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Materials:
Write Source
Writing and Grammar
Literature

Warm up:
Appetizers - pg. 44
Where is my Genre Chart? How complete is this chart?

Activity 1:
Presentations

Activity 2:
Test Direction Vocabulary Words:
1. Identify
2. Word usage
3. Antonym
4. Synonym
5. Word meaning
6. Verb tenses
7. Verb forms
8. Subject-verb agreement
9. Context clues
10. Multi-meaning words
11. Pronoun-antecedent agreement
12. Demonstrative pronouns
13. Relative pronouns
14. Double negative
15. Etymology
16. Connotation
17. Figurative language
18. Interpret text
19. Salutation in a letter
20. Signal words
21. Text structure
22. Draw conclusion
23. Inferences
24. Theme
25. Genre

Students will work in partners to create a visual to teach one of the above test direction words.

Homework:
Read for 30 minutes and record the following on their reading on your reading log:
Genre (fiction or nonfiction)
Date
Title
Reading level
Actual pages read (example 21-47)
Minutes read
One-sentence summary

Tonight’s Night Write for 15 minutes will be to your oral presentation, if you have not yet presented.

Posted by Mrs. Abrams