Mrs. Bossenmeyer

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This week we will be working on the skills listed below using the following readings and written exercises:
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<LI>EXAM review</LI>
<LI>oral reports</LI></UL>



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Develop vocabulary using a variety of strategies, including use of connotative and denotative meanings, Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon roots and word parts <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Interpret story elements, including development of character types (e.g. flat, round, dynamic, static) <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Draw conclusions and make inferences in print and non-print responses about ideas and information in grade-appropriate texts, including consumer materials <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Draw conclusions and make inferences in print and non-print responses about ideas and information in grade-appropriate texts, including public documents <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Interpret ideas and information in a variety of texts (e.g., scientific reports, technical guidelines, business memos) and make connections to real-life situations and other texts <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Analyze universal themes found in a variety of world and multicultural texts in oral and written responses <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Use knowledge of the distinctive characteristics to classify and explain the significance of various genres, including nonfiction (e.g., workplace documents, editorials) <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Demonstrate understanding of information in grade-appropriate texts using a variety of strategies, including sequencing events to examine and evaluate information, summarizing and paraphrasing to examine and evaluate information, interpreting stated or implied main ideas, comparing and contrasting literary elements and ideas within and across texts, inferences and drawing conclusions, predicting the outcome of a story, <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Explain the relationship between life experiences and texts to generate solutions to problems <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Use technical information and other available resources (e.g., Web sites, interviews) to solve problems <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Evaluate the effectiveness of an author’s purpose <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Analyze grade-appropriate print and nonprint texts using various reasoning skills, including identifying cause-effect relationships, raising questions, reasoning inductively and deductively, generating a theory or hypothesis, skimming/scanning <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Write complex, multi-paragraph compositions on student- or teacher-selected topics organized with a clearly stated focus or central idea, important ideas or events stated in a selected order, organizational patterns (e.g., comparison/contrast, order of importance, chronological order) appropriate to the topic, elaboration, anecdotes, relevant facts, examples, and/or specific details, transitional words and phrases that unify ideas and points, an overall structure (e.g., introduction, body/middle, and concluding paragraph that summarizes important ideas and details), <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Organize individual paragraphs with topic sentences, relevant elaboration, and concluding sentences <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Develop grade-appropriate compositions on student- or teacher-selected topics that include word choices (diction) appropriate to the identified audience and/or purpose, vocabulary selected to clarify meaning, create images, and set a tone, information/ideas selected to engage the interest of the reader, clear voice, variety in sentence structure, drafting, conferencing (e.g., peer and teacher), revising based on feedback and use of various tools (e.g., LEAP 21 Writer’s Checklist, rubrics), selecting topic and form, prewriting (e.g., brainstorming, researching, raising questions, generating graphic organizers), proofreading/editing, publishing using technology, <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Develop grade-appropriate paragraphs and multi-paragraph compositions using the various modes of writing (e.g., description, narration, exposition, and persuasion), emphasizing narration and exposition <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Develop writing using a variety of literary devices, including understatements and allusions <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Use standard English capitalization and punctuation consistently <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Write paragraphs and compositions following standard English structure and usage, including varied sentence structures and patterns, including complex sentences, phrases and clauses used correctly as modifiers, <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Apply knowledge of parts of speech in writing, including infinitives, participles, and gerunds, superlative and comparative degrees of adjectives, adverbs, <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Spell high-frequency, commonly confused, frequently misspelled words and derivatives (e.g., roots and affixes) correctly <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Use a variety of resources (e.g., glossaries, dictionaries, thesauruses, spell-check) to find correct spellings <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Follow procedures (e.g., read, question, write a response, form groups,) from detailed oral instructions <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Locate and select information using organizational features of grade-appropriate resources, including complex reference sources (e.g., almanacs, atlases, newspapers, magazines, brochures, map legends, prefaces, appendices), electronic storage devices (e.g., CD-ROMs, diskettes, software, drives), frequently accessed and bookmarked Web addresses, organizational features of electronic information (e.g., Web resources including online sources and remote sites), <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Locate and integrate information from a variety of grade-appropriate resources, including electronic sources (e.g., Web sites, databases) <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Explain the usefulness and accuracy of sources by determining their validity (e.g., authority, accuracy, objectivity, publication date, coverage) <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Gather and select information using data-gathering strategies/tools, including surveying, interviewing, paraphrasing, <o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Generate grade-appropriate research reports that include information presented in a variety of forms, including visual representations of data/information, graphic organizers (e.g., outlines, timelines, charts, webs), works cited lists and/or bibliographies<o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Use word processing and/or other technology to draft, revise, and publish a variety of works, including documented research reports with bibliographies (ELA-5-M4)<o:p></o:p></TD></TR>
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Give credit for borrowed information following acceptable use policy, including creating bibliographies and/or works cited lists (ELA-5-M5)<o:p></o:p></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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