03/02 Literacy Block Agenda

1. Causes of the American Revolution: Cause and Effect Relationships
2. Reread "Sam Adams: Patriarch of Liberty" then complete the Focus Skill Activity.
3. Free choice read for at least 20 minutes
4. Complete activities that help YOU become a better reader:
• 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 texts from this site.
• Practice finding an author's evidence to support a point.
• Practice using correlative conjunctions (neither/nor, either/or) with Conjunction game or Conjunctions
• Compare and contrasts varieties of English used in stories, dramas, and poems.
  
• Practice grammar skills by completing and reading MadLibs