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I. READING (COMPREHENSION) Initial and date each text you read

In-class practice Select 2 out of 2

______The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe pg. 129 fiction

______The Gift of the Magi O. Henry pg. 433 fiction

On your own Select at least 2 out of 5

______A Cap For Steve Morley Callaghan pg. 189 fiction

______Mother and Daughter Gary Soto pg. 443 fiction

______The Moustache Robert Cormier pg. 467 fiction

______The Inn of Lost Time Lensey Namioka pg. 321 fiction

______Getting the Facts of Life Paulette Childress White pg.582 fiction

On your own Select 2 out of 3

______Von Janet Bode pg. 66 nonfiction

______Foul Shots Rogelio R. Gomez pg. 373 nonfiction

______Battle by the Breadfruit Tree Theodore Waldeck pg. 457 nonfiction

______Baseball and the Facts of Life Bob Greene pg.601 nonfiction

______The Home Front: 1941-1945 Hazel Shelton Abernethy pg. 258 nonfiction

______Pompeii Robert Silverberg pg. 306 nonfiction

Self-selected reading of a print source (newspaper article, magazine article, or book excerpt) Select 2

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Independent Reading book

Author______Title: ______date:

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date: II. WRITING (COMPOSITION) Select one writing option for each story you read

JOURNAL (need minimum of two journal entries )

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QAR ______

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PREDICTION SHEET

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CORNELL NOTE-TAKING SHEET

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GIST

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REAP ______

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PLOT LINE

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III. FREE-WRITE JOURNAL (need minimum of two journal entries)

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______topic: ______IV. VOCABULARY STUDY Select one vocabulary option per story to help you learn words that you do not know

KIM CHART ______

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DEFINITIONS and SENTENCES

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WEBBING

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FLASHCARDS

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V. LITERARY ANALYSIS PROJECT

Text-to-Text Compare/Contrast (Select at least two short stories and compare and contrast characters and conflicts)

______Compare/Contrast Graphic organizer

______Rough draft

______Final draft

VI. NOTES, OBSERVATIONS, PROGRESS REPORT: (For teacher use only)