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please note:  lesson plans are subject to change

Before spring break, students reviewed reading TAKS objectives, read silently and completed a persuasive essay.

This week Readers will:

• continue to review reading TAKS objectives, which were covered in lessons earlier in the school year
• read silently
• review the last practice TAKS passage and
• complete a practice TAKS passage

Writers will:

• conference on their persuasive essays
• choose essays for debate
• debate chosen topics

Please note:  lessons plans are subject to change

Last week students reviewed and received an additional chart of common prefixes, roots and suffixes,  reviewed idioms, completed a practice TAKS passage, read silently and completed online research for persuasive essays  in the library and classroom

This week Readers will:

• review denotative and connotative word meanings
• review main idea and details, paraphrasing and summarizing
• read silently and conference

This week Writers will:

• complete the rough draft, revision, editing and final draft of a persuasive essay according to the rubric and submit for grading