8th Grade Reading Word Walls

We Beat The Street Chapter Vocabulary Words

ABOUT THIS RESOURCE

★ Text - We Beat The Street

★ Words Defined (by chapter)

★ Print and Digital

★ 10 pages / 312 words student-friendly defined

This resource includes:

★ 10 pages of 312 Defined Words

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We Beat the Street Vocabulary Words were selected from each chapter of the book and defined in student-friendly terms. Vocabulary words and their definitions are grouped by chapters. Each vocabulary word is accompanied by the page number and its definition.

✅ This is a great resource for students who need some words defined to enhance their comprehension of the reading. While reading the book, students can refer to the vocabulary packet anytime they come across unfamiliar words. They will have complete access to word meanings as they read to support and enhance comprehension. This also saves "dictionary time."

✅ This can serve as a differentiation tool for students who need additional support in reading comprehension. Another great idea is asking students to incorporate some of these words in their writing responses/assignments.

✅ This resource is also included in Google Slides in case you want to share it with your students digitally!

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❤️ This resource is also included in the following discounted We Beat The Street BUNDLE!

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• WBTS Peer Pressure Mini Essay Packet
• WBTS Overcoming Challenges Essay Packet
• WBTS Inspirational Educators Short Response Packet
• WBTS Inference Task Cards, Test, Graphic Organizer, and Bookmarks
• INFERENCE Lesson Plan and PowerPoint
• WBTS Graphic Organizer and Activity Packet

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Make your ESL classroom look different from a regular education room by considering these bilingual clothes vocabulary labels!

Each label takes up 1/15 of a page so they are nice and big, but not too obtrusive. There are 43 words for a total of 3 pages. Check out the preview to see what it looks like. Each card features the word in English and Russian. To help aid meaning, I've included pictures.

These clothes vocabulary flashcards are perfect for any student new to English or Russian language learning!

Supplementary Resources:

• Jobs & Occupation English-Russian Flashcards.
• Animal Name' Flashcards English/Russian.
• 95 English to Russian Dolch Nouns Picture and Word Flashcards.
• Geometric Shapes English/Russian
• Math Symbols English/Russian Flashcards
• Fruits In English & Russian Flashcards
• Body Parts In English & Russian ESL Flashcards
• Classroom objects English/Russian Flashcards
• Action Verbs English-Russian Flashcards

The bundle:

• English/Russian Vocabulary Flashcards Bundle

Other languages:

• Classroom vocabulary FlashCards English/Arabic
• Classroom vocabulary FlashCards English/Spanish
• Classroom vocabulary FlashCards English/Chinese
• Classroom vocabulary FlashCards English/French
• Classroom vocabulary FlashCards English/German
• Classroom vocabulary FlashCards English/Hebrew
• Classroom vocabulary FlashCards English/Korean
• Classroom vocabulary FlashCards English/Vietnamese
• Classroom vocabulary FlashCards English/Italian
• Classroom vocabulary FlashCards English/Urdu
• Classroom vocabulary FlashCards English/Hindi
• Classroom vocabulary FlashCards English/Japanese
• Classroom vocabulary FlashCards English/Portuguese

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• 28 Character Traits with Synonyms & Emoji Visuals | Perfect for ELL / ENL Student

Support your ELL/ENL students with this engaging and visual Character Traits Reference Chart! This printable resource features 28 key character traits, each paired with easy-to-understand synonyms and emoji visuals to help students quickly identify and understand the traits. The inclusion of multiple word choices encourages vocabulary building and helps students describe characters in both reading and writing activities.

What’s Included:

• 28 Character Traits with Synonyms and Emoji Visuals for each trait.
• Perfect for ELL / ENL learners who benefit from visual aids to support language development.
• A great resource to keep in students' reading or writing folders all year long!

How to Use: This chart can be used as a reference in reading groups, writing centers, or as part of character analysis lessons. Students can quickly access the word bank to improve their writing and comprehension of characters in stories.

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This Vocabulary Frayer Model sheet is specifically designed to get students to learn and reinforce vocabulary by offering them a reference in which they can chart the definition, synonyms, antonyms, as well as a space to write their own sentence using the new vocabulary word! Students can also draw or create a visual to represent the word. This is a great resource to encourage vocabulary development in upper elementary, middle school, or even high school!

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"The Marble Champ" short story by Gary Soto: This introductory Powerpoint lesson provides digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. The lesson also includes vocabulary study, practice, and assessment*.*

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

POWERPOINT:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text. Vocab slides: quivering, association, rummaged, commotion, glumly, reluctantly, fumed, chanced, slate, nerves, instinct, privacy

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** photos and video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion/prediction
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks
*NOTE* This product is included in the Baseball in April bundle. Purchase the bundle to receive this lesson PLUS 11 additional short story lessons by Gary Soto! Click below.

Baseball in April by G. Soto Bundle-PREREADING ACTIVITIES& VOCAB FOR 12 STORIES (TeachShare.com

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We Beat The Street Worksheets and Activities Bundle

ABOUT THIS BUNDLE

★ Text - We Beat the Street

★ Approximately 693 pages

★ Includes 15 products (Bookmarks product is FREE!)

★ Most resources in this bundle include PRINT and DIGITAL versions. Some include only PDF (Print) versions. I am still in the process of updating to digital versions.

★ ANSWER KEYS included (for most resources)

Click on individual resources for full product descriptions.

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We Beat The Street Reading and Writing Scaffolding Activities Bundle

This resource includes a variety of differentiated writing activities, chapter questions, and KEYS, lesson plans (2), graphic organizers, vocabulary sheets, chapter summaries, book inference task cards, worksheets, assessments, rubrics, bulletin board task display pages, Tests, ANSWER KEYS, and SO MUCH MORE to make teaching We Beat The Street a fun and engaging learning experience!

This WBTS Bundle includes the following products:

• WBTS Mega FULL BOOK Chapter BUNDLE
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• WBTS Chapter Summaries and Notes
• WBTS Text-to-Text Connections LESSON PACKET
• INFERENCE Lesson Plan and PowerPoint
• WBTS Peer Pressure Mini Essay Packet
• WBTS Overcoming Challenges Essay Packet
• WBTS Inspirational Educators Short Response Packet
• WBTS Activity Worksheet Packet and KEYS
• Peer Pressure Scenario Task Cards and Worksheets
• WBTS TEST and Answer Key
• WBTS Bookmarks
• Reading Reflection Sheets
• Writing Reflection Sheets

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The following WBTS Question Chapter Packets ARE included in this bundle, but can be purchased separately in my store:

• WBTS Mega Chapter BUNDLE
• WBTS Chapter 1 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 2 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 3 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 4 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 5 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 6 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 7 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 8 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 9 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 10 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 11 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 12 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 13 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 14 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 15 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 16 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 17 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 18 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 19 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 20 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 21 Packet
• WBTS Chapter 22 and Conclusion Packet

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Created by © Queen's Educational Resources / All Rights Reserved

Your purchase includes one copy to be used in a single classroom. If you are looking for multiple copies, please be sure to purchase additional licenses.

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Make your ESL classroom look different from a regular education room by considering these bilingual animal names labels (cards)!

Each label takes up 1/15 of a page so they are nice and big, but not too obtrusive. There are 118 words for a total of 8 pages. Check out the preview to see what it looks like. Each card features the word in English and Vietnamese. To help aid meaning, I've included beautiful high-resolution illustrations.

These classroom vocabulary flashcards are perfect for any student new to English or Vietnamese language learning! They will help a lot.

Other languages:

• Animal Name' English/Chinese Flash Cards, School Vocabulary Word walls Printable

• Animal Name' English/Spanish Flash Cards, School Vocabulary Word walls Printable

• Animal Name' English/Russian Flash Cards, School Vocabulary Word walls Printable

• Animal Name English/French Flashcards School Vocabulary Word walls Printable

• Animal Name English/Hebrew Flashcards School Vocabulary Word walls Printable

• Animal Name English/Korean Flashcards School Vocabulary Word walls Printable

Other helpful resources:

• Classroom English/Arabic Flash Cards, School Vocabulary Word walls Printables
• Classroom English/Spanish Flash Cards, School Vocabulary Word walls Printables
• Classroom English/Chinese Flash Cards, School Vocabulary Word walls Printables
• Classroom English/French Flash Cards, School Vocabulary Word walls Printables
• Classroom English/German Flash Cards, School Vocabulary Word walls Printables
• Classroom English/Hebrew Flash Cards, School Vocabulary Word walls Printables
• Classroom English/Korean Flash Cards, School Vocabulary Word walls Printables
• Classroom English/Vietnamese Flash Cards, School Vocabulary Word walls Printable
• Classroom English/Italian Flash Cards, School Vocabulary Word walls Printables
• Classroom English/Urdu Flash Cards, School Vocabulary Word walls Printable

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• Social-Emotional Learning & Character Development Bundle

Enhance your classroom's social-emotional learning with this comprehensive Social-Emotional Learning & Character Development Bundle! This resource includes five engaging worksheets designed to build essential life skills, promote empathy, and foster a positive mindset among students. Perfect for educators, counselors, and parents, this bundle supports character education and helps students navigate their emotions effectively.

Included Resources:

1. 28 Character Traits with Synonyms & Emoji Visuals – A colorful reference chart that aids ELL/ENL students in understanding key character traits through visuals and synonyms.
2. Growth Mindset Reflection Worksheet – Empower students to embrace challenges, learn from mistakes, and set personal goals, fostering resilience and a positive mindset.
3. Empathy and Kindness Activities Worksheets – Thought-provoking prompts and relatable scenarios that help students explore empathy and kindness in their interactions.
4. Emotion Vocabulary Worksheet – A structured list of 20 emotions, complete with definitions and examples, to support students in articulating their feelings and enhancing emotional intelligence.
5. Positive Behavior Prompts Worksheet – Quick prompts and role-play scenarios that encourage students to identify and reflect on positive traits in themselves and others, fostering a supportive classroom environment.

This bundle is ideal for grades 2-8 and can be used in classrooms, counseling sessions, or at home. By integrating these resources into your teaching, you will cultivate a compassionate and understanding atmosphere where students feel empowered to express themselves and support one another.

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We want to express our sincere gratitude for choosing Smart Teach Depot , Social-Emotional Learning & Character Development Bundle. Your trust and support mean the world to us. We appreciate the opportunity to serve you and are committed to providing you with the best experience.

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Thank you once again for being a valued customer. We look forward to serving you in the future.

Best regards,

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"Barbie" by Gary Soto: this introductory POWERPOINT lesson provides digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. The lesson also includes vocabulary study, practice, and assessment.

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

POWERPOINT:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text. Vocab slides: nestle, glamorous, desperately, jinx, concentrate

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** photos and video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

-video to the history of Barbie

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion/prediction
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.

*NOTE* This product is included in the Baseball in April bundle. Purchase the bundle to receive this lesson PLUS 11 additional short story lessons by Gary Soto! Click below.

Baseball in April by G. Soto Bundle-PREREADING ACTIVITIES& VOCAB FOR 12 STORIES (TeachShare.com)

Enjoy -from Kiwious About Vocab!

Make your ESL classroom look different from a regular education room by considering these bilingual vocabulary labels!

Each label takes up 1/15 of a page so they are nice and big, but not too obtrusive. Each card features the word in English and Russian. To help aid meaning, I've included pictures.

These picture and word vocabulary flashcards are perfect for any student new to English or Russian language learning!

You'll Get:

• Jobs & Occupation English-Russian Flashcards.
• Animal Name' Flashcards English/Russian.
• 95 English to Russian Dolch Nouns Picture and Word Flashcards.
• Geometric Shapes English/Russian
• Math Symbols English/Russian Flashcards
• Fruits In English & Russian Flashcards
• Body Parts In English & Russian ESL Flashcards
• Classroom objects English/Russian Flashcards
• Action Verbs English-Russian Flashcards
• Clothes English/Russian Flashcards
• ESL Sports List Flashcards English/Russian
• Bilingual ESL Numbers Labels Flash Cards English Russian

Be sure to check out my other printables! It is going to help your students or kids Click HERE!

Note:

• This product is only to be used by the buyer. It is illegal to share this product in any form (email, printout, etc).

This POWERPOINT Hispanic Heritage Bundle includes: an introduction to Hispanic Heritage mini-lesson, *plus* an introductory vocabulary lesson to "Eleven" written by Sandra Cisneros.

The PREREADING LESSONS provides digital pre-reading information for author, genre, and setting; hi-lighting the UNIQUE CULTURE of the author. The story lesson also includes vivid vocabulary slides, printable grammar and vocn ab practice with assessments.

--PDF Link to story included--

The digital MINI-LESSON contains :

10 colorful slides introducing elements of Hispanic culture such as language, music, geographic location, food, religion, Hispanic-American contributors and authors. Each slide is filled with photos, maps, as well as, music and video links.

The PREREADING LESSON contains:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.(raggedy, alley, invisible, rattle, nonsense, germ)

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

PDF FILE.

Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing printable worksheets to be used with the lesson!

**Grammar Sort**

Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

**Connotation Sort**

Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

**Context Clues Sentences, Word Bank and Key: **

Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

**Vocabulary Organizer**

This worksheet allows the students to infer the meaning from the animated vocabulary slide. After students complete the organizer, it is a great reference sheet.

**Synonym and Antonym Word Study**

The graphic organizer allows the students to explore the variations in meaning of the new vocabulary word.

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide backstory to text

· Stimulate group discussion/prediction

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource

· Post on webpage for review

· Add to electronic notebooks

· Provide test review

· Prompt Writing or Research assignments

· Grammar study / parts of speech

· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

Our goal is to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension aligned to standards This resource can be used whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

This bundle is also available in Google Slides.

Enjoy -

From Kiwious About Vocab!

The novel, Baseball in April and Other Short Stories, a short story collection by Gary Soto, includes *11 of his very best short stories highlighting his Hispanic Heritage! ( *plus one bonus story has been added to the bundle)

These * 12 introductory POWERPOINTS provide digital & printable pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment.

The digital MINI-LESSON contains :

10 colorful slides introducing elements of Hispanic culture such as language, music, geographic location, food, religion, Hispanic-American contributors and authors. Each slide is filled with photos, maps, as well as, music and video links. This is the perfect prelude to the following short story lessons .

PowerPoint Prereading Lesson:

1. **Author Biography** We provide author biographies for each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the story in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**Highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links allowing students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time-period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3.**Bold Photos: ** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

4. **Vocab with Concise Definitions and Part of Speech: ** Our lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context. Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

5.**Quizlet Practice Link ** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

6. **Fun Fact Images and Videos** These features highlight unique elements of the text to aid comprehension

PDF FILE.

Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing printable worksheets to be used with the lesson!

**Grammar Sort**

Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

**Connotation Sort**

Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

**Context Clues Sentences, Word Bank and Key: **

Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

**Vocabulary Organizer**

This worksheet allows the students to infer the meaning from the animated vocabulary slide. After students complete the organizer, it is a great reference sheet.

**Synonym and Antonym Word Study**

The graphic organizer allows the students to explore the variations in meaning of the new vocabulary word.

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide backstory to text

· Stimulate group discussion

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource

· Post on webpage for review

· Add to electronic notebooks

· Provide test review

· Prompt Writing or Research assignments

· Grammar study / parts of speech

· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: Worksheets, word walls, interactive notebooks

This bundle is also available in Google Slides.

Enjoy!

-From Kiwious About Vocab!

Explore Hispanic Heritage through these 3 superb short stories by Latino authors and Informational Mini-Lesson.

The digital MINI-LESSON contains :

10 colorful slides introducing elements of Hispanic culture such as language, music, geographic location, food, religion, Hispanic-American contributors and authors. Each slide is filled with photos, maps, as well as, music and video links. This is the perfect prelude to the following short story lessons .

These 3 introductory story POWERPOINTS share the writings of 3 different Latino authors. They provide digital & printable pre-reading information for each Hispanic author, genre, and setting. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment for:

Eleven- Sandra Ciseneros

Seventh Grade- Gary Soto

The Circuit-Francisco Jimenez

Lessons will prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension aligned to standards for whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

EACH POWERPOINT:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** photos and video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story

· Provide backstory to text

· Stimulate group discussion/prediction

· Create predictions about text

· Use as distance learning resource

· Post on webpage for review

· Add to electronic notebooks

· Provide test review

· Prompt Writing or Research assignments

· Grammar study / parts of speech

· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

Enjoy -from Kiwious About Vocab!

12 short stories are included in the collection, Baseball In April and Other Stories by Gary Soto: These 12 introductory POWERPOINTS provide digital and printable pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment for these short stories-

Baseball in April

Barbie

No Guitar Blues

Seventh Grade

Mother and Daughter

The Karate Kid

La Bamba

Growing Up

The Marble Champ

The Jacket

Broken Chain

Two Dreamers

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

PDF FILE. Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 8 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lesson! These printables include Connotation and Grammar sort, Word Study, and Vocabulary Quiz with optional word bank and answer key.

EACH POWERPOINT:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** photos and video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion/prediction
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

Enjoy -from Kiwious About Vocab!

"Barbie," "No Guitar Blues," and "Mother and Daughter" by Gary Soto: these introductory POWERPOINT lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment.

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

EACH POWERPOINT:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** photos and video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion/prediction
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

Enjoy -from Kiwious About Vocab!