February

Reading

  • Analyze multiple accounts of the same even or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
  • Explain how an author uses reason and evidence to support particular points in a text. identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).
  • Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.

Language

  • Using correlative conjunctions
  • Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
  • Consult reference materials (e.g dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of keywords and phrases.

Writing

  • Argumentative Writing
  • Introduction
  • Body Paragraphs
  • Conclusion

Word Study

  • Prefixes