1. Welcome MacArthur Parents! English Language Arts and Reading Mrs. Grace García September 17, 2014

2. English Language Arts Alice Nine Grammar Lessons Expository Writing Personal Narrative Writing

3. “Snap and Recite” lead, leads, leading, led, have led, has led, had led feed, feeds, feeding, fed, have fed, has fed, had fed flee, flees, fleeing, fled, have fled, has fled, had fled read, reads, reading, read, have read, has read, had read say, says, saying, said, have said, has said, had said

4. Auxiliary Verb Song These are the auxiliary verbs. They are the ones that help. Be, being, been am, are, is was and were. Do, does, did, have, has had, can, could, may, might must, shall, should will and would. These are the auxiliary verbs !

5. Recite and Act Prepositions! aboard, about, above; across, after, against along, amidst-amid, among; around, as, at atop, before, behind; below, beneath, beside

6. Recite Conjunctions! Coordinating (equal order, rank): FANBOYS For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So Correlative (related, relationship): Both…and Either…or Just as…so Neither…nor Not only…but also Whether…or

7. Quick Questions What is a noun? What is a verb? Name an example of a common noun. Name an example of a proper noun. Name an example of a concrete noun. Name an example of a abstract noun. Name an example of a count noun. Name an example of a noncount noun. What is a conjunction? What does coordinating mean? Name the FANBOYS. What is a correlative conjunction? Name three pairs.

8. STAAR Expository Composition

9. STAAR Personal Narrative Composition

10. Reading Logs WEEKENDWEEKEND Title ________________________________________________________ Reflections ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Reading Minutes Parent Signature MONDAYMONDAY Title ________________________________________________________ Reflections ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Reading Minutes Parent Signature TUESDAYTUESDAY Title ________________________________________________________ Reflections ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Reading Minutes Parent Signature REMINDER: A minimum of two (2) hours is required per week. Due every Friday morning!

12. Reading Response Starters I wonder what will happen when… Does this mean that? I notice that…which is interesting because… There is a lot of truth in this statement because… Life is like this when… This reminds me of… This sounds like another story… I think what will happen next is… If I were this character, I would have… I bet the next thing this character will do is… I like the words…because… This description really made me appreciate how… The author is trying to make us see that… This is different from my time/culture because… This seems very realistic/unrealistic because… I do not like…because… If I were to rewrite this part, I would… At first I thought…, but now I think… Now I understand that…

13. Reading/Writing Units Expository & Procedural Fiction Drama Poetry Drama Media Literacy Persuasive Text Research Multi- Media Dictionary- Vocabulary Skills

14. Author’s Purpose Cause & Effect Compare & Contrast Context Clues Draw Conclusions Fact & Opinion Main Idea & Details Making Predictions Making Inferences Paraphrasing Summarizing Setting a Purpose

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16. Tutoring Available for All Subjects! When: Monday-Thursday Time: 2:50-3:45 Where: Cafeteria

17. Contact Mrs. Grace García Middle School Literacy Coach Conference: 10:11-10:56 236-0625