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Students will evaluate and make inferences about the organizational patterns used in informational writing and will identify non-essential information that should be exluded in a summary.
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Students will use context clues to determine the meaning of words. Students will reflect, predict, and use pre-reading strategies to better understand an expository text. Students will identify controlling idea and supporting details in an expository text.
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Students will analyze and make inferences about the moral dilemmas in a literary text from a different country and the historical and cultural effects of dilemmas.
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Students will analyze expository writing that is focused and coherent.
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Students will write a timed expository essay over the given prompt.
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Writing Revision Strategies Educational LinkStudents will explore strategies for evaluating and revising their writing.
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Students will analyze and make inferences about ideas and messages in literary writing (poetry).
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Students will evaluate the change in formality and tone in poetry and media.