)  Password is : ROSER

• Play "My Name is San Ho" (Author's Purpose)  Password is : ROSER

• Play "Cowboys: Roundup on an American Ranch"

• Play "Frindle"

• Play "Little by Little"

• Author's Purpose

• Author's Purpose

• Author's Purpose

• Author's Purpose

Fact or Opinion

• Fact or Opinion Quiz  

• Fact or Opinion? (quiz 1) - a Quia quiz

• Fact or Opinion? (quiz 2) - [this link opens in a new window] a Quia quiz 

• Fact, Habit, Opinion or Schedule? - an English-Zone quiz

• Fact or Opinion? - select fact of fiction for each statement

• Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion

• Fact and Opinion Self-Test

• A mix of factual information and the opinions of the author.

• PowerPoint#1

• PowerPoint #2

• PowerPoint #3 

• Play "Dive! My Adventures in the Deep Frontier" (Fact and Opinion)   Password is : ROSER

• Play "Cyber Surfer" (Fact and Opinion)  Password is : ROSER

• Simple Present Tense – Fact, Habit, Opinion or Schedule?  

• Test Tutor: Fact and Opinion Dive! My Adventures in the Deep Frontier

• Test Tutor: Fact and Opinion CyberSurfer

• Test Tutor: Fact and Opinion Boom Town

• Test Tutor: Fact and Opinion William Shakespeare

• and the Globe

• Test Tutor: Fact and Opinion The Gold Rush

• Test Tutor: Fact and Opinion Satchmo's Blues

• Test Tutor: Fact and Opinion Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue OX

Sequence/Flow Charts

• Online Flow Chart 5 Events

• Online Flow Chart 10 Events

• Flow Chart PowerPoint Template (Can be downloaded for teacher or student use)

• Flow Chart MS Word Template (Can be downloaded for teacher or student use)

• Read Write Think Webbing Tool (Can be used for Cause and Effect and Flow Charts)

• Holt Interactive File (Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Flow Chart, Sequence Chain (Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Sequence Chart (Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Rank Order Chart (Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

Compare and Contrast

• Read Write Think Cause and Effect Interactive Tool

• Holt Comparison-Contrast Chart 1 (Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Holt Cause and Effect Chart 2  (Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Holt Cause and Effect Chain 3 (Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Holt Cause and Effect Diagram  3 (Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Read Write Think Venn Diagram 2 Circles 

• Read Write Think Venn Diagram 3 Circles 

• Venn Diagram Online Tool

• Venn PowerPoint Template (Can be downloaded for teachers or students)

• Venn Diagram (Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• MS Word Venn Diagram Template (Can be downloaded for teachers or students)

• What if? Chart (Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Contrast Paper

• Comparison/Contrast Essays

• Compare & Contrast Visual Organizers

• Play "Girls Think of Everything" (Compare and Contrast)    Harcourt Password is : ROSER

• Play "A Do It Yourself Project" (Compare and Contrast)   Harcourt Password is : ROSER

• Compare and Contrast Lesson and Practice Quiz

• Comparison & Contrast Sample passages

• Test Tutor: Compare and Contrast Girls think of Everything

• Test Tutor: Compare and Contrast A Do-It-Yourself Project

Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences

• Conclusions Chart (Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

  PowerPoint #1
  Inferences and Conclusions Powerpoint
  Making Inferences Drawing Conclusions Printable Chart
  Theme Park Favorites
  Test Tutor: Conclusions Story of Louis Braille
  Test Tutor: Conclusions Sarah, Plain and Tall
  Test Tutor: Conclusions Seventh Grade
  Test Tutor: Conclusions Case of the Shining Blue Planet
  Test Tutor: Conclusions Iditarod Dream
  Test Tutor: Conclusions We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente

• Interactive Word Card/Map

• Holt Interactve Word Map (PDF File) - Can be downloaded and the students can type in the document or it can be printed. Worked can't be saved on the computer. MUST BE PRINTED to see student work.

• Vocabulary Word Map (PDF) (Peter’s Word Map)

• Vocabulary Word Map (Reading Quest Word Map)

• Vocabulary Word Map (version 2)

• Blank Vocabulary Card Printable (Word) 2 on a page

• Blank Vocabulary Card Printable (PDF)

• ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Internalization of Vocabulary Through the Use of a Word Map

• Word Map (PDF) Read Write Think Vocabulary Map

• Vocabulary Word Box

Context Clues

• Context Clues

• Using Context Clues

• Using Context Clues 2

• Context Clues game  cute!!

• What are context clues? 

• Verb Study Context Clues 

• How to guess the meaning of unknown words 

• Context Clues English Zone

• Reading Comprehension Connection

• Context Clues (Middle School)

Facts and Details

• Answering Who What When Where Why Questions

Finding the Main Ideas   

• Main Idea/Supporting Details

• Reading Comprehension (Reading for Facts)

• Reading: Finding the Main Idea

• Play "Stone Age News" (Main Ideas)  Password is : ROSER

• Play Look Into the Past: Greeks and Romans (Main Ideas)  Password is : ROSER

• Glendale Main Idea  Finding main ideas in paragraphs

• McGraw Hill Main Idea McGraw

• Identifying Topics, Main Ideas and Supporting Details

• Test Tutor: Main Idea and Supporting Details Evelyn Cisneros: Prima Ballerina

• Test Tutor: Main Idea and Supporting Details Look Into the Past; Greeks and Romans

• Main Idea and Details Chart Holt File students can type in the form and print it. It can't be saved however.

• Main Idea Chart Holt File students can type in the form and print it. It can't be saved however.

• Determining Main Idea Chart Holt File students can type in the form and print it. It can't be saved however.

More Graphic Ogranizers

• Drawing Conclusions from Information Chart(Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Conclusions Chart(Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Process or Cycle Chart(Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Process or Cycle Diagram (Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• How-To Essay Organizer (Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Concept/Event Map(Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Evaluation Pyramid(Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Evaluation Organizer(Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Positive-Negative Chart(Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Decision Chart(Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Persuasive Planner (Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Controversial Issue(Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Supporting a Position(Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Fishbone Planner(Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Personal Thesaurus Diagram (Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Vermilion Parish Interactive Graphic Ogranizer & 18 Literacy Strategy Site

   

   

• Read Write Think Read Write Think Web Tool (Cause and Effect and Webbing

• Bubbl.us (Link like Inspiration can be used to brainstorm with webbing)

• Gliffy (Web Tool-Limited Use)

• Web PowerPoint Template (Can be downloaded for teacher or student use)

• Web MS Word Template( Can be downloaded for teacher or student use)

• Holt Interactive File (Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Cluster Diagram(Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• FreeForm Web(Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Web Diagram(Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Circle Diagram(Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)

• Spider Map(Students can type in this form and print it. Work can't be saved however.)