02/25 Literacy Block Agenda

1. Persuasive Nonfiction:  I can write an essay that persuades my readers to think or do something using facts, evidence, and reasons.
1. Check your outline to make sure you have all the required elements of a persuasive essay.
2. Finish publishing your draft.
3. Be ready to receive partner feedback about your persuasive essay.
2. Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Meeting
• Review the Response Assignment
• Each member shares their Response
• Have a conversation about the book.
• Review new Reading Assignment
• Set new Response Assignment
3. Free choice read for at least 20 minutes
4. Complete activities that help YOU become a better reader:
• Work on your Spring Conference ThingLink
• Read MORE Fiction and/or Non-Fiction
• Practice Spelling/Vocabulary
• Practice Fluency with a partner
• Practice comparing and contrasting two or more stories from the same genre by reading two articles from this site.
• Practice determining importance at Into the Book (you will click on the flashlight once you are into the program).
• Practice using commas: In a series, after introduction, to separate yes and no, to set off a tag question, and to address a person at Comma Chameleon or Save the Comma