03/25 Literacy Block Agenda

1. Extend your understanding of Thomas Jefferson:
1. Read "Thomas Jefferson"
2. Create a historical plaque on Interactive Student Notebook page 71 that represents the importance of Thomas Jefferson as a historical figure.
2. Historical Fiction Genre Book Club 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 30 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