Get literacy ideas and free teaching material for teachers in upper elementary. These posts focus primarily on reading skills. Topics include several series such as:
- Teaching Types of Conflicts with Movie Trailers
- Plot Structures
- Making Connections
- Story Elements
- Figurative Language
You will also find resources to help to teach literacy skills including vocabulary, comprehension, figurative language, and spelling.
Click on these links to go to posts individual posts.
Figurative Language
- Alliteration, Rhyme, and Onomatopoeia
- Humor Devices
- Proverbs and Adages
- Biblical, Literary, Historical, and Mythical Allusions
- Malapropism Definition, Examples, and Lesson
- Oxymoron Definition, Examples, and Lesson
- Pun Definition and Examples
- Irony Definition, Examples, and Lesson
- Sarcasm Definition and Examples
- Understatement Definition and Examples
Types of Conflict with Movie Trailers
- Teaching Conflicts in Literature
- Person vs. the Environment Conflict
- Person vs. Society Conflict
- Person vs. Technology Conflict
- Person vs. Self Conflict
- Teaching Person vs. Person Conflict with Movie Clips
- Teaching Person vs. Supernatural Conflict with Movie Trailers
Vocabulary
- Compound Word Activities for Big Kids
- Context Clues Practice and Activities
- Word Find – An Online Boggle Game
- Troublesome Words Effect vs Affect
- Teaching Vocabulary with Index Cards
- Contraction Activities for the Classroom
- Reference Materials Mini-Lesson
- Four Cipher Codes for Creating Secret Messages
- Vocabulary Cards Storage Boxes
- 8 Fantastic Ways to Use Word Clouds
- Free Activities for Greek and Latin Roots
- Prefix Teaching Activities and Ideas
- Teaching Suffixes
- Teaching Activities for Root Words
Comprehension Skills
- Main Idea Teaching Activities
- Teaching Students to Make Inferences
- Distinguishing Fact from Opinion
- Teaching Students to Draw Conclusions
- Teaching Students to Predict Outcomes
Plot Structures
- Basic Plot Patterns in Literature
- Overcoming the Monster
- Rags to Riches
- The Quest
- Voyage and Return
- Comedy
- Tragedy
- Rebirth
- Activity 1 for Basic Plot Patterns in Literature
- Activity 2 for Basic Plot Patterns in Literature
Story Elements Series
- Character Traits
- Setting
- Story Mapping
- Point of View
- Perspective
- Tone vs. Mood
- Plot Development
- Theme
- Summarizing
Book Talk
- Roald Dahl Day
- Great Books for Teaching Students About Empathy
- Separate is Never Equal
- 9 Websites with Free eBooks
- Johnny Appleseed Free Teaching Materials
- Teaching using the Dolittle Movie
- Children’s Books into Movies 2020
Nonfiction
General Teaching Strategies
