Erin Donoghue

This packet includes basic notes that cover many reading standards. This can be used for students to review what they have learned this year. All topics covered are listed below. Theme Inferencing/ Drawing Conclusions Fiction Notice and Note Summarizing main idea and details Non Fiction Notice and Note Non Fiction Text Features Text Structures Claims, Reasons, Evidence Implicit and Explicit Mood and Tone Context Clues Quoting from a text Point of View Figurative Language

This is a quick way for students to grade each other on group assignments. It has students rank how well each group member worked in the team, contributed to the project and stayed on task. The grader also has to give a reason why they gave that ranking.

This outline allows to students to visualize what needs to be in their writing. I have this projected during the writing process to be used like a checklist.