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Help students explain the the order of events and identify the relationships between stages and substages.

Help students define a person, place, or thing, or general idea. Use this map to brainstorm ideas and share prior knowledge about a topic.

Students identify helping verbs in the sentence.

Students will fill-in the correct prepositions for the sentences provided.

Students will be able to identify and explain various narrative modes, including unreliable narration, stream of consciousness, and the epistolary novel.

Review understanding of some of the main punctuation rules.

Students will understand the meaning and correct spellings for grade-appropriate vocabulary.

Students will be able to identify and to describe the key literary elements of fiction: setting, characters, plot, and resolution.

Students will be able to understand the difference between adjectives and adverbs and use them correctly in sentences.

Students will be able to identify and use correct subject-verb agreement.

Students will be able to identify and create compound sentences.

Students will be able to identify the supporting details of a passage or text.

Students will be able to define compound words and use them correctly in sentences.

Students will be able to distinguish between quoting, summarizing, and paraphrasing. They will understand the attributes of a properly constructed paraphrase and summary and how to avoid plagiarism.

Students will be able to identify, analyze, and critique persuasive techniques (e.g., promises, dares, flattery, glittering generalities) and identify logical fallacies used in oral presentations and media messages.

Students will be able to define, identify, and use common and proper nouns, singular and plural nouns, and the correct possessive plural and possessive singular nouns.