Teaching a Text - What to Cover - A How-to Guide for Teachers
Grab this editable guide to teaching any text. It covers the elements of literature, close reading, language and structural techniques, purpose, perspective, how to write about a text and more. Perfect for overwhelmed teachers who love reliable go-to guides. Wee tips along the way, plus actionable ideas to leverage critical thinking with Mātauranga Māori, and aspects from te ao Māori, make this guide truly comprehensive for kiwi teachers.
***Also included in our DISCOUNTED BUNDLE HERE.***
This resource includes:
⭐ An editable teacher booklet (see formats below) that covers:
- Traditional elements of texts - main ideas, characters, setting (physical, political, social, cultural), plot, symbolism, quotations (and how students can embed them in their writing).
- The 'other' angle - the 'what', the 'how' (structural and language techniques) and the 'why'.
- Close reading (a bit about vocabulary and reading on, between, beyond and behind the lines)
- Writing about texts (annotating texts, discussing the effects of techniques, aspects working together, thinking critically (self and wider world connections, context, tropes), responding to texts, literary merit).
- The different approaches you could take to planning (just a few thoughts).
You'll enjoy:
❤️ The editability of this document - make it your own over the years ahead!
❤️ Actionable steps to help you embed Mātauranga Māori and elements from te ao Māori in your units.
❤️ Tips to avoid you and your students falling into common little traps!
❤️ Infographics that help explain aspects.
❤️ Clickable table of contents, 'home' button on each page, and hyperlinks to help with navigation.
❤️ Having an easy-to-follow guide that saves you having to think of everything!
Formats:
🖥️ Microsoft PowerPoint, resized to an A4 page. This means your resource:
- Is completely editable.
- Will easily upload to your Google Drive if you prefer the Googley suite.
- Is printable 📃
🖥️ A PDF version
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Also helpful are these related products:
✅ Novels - click here
✅ Short texts - click here
✅ Podcasts - click here
✅ Films / Documentaries - click here
✅ Close reading - click here
✅ The Power of the SETTING - click here
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Sharing/Copying this Resource
Feel free to purchase just one for your department - no need for a copy for each teacher. However:
- Please do NOT share with the school down the road.
- Please do NOT take it with you to a new school.
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Reviews
What a great resource. I have dipped into this booklet over and over again to grab ideas or resources to make my lessons 'sing'. The students have enjoyed the activities while I have enjoyed another look at how to teach something that can become 'rote' teaching. What I particularly liked was the links to both written and visual text. The matauranga Maori components were gold!
Thank you, Sue and Jo.