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Last week students worked on 5-sentence paragraphs using imagery from poetry, learned about ethical appeal in literature,  and completed a practice TAKS passage, free writes, silent reading and conferencing. 

This week readers will:

• begin a review of  TAKS Objective 1 material covered earlier this school year, including idioms, analogies, and common prefixes, roots and suffixes as well as main idea
• review last week’s TAKS passage and complete another
• read silently and continue with conferencing

Writers will:

• begin immersion reading for persuasive essay
• pick a topic and begin research
• practice 5-sentence paragraphs

Note:  lesson plans are subject to change

Last week students learned about irony and common themes in literature.  They wrote 5-sentence paragraphs, reviewed Gary Soto’s poem “A Red Palm” and took a CBA diagnostic test.  They also read silently and answered prompts in their journals.

This week Readers will:

• read silently and look for figurative language in their books
• answer prompts in their journals
• take a reading TAKS practice passage

Writers will:

• read poetry by Tupac Shakur, Maya Angelou and Gary Soto and write paragraphs about imagery, tone and mood
• learn about ethical appeal and deductive/inductive reasoning as literary techniques

Last week students learned about epiphany, paradox, oxymoron and the hero’s journey in literature.  They also reviewed poetic meter, wrote a haiku and a short free verse poem.  Readers took and reviewed a practice reading TAKS passage as well as silent reading and answering prompts in their journals.

This week Readers will:

• take and review a practice reading TAKS passage
• review TAKS test-taking strategies
• conference about their mystery stories
• read silently and answer prompts in their journals

Writers will:

• review 5-sentence paragraph formula
• write 5-sentence paragraphs in response to prompts
• review literary elements

Last week students completed writing samples for reading and English, a practice TAKS passage, silent reading and free writes focusing on setting and imagery.

This week Readers will:

• review tone/mood
• review denotative and connotative meaning
• review paraphrasing and summarizing
• complete and review a practice TAKS passage

Writers will:

• study epiphany, euphemism and paradox in literature
• study meter in poetry
• write a poem
• continue free writes with emphasis on tone and mood

This week Readers will:

• read silently with emphasis on setting descriptions and author’s point of view
• take and review a TAKS practice passage in class
• complete a required writing sample

Writers will:

• do free writes in their journals
• complete a required writing sample

PLEASE NOTE:  TAKS tutorials will begin next week.  Letters will be sent home this week.