Instruction: These materials and instructional experiences offer workable components which necessitate the addition of other choices to construct a sequence of learning experiences in which reading and writing blend. Reading Skill and Strategy Focus: Written Composition and Grammar: Composition/Essay: Read and interpret informational text (persuasive, Instructional focus expository, and procedural). Use textual evidence in support of an inference during Sustaining reader interest through well-paced action reading and discussion. and an engaging story line Respond to the text by actively reading – asking questions, Creating interesting characters and a believable setting making connections, summarizing for understanding and through sensory details creating images while reading. Literary strategies to enhance style and tone Composition focus Identify main idea. Imaginative story Paraphrase author’s ideas. Create imaginative text through the practice of Examine techniques and conventions an author uses to sustained writing (e.g. NaNoWriMo – accomplish a specific purpose. ywp.nanowrimo.org) Analyze informational text structure and use to effectively Poetry using poetic techniques, figurative language, summarize and/or graphic Claim-Evidence-Commentary (C-E-C) C-E-C paragraph in response to poetry Grammar and Conventions: Review capitalization, spelling, punctuation, and complex sentences Verbs (perfect and progressive tenses) and participles Appositive phrases Adverbial and adjectival phrases and clauses Relative pronouns (e.g., whose, that, which) Subordinating conjunctions (e.g., because, since) Use a variety of complete sentences (simple, compound, complex) that include properly placed modifiers, correctly identified antecedents, parallel structures, and consistent tenses Commas after introductory structures and dependent adverbial clauses, and correct punctuation of complex
Instruction: These materials and instructional experiences offer workable components which necessitate the addition of other choices to construct a sequence of learning experiences in which reading and writing blend. Reading Skill and Strategy Focus: Read and interpret informational text (persuasive, expository, and procedural). Use textual evidence in support of an inference during reading and discussion. Respond to the text by actively reading – asking questions, making connections, summarizing for understanding and creating images while reading. Identify main idea. Paraphrase author’s ideas. Examine techniques and conventions an author uses to accomplish a specific purpose. Analyze informational text structure and use to effectively summarize Written Composition and Grammar: Composition/Essay: Instructional focus Sustaining reader interest through well-paced action and an engaging story line Creating interesting characters and a believable setting through sensory details Literary strategies to enhance style and tone Composition focus Imaginative story Create imaginative text through the practice of sustained writing (e.g. NaNoWriMo – ywp.nanowrimo.org) Poetry using poetic techniques, figurative language, and/or graphic Claim-Evidence-Commentary (C-E-C) C-E-C paragraph in response to poetry Grammar and Conventions: Review capitalization, spelling, punctuation, and complex sentences Verbs (perfect and progressive tenses) and participles Appositive phrases Adverbial and adjectival phrases and clauses Relative pronouns (e.g., whose, that, which) Subordinating conjunctions (e.g., because, since) Use a variety of complete sentences (simple, compound, complex) that include properly placed modifiers, correctly identified antecedents, parallel structures, and consistent tenses Commas after introductory structures and dependent adverbial clauses, and correct punctuation of complex
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