L.A. - Who We Are
In this unit, we learned how to do the following:
For writing, our genre focus was on discussion papers. Discussions have four major parts:
For reading, our focus was on novel studies and these were the books we read:
For grammar, we focused on:
- we will examine narrative fiction
- participate in novel study groups
- identify the main idea
- understand the structure affects the meaning of the text
For writing, our genre focus was on discussion papers. Discussions have four major parts:
- opening statement
- for argument
- against argument
- concluding statement
For reading, our focus was on novel studies and these were the books we read:
- The Terrible Mr. Twitmeyer
- Dear Mr. Henshaw
- Confessions from the Principal's Chair
- Frindle
For grammar, we focused on:
- relative pronouns
- possessive pronouns
- conditional words
- transitions.