Help your class use critical thinking when it comes to unfamiliar words. With vocabulary from Kyoko Mori's Shizuko's Daughter, kids write the word in the center of a graphic organizer, and find its category, comparisons,...

While reading O Henry's "The Gift of the Magi," your class will define and identify situational irony and allusion. Use a study guide (not included, but easy to produce) to record and discuss examples of allusion as you read. Map the...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart demonstrates how to use a CD Word Map Chart to increase comprehension for students. There is a blank page to discuss the format, two CD Word Map Chart examples regarding geometric shapes,...