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